Factor meals review: Why I quit (all ready-made meals)

Factor meals review! I consumed hundreds of Factor meals in 2023 and, to a lesser extent, 2024. In this video I'll explain why I am done using ready-made meals in general, opting instead to buy prepared food (such as a baked chicken) at the grocery store.

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ANY0002 - Why I Stopped Using Factor Meals

What are Factor Meals?
- Ready-made healthy, gourmet meals
- Roughly 500-750 calories (I purchased the keto options)
- Roughly 10 USD / meal when factoring in shipping, with discounts this can be much lower

I used Factor on a cut last year and for this year's cut I've simply been eating store-bought baked chicken (or some other ready-made meat dish) and vegetables. You can get this at any grocery store in the US. Beats or comes out even with Factor in every way:

- Taste - Tasty but unexceptional; grocery store wins in terms of freshness
- Cost - Even with discounts, grocery store wins
- Convenience - Grocery store still wins when factoring in...
- Time it takes to choose meals
- Dispose of packaging from shipping
- Modifying delivery sizes when out of town
- Nutrition - Neutral
- Satiety - Factor doesn't sate me, for some reason

But the single biggest reason I'm quitting factor...

- "Surprise! You have a box this week!"
- Their reminder emails seem inconsistent and I failed to use a calendar reminder
- Double whammy: not only do I get food I didn't want but I didn't get to choose my meals

I'm not trying other ready-made meal services. I've looked into most of them and they're just variations on the same theme.

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[speedrobo]

Hi Keith. That's a great video and good format. I agree. The local store is always going to win when it comes to food.

[lilruse]

As some who can cook, and isn’t concerned about ton with dieting, factor legit depressed me. Ate it for two weeks and I feel like I’m eating airplane dinners and or in prison

[imsimplybetterk]

I think a huge point you missed was the nutrition facts, not from a perspective of protein and calories etc… but the fact of these meals have super high sodium and trans fat and on the long term scale it might be okay for those who are on the healthier side ( until they consume these for years and find out they have health problems), those who are already watching out for there health need to be cautious and mindful of what high sodium does to blood pressure and the high trans fats for cholesterol. I do like your idea of just buying chicken complimenting it with rice and veggies. That seems better than ordering premade food with no control over the process and how it’s cooked.