I'm not entirely sure. I haven't been to Fenway Park to see a Red Sox game for a few years. Tonight's game will be the first time where I have to be conscious of my eating habits. I used to get a couple hot dogs, a small pizza, popcorn with lots of butter, multiple beverages, and some sort of dessert, but clearly I can't do that this time around.
So are there any healthy options there? I'm guessing you can't buy a salad at a concession stand...nor would I want to, since it probably wouldn't be that fresh. Also, I can only imagine the laughs I would get as I sit in the stands and eat my dainty salad. Popcorn is probably a reasonably alternative, as long as I don't get it slathered with butter. One hot dog is decent...but will that suppress hunger? Maybe if I eat it slow.
Surprisingly, the Red Sox website has a list of its concessions and where you can find them throughout Fenway (Fenway Park Concessions). One of the food products is rather ambiguous: "Healthy Options." What does that mean? That could be anything...a piece of lettuce, a veggie burger, a fruit cup, couscous. I'll have to investigate that if I can. Besides "Healthy Options," the only other semi-healthy foods on the list are a chicken sandwich (don't know if it is grilled or fried), kettle corn, and water. We'll see how it goes...I can't afford a recovery day tomorrow.
Question for the reading audience: I woke up and weighed myself this morning and I was UP nearly a pound, and then I weighed myself about 90 minutes later, and I was DOWN around two pounds. I've eaten healthy all week...can someone explain to me what is going on here?!
UPDATE AT 2:24 PM: A friend sent me a link of a great Weight Watchers article regarding how to eat healthy at the ball park. Thank you Meghan!
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First off, your scale might need a new battery. Your body fluctuates a ton during the day which is why you should ideally weigh yourself at the same time every day/week, but if it's fluctuating a ton it might mean your battery is dying. It could also be that the floor is not even enough for the scale to read accurately.
We went to a Sox game not too long ago. I think they do have grilled chicken. In fact, I'm pretty sure T's Aunt, who has Celiac, ordered a grilled chicken sandwich w. no bun. They gave her the chix, cheese, lettuce and tomato.
Soft pretzels aren't too bad (as long as they aren't made with butter like Auntie Ann's).
I think they do have a veggie burger option but I'm not sure. Maybe your best bet is to eat something filling before you go so that you can be satisfied after 1 hot dog or sandwich?
Good luck and GO SOX!
Jackie: thank you so much for the advice! I'll have to check the scale...it's been running on the same batteries for a couple years now. That could be the issue...but I think it's the whole fluctuation thing. Stupid fluctuation.
Red Sox game was awesome...they won, so that's always good. I had two hot dogs and that was it...the grilled chicken sandwich was around somewhere, but I didn't find it near where I was sitting.
Weight Watchers magazine offers the "Faux dog and faux hamburger." Basically, you load up the bun of each with condiments and eat them. Bun and condiments only. No dog or burger respectively. As Jon so coothly put it, "That's retarded."
I must say, I totally agree with Jon, lol.
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