St. Party's Day

I know most of us are really excited about heading to the Pub after work today and drink green beer until our tongues turn green. But please please think of your liver!! He or she is so good to you...Filtering your blood so that it's nice and clean...And producing bodily fluids so your internal mechanisms work effectively. You wouldn't want to hurt him/her by poisoning him/her with a landslide of alcohol? Now would you? Of course not ;-)

So in any case, if your liver is not a concern of yours tonight, think if your waist line. Ah ha! Now I probably have your attention.

There are 182 calories in one pint of beer. Say you have 5 beers tonight - which is a fairly average amount on an night like St. Patty's Day - you would have consumed 910 calories!! That's almost HALF of your daily intake allowance of calories. And mind you, not the good type of calories either. The bad bad bad calories.

To burn off 910 calories you would have to do the following:

• 60 minute Spinning Class - High intensity, with a minimum avg speed of 20 km/h.
• 60 minutes of Jumping Rope - NO breaks. One HOUR of jumping rope! Go ahead, try that.
• 90 minutes of Jogging on a Treadmill (or outside) - Moderate to high intensity.

My advise. Go have fun, but try and limit the intake of your green beer. No more than 2, or 3. And drink lots of water before bed.