Watch for calories this Super Bowl Sunday - not commercials!

February 1st, 2008

Even if you aren’t interested in the football, I am sure you watch the commercials or at least attend a Super Bowl Party! While you mingle with friends, make bets over who will win and linger by the Super Bowl snack table, keep this fact in mind - Americans consume more calories as a nation on Super Bowl Sunday than on any other day of the year, even Thanksgiving! 

By the time the clock runs out in the fourth quarter, Americans will have taken in 156 billion calories - mostly from pizza, wings and beer.  So instead of ingesting all of those extra calories (which would take running the length of the football field 109 times to burn off!), try these tips from Men’s Health and co-author of bestselling Eat This, Not That! and cut your caloric intake in half.

Pre-Game Snack
Eat This: Bowl of Chili with cheddar and onions; 300 calories; 18 g fat
Not That!: 6 Chicken wings with blue cheese; 650 calories; 40 g fat

Dips
Eat This: Tostitos Salsa Con Queso; 80 calories; 5 g fat
Not That!: Kraft Guacamole Dip (4 T); 100 calories; 9 g fat

Halftime Snack
Eat This: 3 Chicken Fingers; 310 calories; 17 g fat
Not That!: Cheese Fries with ranch (1 cup); 750 calories; 50 g fat

Dessert
Eat This: Edy’s Slow Churned Vanilla w/Nestle Crunch Bar; 150 calories; 8 g fat
Not That!: Haagen-Daaz Vanilla and Almonds Bar; 310 calories; 22 g fat

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