What It Takes to Burn Off High-Cal Foods
- by Dana Angelo White in Diets & Weight Loss
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If you want to indulge in that burger, here's how you can burn it off.
Calories in and calories out — the calories you eat from food are expended with physical activity. When eating outweighs what you’re burning, you can pack on the pounds. High-cal foods take more exercise to get rid of, and sometimes it makes it more real to visualize just how much moving you’d have to do to shed those decadent calories.
Crunching the Numbers
The values below are average based on a 155-pound person.
Dessert Damage
- 2 small scoops of chocolate ice cream = 1 hour 20 minutes of tennis
- 1 medium strawberry milkshake = 1 hour 30 minutes of high intensity aerobics
- 1 slice cheesecake (restaurant portion) = 1 hour 10 minutes on the elliptical trainer
Fast Food Frenzy
- A large order of French fries = 1 hour of swimming laps
- Bacon cheeseburger = 1 hour of fast running at 8 mph
- Fried chicken sandwich = 45 minutes hiking
Takeout Trouble
- 1 slice pepperoni pizza = 30 minutes of medium-paced jogging
- Medium-sized movie popcorn with butter = 1 hour 20 minutes of downhill skiing
- 1 order General Tso’s chicken = 2 hours on the stair-climber
Snacking
- A candy bar = 1 hour of brisk walking at 3.75 mph
- A (12-fluid ounce) can of soda = 30 minutes of volleyball
- A 1-ounce bag of potato chips (15 chips) = 45 minutes of weight-lifting
Damage Control
We aren’t suggesting banishing these foods from your diet forever, but if you want to indulge a little more sensibly, consider:
- Serving up smaller portions
- Indulging only on occasion
- Increase your calorie burn by getting out there and exercising more often
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