Go Tech!

It's hard to ignore ESPN ripping us to shreds all day; I'm a very optimistic person, so we might win anyway, even though half our players our injured, our quarterback hasn't played much, and UT is favored by three touchdowns - but we've done it before, and wouldn't it be SO much fun if it happened tomorrow! Anyway, one thing is FOR SURE - we will all eat too much, drink more beer than water, and yell like crazy whether we do something great or terrible. The average guy will eat/drink about 4000 calories during the pre-game and game-time activities, and half of those will be FAT calories. Keep in mind, guys, that if you sit on the couch quietly, you will burn LESS than 100 calories an hour; waving your hands in the air and screaming will double this. However, if you go outside at the end of every quarter and throw the football around yourself, you can burn 140 calories in that fifteen minutes - wow, what a relief! Honestly, if you had a day like this infrequently, I'd just ignore all this and have a great time - probably you'll do that anyway. But, realistically, football season goes until the end of January, and you could gain several pounds - in addition to whatever you'll do at Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's! Before you tune me out, here are a couple of tips to survive the season, still having fun, but keeping yourself from looking like a puffed up football: (1) substitue pretzels for chips; (2) use lowfat sour cream in your dips - believe me, you'll never notice the difference; (3) use only 1/2 of bun for your hamburger or hot dog, get thin-crust pizzas, and double-load your tortillas with meat and veggies; (4) don't make too much food - most of it isn't going to look too good anyway after it's been sitting out for four hours; and (5) drink 2 glasses of water between every LIGHT beer - you might have to put a TV in your bathroom, but you'll thank me later! Okay, enjoy your weekend! Melissa