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Following your diet on Super Bowl Sunday

Health experts say you can still get your diet on, even when everyone else hits the wings, nachos and pizza on Super Bowl Sunday.

Lisa Farley, a nutritionist at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, told the Associated Press there are generally two kinds of football fans: "Couch potatoes who sit back and watch it all happen" -- they tend to eat more -- and those who get physical.

Go ahead and jump off the couch, throw your hat on the ground and pace while riveted to the screen, Farley suggests. It burns more calories -- and keeps your hands from automatically grabbing more food.

To get more tips, check out the complete article.

And let me know how you handled the big day.

Go Colts!

-- Amanda Barrett, amNY.com

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