Fruits, Veggies, and Workouts

Well, I was trying to look up whether frozen or canned fruits and vegetables are better for you.  I always assumed frozen, since there is no salt.  In the process, however, I discovered something I wasn’t expecting.  Frozen fruits and vegetables are usually better than fresh.  Frozen vegetables are packed with the most nutrients, because they are picked when ripe.  Fresh vegetables at the grocery stores have less nutrients, because they are picked before they are ripe so that they can ripen during transit.  Who knew? Of course, if you’ve your own garden or a local farmers market, these vegetables are nutrient packed as well– but for most of us, I’d say we get ours at the grocery store. Also, apparently,  canned are just as good as long as you get it without salt or sugars.  Still– most have these, and frozen vegetables usually still have a crunch ;)

Jamie, one of our HBRs came up with the wonderful idea of putting workotus onto notecards.  That way, when you find one you like in a magazine or such, you can just write it down on the card and have them all in one place.  I’m planning on doing this, and then picking them at random to determine my workouts.  I think it will be fun.  Here’s my list so far for my cards:

Cardio:

Workout DVD

Walking

Biking

Jump Rope

DDR

Wii Fit

Swimming

(when school starts back)

Treadmill

Elliptical

Stair Climber

Rowing Machine

Classes (depending on what’s available)

 

Strength:

Push ups

Crunches

Lunges

Squats

Leg lifts

Weights

Exercise ball workouts

Any other ideas? :)

6 Comments so far

  1. Dagny @ July 15th, 2009

    planks, bicycle crunches (my favorites for core)
    also bridges or bridge ups…
    Does this help?

  2. khmerbeauty @ July 15th, 2009

    JOY JOY - so good to see you on hon!!!!

    Yes, frozen foodies are good for you and so is canned. :)

  3. AndreaJacobs @ July 15th, 2009

    Canned is okay, however if it is vegetables you will want to rinse them. This will take most of the sodium off of them. When it comes to frozen fruits and vegetables I also read that they are better because they have a high water level from being flash frozen. This helps your body digest them and also gives your water intake a boost.

  4. swalose75 @ July 16th, 2009

    Isn’t that amazing! I read that about a year ago that frozen was better than fresh. I was shocked.

    Have fun with your cards :D

  5. sabrinaBB @ July 16th, 2009

    Great info :) Thanks for sharing :D

  6. AuntTeeTee @ July 17th, 2009

    awesome! I kinda mix & match. I like some veggies fresh and some canned. :)

    Great idea for the workout cards.

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