Super Bowl Sunday |
Super bowl Sunday is quite a day for fans everywhere. The city is buzzing with excitement. Everyone is preparing for parties and hours of vegging out in front of the tv. I don’t really care for football, but I love cirque du soleil (pregame) and Prince will be smoking (halftime). My biggest concern is the food. Football and especially super bowl means food and lots of it.
Because of this I am preparing myself early. I am going to working out (right after this post)… hopefully, I will rev up my system enough to combat those extra calories.
I also plan to get ahead of my hunger. I find that high fiber cereals (>9g fiber/serving) help. I put blueberries of strawberries or both on it with some soymilk. Then, I plan my snacks before I get hungry. I have them waiting for me and when I get to a hunger scale of 4* I eat them. If I wait longer, my choices are guaranteed to be worse.
Like Marna, prior to going to a party or event I try to eat soup or a small salad first. It helps keep me from eating everything at the party, because I am not starved and can make smarter choices.
I am bringing the guacamole!!. The low fat guac. I substitute half of the avocado for low fat cottage cheese. Blend it in the food processor. Then add tomatoes and onions. Add lime and season to taste. It’s awesome and no one will know.
Good luck and Go Bears!!!
Veronica
*- Ok, so what is this hunger scale… Bob Greene formulated a way for us to figure out how hungry we are and when we should eat and when we should push away. I am still learning it and at times forget to adhere to it. Simply put, it is a scale from 1 to 10. 1 is starving about to pass out and 10 is so full full you could vomit. Ok, so stay away from extremes. You should eat at 3-4 (slight hunger-tummy rumbling) and stop at 6 (when you are comfortable.) Easier said than done. This obviously takes some practice.
