Hey everyone!
As you can see, I've changed up the design a little bit for the welcoming of spring! Never fear though, it's still the same blog done by the same people (I could tell you were concerned). If you like my blog so far, make sure to let your friends know about it! The more readers the merrier :).
Thanks for coping with my craziness
~ Joanna
Words of wisdom so you can keep flipping!
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Golden Cake and Other Treats
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| Nastia Liukin going for the gold... cake... |
Desserts. From the most delicious chocolaty cake to the most delectable banana split. Who can resist the calling of a home-made blond brownie? Not to mention the ice cream that has your name written all over it. Besides, you're a gymnast. Surely someone can eat a brownie, so long as they work out for like, 12 hours a week.
A brownie here, an ice cream sandwich there. How much is too much? Sure, you don't struggle with weight gain now, but you're most likely not going to be a gymnast for the rest of your life. Surely your habits will catch up with you...
Gymnasts, along with most athletes, need mostly proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in their diet. When a gymnast is craving one of these things, they go and get it. In this instance, they are probably craving carbohydrates, or "carbs". Cake and Cookies are filled with tons of carbs, so they provide the necessary parts to fill the hole. Though these sweet treats are delicious and work for filling in for the carbs you need, they aren't really beneficial in any other way. Getting used to eating sweets all the time could lead do bad eating habits when you are older. besides, there are foods that are both delicious and nutritious as well as full of carbs to fill your needs. Also, you could think about eating more snacks in-between your meals in order to better space your intake. Dr. Josh at Gymnast Care reccomends you eat breakfast, a midmorning snack, lunch, a pre-workout snack, during workout snack, and dinner.
Some delicious and easy-to-make desserts for your lunch include:
Ants on a Log
Take a celery stick, fill the concaved part with peanut butter, and top with raisins or chocolate covered raisins.
Peanut Butter and Nutella Sandwich
Take two slices of sandwich bread (white or wheat), spread nutella over one slice, spread peanut butter over the other slice, put the two peices together with the spreads facing inwards.
Dark Chocolate
This one is pretty self explanitory, I enjoy eating it dipped in peanut butter, but just plain is fine too :).
Rock on my hungry internet gymnasts!
~Joanna
p.s. I got the information for this post from stayfueled.com by Gymnast Care. Check them out on facebook!
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Chocolate Milk: Real or Myth?
Hey everyone!
I know it's a little late, but I really want to do this post! Anyways, I've heard from multiple sources that one of the best options for an after-practice drink/snack is chocolate milk. As well as hearing the positives, I'm also asked, "what's so good about chocolate milk?". Well, this is a very valid question. I mean, chocolate milk has "chocolate" in the name, and people all over consider it a "candy". Why not just regular milk? Now here's where I come in. I did some research to find if chocolate milk is beneficial like they say, or just a hoax to make people feel better about drinking it.
Alas, I found a website that informed me of the truth. Dr. Charles Smith, UAMS family medicine doctor, shares that it may be more beneficial than you think. Apparently, the chocolate in the milk contains as much as 11g of protein. That's just about as much as A 50-gram commercially prepared protein bar. In relation to only drinking this milk after practice, experts suggest that you should have between 15g and 25g of protein after a night at the gym. This would be the equivalent to either An 80-gram protein bar from a national candy company, which usually contains a surplus of sugar (see my other post "The Candy Bar Scandal"), or about 200ml of chocolate milk, equivalent to one cup.
Now, it seems that the answer is clear, I'm gonna have chocolate milk after practice! With it, an athlete will have the protein they need, and not the extra sugar they don't.
Are you going to drink chocolate milk after workout more often? Why or why not? Tell me in the comments! \/ \/ \/
Tumble on, my majestic internet gymnasts.
~Joanna
p.s. information from http://www.uamshealth.com/?id=5453&sid=1 and http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/much-protein-protein-bar-have-6571.html
I know it's a little late, but I really want to do this post! Anyways, I've heard from multiple sources that one of the best options for an after-practice drink/snack is chocolate milk. As well as hearing the positives, I'm also asked, "what's so good about chocolate milk?". Well, this is a very valid question. I mean, chocolate milk has "chocolate" in the name, and people all over consider it a "candy". Why not just regular milk? Now here's where I come in. I did some research to find if chocolate milk is beneficial like they say, or just a hoax to make people feel better about drinking it.
Alas, I found a website that informed me of the truth. Dr. Charles Smith, UAMS family medicine doctor, shares that it may be more beneficial than you think. Apparently, the chocolate in the milk contains as much as 11g of protein. That's just about as much as A 50-gram commercially prepared protein bar. In relation to only drinking this milk after practice, experts suggest that you should have between 15g and 25g of protein after a night at the gym. This would be the equivalent to either An 80-gram protein bar from a national candy company, which usually contains a surplus of sugar (see my other post "The Candy Bar Scandal"), or about 200ml of chocolate milk, equivalent to one cup.
Now, it seems that the answer is clear, I'm gonna have chocolate milk after practice! With it, an athlete will have the protein they need, and not the extra sugar they don't.
Are you going to drink chocolate milk after workout more often? Why or why not? Tell me in the comments! \/ \/ \/
Tumble on, my majestic internet gymnasts.
~Joanna
p.s. information from http://www.uamshealth.com/?id=5453&sid=1 and http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/much-protein-protein-bar-have-6571.html
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