Balancing Off The Super Bowl Snacks

Super Bowl Sunday is still 11 days away but many are preparing for home parties and get togethers in which food is just as important as football.
Much of the food that will be consumed before, during and even after the game tends to be pretty high in calories yet few of us give much thought to that while “chowing down” on Super Sunday. Charles Stuart Platkin, founder of DietDetective.com has come out with some exercise equivalents for some of the food we’ll be snacking on.

• Half a DiGiorno Pizza Cheese Stuffed Crust Limited Edition with
meat=You would need to do 299 touchdown dances in the end
zone.
• Six T.G.I. Friday’s Loaded Potato Skins=Doing the wave 6,389
times.
• Large Meatball Sub from Quiznos= Climbing the stadium stairs for
109 minutes.
* Six KFC Honey Barbecue Wings with Dipping Sauce= Playing pro
Football for 59 minutes.
• One pint of Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby Ice Cream= Cleaning the stadium after the game for almost 5 ½ hours.
• Six White Castle Sliders= Running the length of the football field
129 times.
* Large handful of Planters mixed nuts and two gulps of beer= 44
Minutes of a football practice.
• I Tortilla chip with a scoop of Mexican refried bean dip= Dancing
to “The Who” during the halftime show for 8 ½ minutes.
• A few bites of a Rueben sandwich= Performing in a marching
band for 48 minutes.
• 8 potato chips with dip= Biking to the game from about 18 miles.
• Two handfuls of potato chips= Running 45 football fields.

By the way DietDetective.com says to keep in mind that we all have daily caloric budgets and it’s only after using your daily budget that the exercise equivalent kicks in. The idea behind all of this is to let you know there are plenty of alternatives in which you can reduce calories and still enjoy the game.