Photo by Perry Merrity II on Unsplash
by Chuck Kobdish, D.C.
The State Fair of Texas kicks off this Friday, and you know what that means — a Big Tex “Howdy Folks!”, the Texas Star Ferris Wheel, the midway, the Sky Gondola Ride, livestock shows, and of course… the food. Oh my goodness… the food!
Let’s say you spend the day doing it right:
- Lunch: a smoked turkey leg, a beer, and a funnel cake
- Afternoon snack: the obligatory corny dog, washed down with a lemonade
- Dinner: sausage on a stick, another beer, and a basket of fried Oreos
That’s your State Fair “happy meal,” Texas style. But what’s the damage?
- Smoked turkey leg: ~1,150 cal
- Funnel cake: ~760 cal
- Corny dog: ~280 cal
- 2 beers: ~310 cal
- Lemonade: ~220 cal
- Sausage on a stick: ~250 cal
- Fried Oreos (5-pack): ~900 cal
Grand total: ~3,870 calories
For perspective, the American Heart Association suggests around 2,500 calories per day for the average adult male (and about 2,000 for women). One afternoon at the fair and your Fitbit waves the white flag.
So how do you burn it off? Using the old “100 calories = 2,000 steps” rule:
- 3,870 calories ≈ 77,400 steps
- That’s about 38 miles
- Or roughly the same as walking from the Cotton Bowl to Reunion Tower and back four times!
That said, get your walking shoes on and meet me at the corny dog line — I won’t be counting calories myself.
See y’all at the fair!
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