Frozen food

fatoomalrowaiei
fatoomalrowaiei Posts: 95 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Lots of people say always eat fresh food its better but i love frozen food its quick just preheat and done especially mix vegetables
So is it bad ??

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  • BekahC1980
    BekahC1980 Posts: 474 Member
    There is a ton of sodium in them and most aren't very filling for the calorie/macro amount
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Frozen vegetables/fruit are fine. What people usually refer to are TV dinners and the like, because they tend to be high in sodium and for some people not filling enough.
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Frozen vegetables/fruit are fine. What people usually refer to are TV dinners and the like, because they tend to be high in sodium and for some people not filling enough.

    This.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Oh yeah. Frozen broccoli ftw. I cannot be bothered chopping up and cooking that stuff.
  • fatoomalrowaiei
    fatoomalrowaiei Posts: 95 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Oh yeah. Frozen broccoli ftw. I cannot be bothered chopping up and cooking that stuff.

    Yeah spinach too!!
  • caradack1985
    caradack1985 Posts: 254 Member
    Frozen veg is excellent, cheaper than fresh and no difference in nutritional value, plus they keep for longer! Frozen meat also, same thing. It's more frozen ready meals that are the issue as they are usually high calorie and low nutritional value.
  • DeficitDuchess
    DeficitDuchess Posts: 3,099 Member
    How about batch cooking, your own frozen meals?
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited August 2016
    Many of my meals involve a frozen meal plus a whole bag of frozen veggies.

    If sodium is an issue for you, plan for those frozen meal sodium amounts and cut some sodium elsewhere. For example, I use unsalted butter so that I'm not adding stealth salt to anything that I want to butter. Using MFP to track my intake has really helped keep my sodium levels down from what they were before, which was probably 4000 mg or more per day. I now aim for less than 2400 mg and manage that almost every day.

    I need a food plan that I can sustain through the weight loss phase and into maintenance. I'm not going to be cooking on a regular basis. If I'd had to cook to lose weight, I just wouldn't have lost weight.

    You need to do what works for you. "Lots of people" aren't the ones losing your weight - you are.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Frozen veggies are very convenient for me when I don't have time for fresh. Nothing wrong with them.
  • flrancho
    flrancho Posts: 271 Member
    I personally try to avoid frozen foods, even frozen veggies. Everything I do is fresh if I can financially afford to do it. That said, I do a lot of batch cooking where I will freeze the leftovers to use for quick meals as well as the food being able to be kept longer. I live alone, so a pound of ground hamburger goes a ways.
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    BekahC1980 wrote: »
    There is a ton of sodium in them and most aren't very filling for the calorie/macro amount

    I'm guessing you mean ready meals.

    I buy my fruit and veg frozen. It quickly spoils when fresh as I live on my own and couldn't eat it quick enough.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,559 Member
    I eat several servings of frozen veg every day. :)
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    edited August 2016
    I eat frozen veggies, frozen fruit, and ice cream with gusto. I eat more fresh veggies because of quick sale items and variety.

    I'll freeze what I can too. I have some English muffins in the freezer and freeze most of what I cook. Frozen premade meals always taste gross to me and remind me of a bad time in my life. If im really pressed for time, I'd rather get a protien bar or fast food.

    or ice cream, like i did with breakfast yesterday :#
  • ouryve
    ouryve Posts: 572 Member
    Frozen veg is fine. I'm not keen on the texture, but it's nutritionally OK and often fresher than "fresh"

    Some frozen fish isn't bad, either.

    As for ready meals etc, you simply need to exercise the same caution with them as ones from the chiller cabinet. Read labels, log, and balance them out with extra veg.
  • fatoomalrowaiei
    fatoomalrowaiei Posts: 95 Member
    FridayApril01st2016 wrote: »
    How about batch cooking, your own frozen meals?

    Im a student and i really dont have time to cook or anything
    Thats why i use frozen veggies to preheat quick
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    The spectrum of nutritional quality in vegetables has the highest rank occupied by the freshest vegetables. The next lower rank but very close is frozen vegetables. Also appearing on the spectrum considerably farther away are the canned vegetables. So enjoy your frozen veg.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    caradack1985 wrote: »
    Frozen veg is excellent, cheaper than fresh and no difference in nutritional value, plus they keep for longer! Frozen meat also, same thing. It's more frozen ready meals that are the issue as they are usually high calorie and low nutritional value.

    I'm not sure which frozen ready meals you're speaking of, but I eat them a couple times a week for lunch at work when I don't have leftovers, and they are usually lower calorie than I need them to be. The Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine options tend to be in the neighborhood of 300 calories and not quite filling enough, so I add some extra frozen vegetables or precooked chicken, or I get a salad from my work cafeteria. As far as low nutritional value, again, depends which ones you choose but the ones I get have at least a serving of vegetables and some protein.

    Sodium isn't a big concern for me but other than that, and the fact that they aren't terribly filling, I don't see a reason to avoid them if a person is looking for a quick easy fix. The options have really improved in the last couple of years, new brands like Evol have some really tasty options.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    caradack1985 wrote: »
    Frozen veg is excellent, cheaper than fresh and no difference in nutritional value, plus they keep for longer! Frozen meat also, same thing. It's more frozen ready meals that are the issue as they are usually high calorie and low nutritional value.

    I'm not sure which frozen ready meals you're speaking of, but I eat them a couple times a week for lunch at work when I don't have leftovers, and they are usually lower calorie than I need them to be. The Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine options tend to be in the neighborhood of 300 calories and not quite filling enough, so I add some extra frozen vegetables or precooked chicken, or I get a salad from my work cafeteria. As far as low nutritional value, again, depends which ones you choose but the ones I get have at least a serving of vegetables and some protein.

    Sodium isn't a big concern for me but other than that, and the fact that they aren't terribly filling, I don't see a reason to avoid them if a person is looking for a quick easy fix. The options have really improved in the last couple of years, new brands like Evol have some really tasty options.

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