Super Bowl Sunday Food/Booze Survival Tips

February 7th, 2010

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Chances are that most of you city guys and many city girls will be putting on your drinking shoes (or hats – see pic) this Sunday. Whether you are really into watching the game or just like the excuse to indulge, Super bowl Sunday is probably one of the biggest drinking days of the year (aside from St. Patricks Day and New Years Eve of course!)

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 swigging 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 other guys 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. On the contrary, here is how guys think: the less that other guy eats or drinks, the more will be left for me!

8. If possible, choose a light beer. You can really save on calories. (You don’t want to end up like this city man!)

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. But I would say the chances of a city guy doing this is slim….