What really makes Superbowl THE American pastime is the FOOD. Aside from Thanksgiving, Superbowl is one the way day where it is completely acceptable to eat the equivalent of 5 meals within a 3 hours period. Nachos? pile them on! Chicken wings? give me the ones with the sauce all over them! Beer? yes, I guess I'll take another. Brownies ? umm..only if you have ice cream to go on top!
Yes...the food makes everyone's Superbowl experience that much more exciting!
I found some interesting facts about food and Superbowl weekends:
- Americans will consume 1.25 billion chicken wings this Super Bowl weekend
- 61% of American consider pizza as a "must have" Super Bowl food
- 11 million pounds of chips, 4 million pounds of pretzels, 2.5 million pounds of nuts and 3.8 million pounds of popcorn will be consumed on on Sunday
- 12 million pounds of avocados will be purchased the week leading up to Superbowl and American will consume 8 million pounds of guacamole on Sunday. (I will be heavily contributing to this!)
- Americans will drink 50 million cases of beer and the overall tab will top $10.8 billion dollars!
- $2.37 million dollars will be spent on sodas and other soft drinks over Superbowl weekend
- There is a 20% increase in the use of antacids on the Monday after Superbowl and 6% will call in sick
Source: Super Bowl Food Shockers You Won't Believe
So, normally statistics like this wouldn't bother me and I would go on my merry way of planning my Superbowl feast, but if you've been reading my blog AT ALL you know that my options are a bit restricted when it comes to celebratory meals right now. As I have mentioned before, one of my intentions in doing this 8 week program is to fully integrate this way of eating into my normal life. I won't live like a hermit because I can't eat what everyone else is eating, rather I will find a way to still enjoy the things I have always enjoyed but just be eating differently and be a bit more prepared for social situations. Luckily, Superbowl doesn't present too big of a problem. A couple of other nutrition program participants (Thanks Mary and Tim!) are hosting a Superbowl party and have invited the whole gang over. So I will be surrounded by amazing food that I can fully indulge in (there are some very talented cooks in this group!) and I am excited to try a new recipe that I have had my eye on for a few days now.
Cheering on the almost-local team with good friends and great food is my plan for Sunday and I can't wait! AND, I am pretty sure I will have the energy to get up nice and early Monday morning for a run!
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