Chances are that most of you are gearing up for the big game this Sunday. Go Giants! And of course, beer and snacks go along with watching football. Read on to learn tips to moderate your intake this day.
You can easily consume over 3000 calories on Super Bowl Sunday. Think about it … hours of swigging beer, munching on nachos, wings, potato skins, fries, etc. The more you drink, the hungrier you get … the less you seem to care about watching what you eat. But with a little planning, you can minimize the damage done with your Super bowl splurge!
Super bowl damage control tips:
1. Get a good workout in sometime before the game. This will help you to feel more in control.
2. Make sure you are hydrated before heading out to your Super bowl party. Being dehydrated can cause you to drink more alcohol. Thirsty = more beer. The more beer you swig, the more you will likely eat. A buzz will decrease your willpower to watch what you eat.
3. Drink a lot of water while watching the game. Alternate between water and beer. If anyone comments on your extreme thirst, you can say you had a kick butt workout that morning and are dehydrated. No need to share that you are using this tactic to drink less beer!
4. Even better, drink a lot of club soda. It will make you feel full and bloated so you will consume less beer and food.
5. Don’t head to the party starving. Have a good lunch with protein and maybe a light afternoon snack. This help to bolster your discipline at least somewhat.
6. Don’t sit near the highest calorie snacks. Picking the seat near the bucket of wings or fries is asking for trouble. Take a seat far away from these troublesome snacks. Let the others gorge themselves.
7. Eat and drink slow. May sound silly but it works. No one really cares how fast you eat or drink. People will be paying attention to the game – not you.
8. If possible, choose a light beer. You can really save on calories. Check out the calories in alcohol:
| Type of alcoholic beverage | Calories |
|---|---|
| ***Beer | |
| (based on 12 fl. oz) | |
| Amstel Light | 100 |
| Budweiser | 145 |
| Bud Light | 110 |
| Coors Original | 140 |
| Coors Light | 105 |
| Corona Extra | 150 |
| Corona Light | 105 |
| Guiness Extra Stout | 175 |
| Heineken | 150 |
| Heineken Premium Light | 100 |
| Rolling Rock | 120 |
| Sam Adams Light | 130 |
| Sierra Nevada | 200 |
| ***Wine | |
| (based on 4 fl. oz or 1/2 large glass) | |
| Red wine | 80 |
| White wine | |
| - Dry | 75 |
| - Zinfandel sweet | 85 |
| Champagne | 95 |
| ***Cocktail | |
| (averge sized cocktail. Nutritional info accumulated from several sources) | |
| Bloody Mary | 150 |
| Cosmopolitan | 205 |
| Frozen Daiquiri | 336 |
| Gin and Tonic | 200 |
| Irish Coffee | 175 |
| Kahlua Mudslide | 270 |
| Long Island Ice Tea | 290 |
| Mai Tai | 220 |
| Margarita on the rocks | 265 |
| Margarita frozen | 340 |
| Martini | 190 |
| Mojito | 220 |
| Pina colada | 330 |
| Screwdriver | 205 |
| Whiskey Sour | 280 |
| Rum and Coke | 200 |
| Vodka and Cranberry | 200 |
| Vodka and Soda | 130 |
9. Order wings really hot so it is difficult to eat too many of them. Quench your thirst with water, not beer!
10. While I wouldn’t consider any bar food to be a healthy choice, your best bets would be sliders (without cheese) and wings (without blue cheese dip). The worst are loaded nachoes and any other fried appetizer (french fries, fried mozzarella sticks, fried chicken fingers, etc). Of course, the ideal choice would be to order grilled chicken on a salad with dressing on the side or a grilled chicken sandwich. Not sure I can see this happening on Superbowl Sunday.
11. Here are calories in common Superbowl foods:
7 buffalo wings = 455 calories and 28 gm fat
1 T. Blue cheese dip = 80 calories and 10 gm fat
one cheeseburger slider = 280 calories and 10 gm fat fitting-it-all-in.com
6-8 nachos with cheese = 346 calories and 19 gm fat
So you see how easy it is to rack up the calories. Try some of my tips to moderate your eating and drinking on Super Bowl Sunday. You’ll wake up Monday morning feeling less hungover and bloated!
