Recovering from Your Superbowl Splurge
If your night was anything like mine, it was not the healthiest of nights when it came to food and beverages. Buffalo wings, fried calamari, chili, pasta, french fries and multiple beers all over the course of 4 hours. The selection of food in most sports bars is not “gourmet”. But it was worth it to see the Giants win!
I am sure I am not the only one who overindulged Sunday pm. I am writing this because I often 
see my clients let one bad day of eating snowball into several days. One bad day will not have a significant effect on weight gain. Let’s say you consumed an extra 1200 calories from what you would normally consume (this is probably the amount I ate last night). It takes 3500 extra calories to make you gain a pound of fat. So technically I might have gained 1/3 of a pound from my splurge last night. Not a big deal. Now of course if I was to weigh myself today, the scale would probably show a 2 pound gain. This is from fluid retention from the extra salt and carbs. It will be gone in a day or two …as long as I get back to my normal diet (which doesn’t include wings and fried calamari!). The problem would be if I let last nights feast throw me off and fuel a continued food fest.
Some tips for the Superbowl splurgers:
-Get back to your usual diet today.
-You might even want to be a little more stringent for the next few days help offset last nights splurge - but don’t be overly strict as this can lead to binging.
-Drink a lot of water to help flush the sodium out.
-Spend a little more time doing cardio this week.
For all the participants of the New Hampshire Biggest Loser Competition, my guess is you might have been drowning your sorrows in beer and nachos while watching the Patriots lose. Get back on track today!
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February 12th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
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