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Some Exercise Ideas To Burn Off Super Bowl Party Food Calories

February 6, 2016 By Penny Klatell, PhD, RN Leave a Comment

Exercises to burn off Super Bowl calories

Will you be watching the big game? Maybe you’re more interested in the food than the game. Either way, according to the Calorie Control Council, the average game watcher chows down on about 1,200 calories worth of food and snacks on game day – Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest eating day (right behind Thanksgiving).

Here are some exercises (some a little wacky) to burn off the game day food overload. The numbers are just estimates – there’s always a wide variety of calories in foods depending on who makes them and who dishes them out. And, people come in all different sizes, shapes, and metabolisms meaning that everyone burns off calories at a different rate.

The Exercises

Running at a 6 mile per hour pace (10 minute mile) for a little under two hours will burn off about 1200 calories
Pumping it out on an elliptical trainer for two hours – or doing seven hours of Pilates will also burn off around 1200 calories as will swimming or spinning (cycling) for two and a half hours.
Drinking six bottles of Budweiser beer means needing to do “The Wave” 4, 280 times.

One KFC extra crispy drumstick and an extra crispy chicken breast will require 203 end zone touchdown dances.
A serving of Applebee’s chili cheese nachos would mean 159 minutes of playing non-stop professional football.
Eating ten Lay’s classic potato chips with Kraft French onion dip means you have to dance to Madonna for 134 minutes.

You’ll need a full hour of performing in a marching band to burn off a jalapeno popper made with cream cheese, cheddar cheese and bacon.

To eradicate the calories in one deviled egg you’d need 12 continuous minutes of cheerleading.

One pig in a blanket (mini hot dog wrapped in dough) has about 66 calories. To burn off a serving of three you’d need to play catch for 68 minutes.

Enjoy the game — enjoy the party — enjoy the food!

Some Exercise Ideas To Burn Off Super Bowl Party Calories

January 30, 2015 By Penny Klatell, PhD, RN Leave a Comment

The Exercises

Running at a 6 mile per hour pace (10 minute mile) for a little under two hours will burn off about 1200 calories
Pumping it out on an elliptical trainer for two hours – or doing seven hours of Pilates will also burn off around 1200 calories as will swimming or spinning (cycling) for two and a half hours.
Drinking six bottles of Budweiser beer means needing to do “The Wave” 4, 280 times.
One KFC extra crispy drumstick and an extra crispy chicken breast will require 203 end zone touchdown dances.
A serving of Applebee’s chili cheese nachos would mean 159 minutes of playing non-stop professional football.

Eating ten Lay’s classic potato chips with Kraft French onion dip means you have to dance to Madonna for 134 minutes
You’ll need a full hour of performing in a marching band to burn off a jalapeno popper made with cream cheese, cheddar cheese and bacon.
To eradicate the calories in one deviled egg you’d need 12 continuous minutes of cheerleading.

One pig in a blanket (mini hot dog wrapped in dough) has about 66 calories. To burn off a serving of three you’d need to play catch for 68 minutes.

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Super Bowl: A Big Game And Lots Of Food

January 25, 2015 By Penny Klatell, PhD, RN Leave a Comment

Even though professional football — as we know it – has been around since 1920, the first Super Bowl, the annual championship of the National Football League (NFL), was held in January 1967.

Although not an official holiday, Super Bowl Sunday certainly has assumed the trappings of a holiday both in the US and in many expat communities. It is the most watched annual television program in the US and ranks second (Thanksgiving is first) as the day for most food consumption. Over 20 million Americans attend Super Bowl parties and half of all Americans say they would rather go to a Super Bowl party than to a New Year’s Eve party.

It’s amazing how food has become associated with football — from tailgating to the food for the game. There are plenty of choices and you can eat well — and even have room for some indulgence — if you have a plan and don’t get sidetracked by the array of very caloric and usually very fatty foods.

Think of all the hand to mouth munching on chips, dips, and wings; a swig or two or three; a cookie here and there. And then there’s the “real food” at halftime – or maybe there was pizza first followed by a selection of subs. By the end of the game do you have a clue about how much – or even what — you have popped into your mouth?

Super Bowl Food Facts

About one in twenty (9 million) Americans watch the game at a restaurant or a bar.
Americans double their average daily consumption of snacks on Super Bowl Sunday, downing more than 33 million pounds in one day.
The average Super Bowl watcher consumes 1,200 calories. Potato chips are the favorite and account for 27 billion calories and 1.8 billion fat grams — the same as 4 million pounds of fat or equal to the weight of 13,000 NFL offensive linemen at 300 pounds each.
Nearly one in eight (13%) Americans order takeout/delivery food for the Super Bowl. The most popular choices are pizza (58%), chicken wings (50%), and subs/sandwiches (20%). Almost 70% of Super Bowl watchers eat a slice (or two or three) during the game.
The amount of chicken wings eaten clocks in at 90 million pounds or 450 million individual wings. It would take 19 chicken breasts to get the same amount of fat that you usually get from a dozen Buffalo wings.
On Super Bowl Sunday Americans eat an estimated 14,500 tons of potato chips, 4000 tons of tortilla chips, and eight million pounds of avocados. Five ounces of nacho cheese Doritos equals around 700 calories. You’d have to run the length of 123 football fields to burn them off. You’d have to eat 175 baby carrots or 700 celery sticks to get the same number of calories.
According to 7-eleven, sales of antacids increase by 20% on the day after Super Bowl.
Pizza restaurants love Super Bowl Sunday – it’s their busiest day of the year, according to the National Restaurant Association. Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, and Domino’s sell twice as many pies as they do on any other day. Domino’s expects to sell 11 million slices.
The Hass Avocado Board predicts that over Super Bowl weekend approximately100 million pounds of guacamole will be eaten – and approximately 14,500 tons of chips are used to scoop it up.
About 2 million cases of beer are sold every year for Super Bowl – which might explain why 6% of Americans call in sick for work the next day.

Are You Ready For Some Super Bowl Food Facts – And Some Calorie Saving Tips?

January 30, 2013 By Penny Klatell, PhD, RN Leave a Comment

Will you be joining the ranks of over 20 million Americans who will attend a Super Bowl party? Do you side with half of all Americans who say they would rather go to a Super Bowl party than to a New Year’s Eve party?

Some Amazing Super Bowl Food Facts:

About one in twenty (9 million) Americans watch the game at a restaurant or a bar.

Americans double their average daily consumption of snacks on Super Bowl Sunday, downing more than 33 million pounds in one day.

The average Super Bowl watcher consumes 1,200 calories. (Source: Calorie Control Council). Potato chips are the favorite and account for 27 billion calories and 1.8 billion fat grams — the same as 4 million pounds of fat or equal to the weight of 13,000 NFL offensive linemen at 300 pounds each. (Source: ScottsdaleWeightLoss.com).

Nearly one in eight (13%) Americans order takeout/delivery food for the Super Bowl. The most popular choices are pizza (58%), chicken wings (50%), and subs/sandwiches (20%). (Source: American Journal). Almost 70% of Super Bowl watchers eat a slice (or two or three) during the game.

The amount of chicken wings eaten clocks in at 90 million pounds or 450 million individual wings. It would take 19 chicken breasts to get the same amount of fat that you usually get from a dozen Buffalo wings.

On Super Bowl Sunday Americans eat an estimated 14,500 tons of potato chips, 4000 tons of tortilla chips, and eight million pounds of avocados. Five ounces of nacho cheese Doritos equals around 700 calories. You’d have to run the length of 123 football fields to burn them off. You’d have to eat 175 baby carrots or 700 celery sticks to get the same number of calories.

Stew Leonard’s, a local chain of southwestern Connecticut grocery stores, sold more than 40,000 pounds of chicken wings and 10,000 pounds of barbecued ribs and 60,000 pigs-in-blankets ahead of Super Bowl Sunday in 2012. This year they are slso offering some healthy alternatives along with the traditional game day food. Choices include: grilled or roasted Mediterranean vegetables, hummus instead of high-fat and high-calorie sour cream onion dip, pita instead of potato chips, and provolone salad on crostini made from aged provolone diced with roasted peppers, carrots, red onions, parsley, basil, olive oil, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, white vinegar and a touch of brown sugar on pieces of fresh, crusty bread.

And, according to 7-eleven, sales of antacids increase by 20% on the day after Super Bowl.

Super Bowl Party Calorie Saving Tips

Stick with grilled meat, veggies, or baked chips rather than fried.

Turkey, baked ham, and grilled chicken are better choices than wings and fried chicken.

Plain bread, pitas, or wraps are less caloric than biscuits or cornbread.

Go for salsa and skip the guacamole.

Minimize calories by dipping chicken wings into hot sauce instead of Buffalo sauce.

Try using celery for crunch and as a dipper instead of chips.

Try fruit for dessert.

Go for thin crust rather than thick doughy crust pizza. Choose the slices with vegetables, not pepperoni or meatballs. If you’re not embarrassed, try blotting up the free-floating oil that sits on top of a greasy slice (soak up even a teaspoon of oil saves you 40 calories and 5 grams of fat).

Alcohol adds calories and dulls your mindful eating. Try alternating water or diet soda with beer or alcohol. That can decrease your alcohol calories (alcohol has 7 calories/gram) by 50%.

The next post will give some examples of Good, Better, And Best Super Bowl Food Choices.