The TV Dinner Diet is one of the best ways to lose weight. Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, Healthy Steamers, Marie Calendar’s even Stouffer’s – are one of the most convenient ways to structure low calorie and low carbohydrate intake. The average Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice is 200-300 calories. The average Stouffer’s or Marie Calendar’s meal is 400-600 calories. Usually more than half the calories in TV dinners come from carbohydrate (bread, pasta, noodles, rice, potatoes, stuffing, couscous, etc.) – so just don’t eat the carb. Most patients on the TV Dinner Diet eat 2-4 TV Dinners, twice a day. Calories are under 1000 a day. Weight loss is usually 3-5 pounds a week.