Here’s How Much Weight New Jersey Gained On Super Bowl Sunday

We calculated how many calories New Jersey residents ate on Super Bowl Sunday, and we can project how much weight the Garden State gained in one day.

We Consumed A Lot Of Calories On Super Sunday

It might have been Super Sunday for football fans, but it wasn't such a super day for waistlines in the Garden State.

We don't know exactly how many New Jersey residents watched the big game, but we do know how many calories the average person consumed watching the game and all the festivities.

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We start our calculations by discovering that the average Super Bowl party attendee ingested a whopping 8000 calories before, during, and after the game on Super Bowl Sunday.

What Is The Average Calorie Consumption On Super Bowl Sunday?

According to The Beet, the average viewer of the big game digests nearly 8100 calories on Super Sunday alone.

Experts say the average calories burned by an adult in 24 hours is approximately 2400, with variations for height, weight, etc.

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Experts also say that you need to burn about 3500 calories to lose a pound, and if you're not burning them, that's also how many calories it takes to gain a pound.

How Much Weight Did We Gain During The Big Game?

Assuming you didn't head straight to the gym after the game, the average person took on an extra 5700 calories during the game and surrounding festivities.

The math tells us that if all those factors are true, the average person gained approximately 1.6 pounds this Super Bowl Sunday.

Of course, these are merely estimates, but based on them here is how much weight was gained in New Jersey on Super Sunday, based on how many of our residents partook in the festivities.

Here's The Bad News On New Jersey's Weight Gain During The Big Game

If all 9.288 million residents watched the game and ate the average amount of food, New Jersey gained  14,860,800 pounds during the big game.

If only half the state partook in the festivities, we packed on a combined 7.5 million pounds, and you could figure out the rest.

See you at the gym.