It’s 7:30 at night, you just finished a girls hockey game and you are so hungry that you are ready to knaw your own arm off. You can’t wait until you get back home to eat, so you stop at the drive-thru instead. So what’s your best fast-food option after your game?
Since it is American Thanksgiving this week, I decided that our “Eat This, Not That” video should have a poultry theme (chicken instead of turkey though).
All of the 3 options I showed you are good choices to have after the game as they are all pretty healthy. These are all much better than the deep-fried options that you would find at the rink snack bar.
Although the grilled chicken salad is definitely healthy, it doesn’t have enough calories or carbohydrates in it to help you recover quickly after the game and to give you sustained energy for the next time you hit the ice.
The grilled chicken wrap is a better option because it has more calories and carbohydrates, but the white wrap isn’t a great option because your body treats it like pure sugar and it isn’t going to give you the long-term energy you need to recover properly.
Your best option of these 3 after the game is the grilled chicken sandwich on whole wheat bread (hold the cheese and mayo please). You are going to get the protein your muscles need to recover in the chicken, as well as the complex carbohydrates in the whole wheat bread that you need in order to replenish your energy stores and feel your best for the next game.
So to rank your three chicken options at the drive thru:
#3 = Grilled chicken salad
#2 = Grilled chicken wrap
#1 = Grilled chicken sandwich (on whole wheat - no mayo, no cheese).
What’s your favorite fast-food option after the game? Do you think that you are getting all the calories, carbs and protein you need in order to recover quickly?
Share your meals below.
~ Coach Kim
I don’t eat at the burger places hardly ever. I like Subway because I can order what I want. I have my own recipe. It is chicken or pepperoni, lettuce, tomatoe, onion, mustard, pickles, cucumbers on wheat bread. No mayo or cheese. Yum. Madeline, is ringette fun? It sounds like it. Is it harder because you have more shots? God job on your game.
See ya!
Amy
When ever I have to go to fast food restaurants I always get the grilled chicken sandwich, but the problem is some places that I’ve been to don’t offer a whole wheat bun.
Ringettes a lot harder once you reach the Junior, equivalent of second year bantam and first year midget, they have so much control over the ring, their shots are so hard and they can lift it up with out much effort because of the way the sticks are made, they have special tips. I’ve been finding it easier with more shots because your mind is constently in the game and the play is so much faster then in hockey, that’s why we call it the fastest game on ice. My first four games back have been my best games I’ve ever played, it’s so fun getting all the action, 35, 22, 40 and 49 shots and our record is 1-1-2 and I got a tripping penalty in my first game
i usually just go home after a meal but i like these options. i loooove hockey i just scored the winning goal of a game against the tteam we practice with. i also like chiken its cool, but what is the best fast food place to go to after a game?????????
I like to have turkey subs from subway if I have to go out.