One thing to watch out for is that some brands of pizza will give you the calorie count for half a pizza, while others will give you the count for a quarter of a pizza, the latter is usually when it's got a high calorie count so that it doesn't look as disastrous on the box; so make sure you read the box carefully when making your selection.
My own personal favourite "home" pizza is the Dr Oetker Ristorante range of frozen pizzas as they have a fairly reasonable calorie count per half a pizza, I think this is mostly down to the thin base. Make sure you read the cooking instructions as this brand advises you to cook them on the lowest shelf of the oven and this really does make a difference to how the finished article turns out:
- Mozzarella: 437 calories per half a pizza.
- Pepperoni-Salame: 434 calories per half a pizza.
- Speciale: 420 calories per half a pizza.
- Funghi: 432 calories per half a pizza.
- Hawaii: 382 calories per half a pizza.
- Pollo: 378 calories per half a pizza.
- Limited Edition Spinaci: 430 calories per half a pizza.
- Quattro Formaggi: 458 calories per half a pizza.
- Margherita: 407 calories per half a pizza.
The one issue you may have is actually getting the pizza in half as if you cook the whole thing then the temptation is going to be to eat the whole thing or have pizza for lunch or dinner again the following day which isn't really a good plan if you're trying to eat a balanced diet. Snapping the frozen pizza in half is one, fairly vague way of doing it, sawing it in half with a bread knife is the better option, but the hands down winner is option three: get yourself a pizza buddy and cook the whole thing then cut it in half and have half each with a salad, doing this lets you have a treat without really cheating yourself as you don't have to take any special measures i.e. not eating properly for the rest of the day. Aim for your side salad to be between 62 and 80 calories and you're going to be OK, just don't be tempted to do it more than once a week!
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