Afterwork-calories
Yesterday Johanna came over and helped me with my tax declaration and balancing the books for my company. I have no idea how I would have managed without her, and I feel so relieved now that it is done! We went out togetehr with Daniel (my husband) and met up with her fiance Richard for a couple of beers. Afterwork is quite popular in Sweden, and I am somewhat new to this. I would mind making it a new tradition, as I think I prefer this over going nightclubbing. It is nice to be able to talk, and see people in daylight, and to go home at a decent hour. During the afterwork I started wondering how many calories a session like this would add up to, so I kept track of my intake, both food and drink. I had five beers ( drinking a total of 2 liters of beer, as I usually don’t drink the last few sips), shared a small nacho-dish with Daniel and had half a kebab when I got home. Here is the calorie count from the four hour session:
- Beer: 750
- Half plate w. nachos: 350
- Half kebab with fries: 450
- = Total: 1550 kcal
Since I had a 300 kcal breakfast (not so hungry) and a 450 kcal lunch, my total kcal intake yesterday was 2300 kcal only. My requirements vary between 2000 and 2400, depending on my level of activity (which was low yesterday)- so at best I might have gone 300 kcal over my ‘daily limit’.
If I had a larger lunch, ordered a hamburger with fries, and eaten a whole kebab I would have gone aprox 2000 kcal over my limit the least, and if this was a weekly habit of mine this would mean that I would gain over 1 kg a month, or 15 kg a year. WOW! Have you done the math on your afterwork?
A new study reveals that the old wives tale is actually true. Congeners in dark liquor add taste and aroma to the liquor, but are also toxic and in the study gave the participants a more severe hangover. The content of congeners vary greatly, in both wine and beer.
