15 Tempting Foods and the Sweat to Burn Them Off

Can’t resist the mouth-watering temptations offered no matter where you go? How about if you knew what it would take to work them off? Here are 15 popular offerings and the sweat needed by a 150 - 180 pound person to burn those calories.

10 standard pretzels (227 calories) = 18 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 14 minutes of running at 8 mph

Starbucks Blueberry Muffin (380 calories) = 30 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 23 minutes of running at 8 mph

Tropicana 12-Oz Bottle Of Orange Juice (170 calories) = 14 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 10 minutes of running at 8 mph

Nutri-Grain Apple-Cinnamon Cereal Bar (120 calories) = 10 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 7 minutes of running at 8 mph

Half A Cup Of Dry-Roasted Peanuts (427 calories) = 34 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 26 minutes of running at 8 mph

Rock Star Energy Drink (280 calories) = 22 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 17 minutes of running at 8 mph

Starbucks Bagel With Cream Cheese (bagel – 280 calories, cream cheese – 130 calories) = 33 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 25 minutes of running at 8 mph

One Chocolate Glazed Doughnut (260 calories) = 21 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 16 minutes of running at 8 mph

Pecan Butter Tart (370 calories) = 30 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 22 minutes of running at 8 mp

2 Regular 12 Ounce Beers (300 calories) = 24 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 18 minutes of running at 8 mph

TCBY Golden Vanilla (large) 400 calories = working out on an elliptical trainer for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

AMC Popcorn, no butter (small) 410 calories = low impact aerobics for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Latte with Whipped Cream (20 oz.) 410 calories = jogging for 50 minutes.

Five Guys Fries (9 oz.) 620 calories = bicycling for 95 minutes.

Smoothie King Slim-N-Trim Strawberry (32oz.) 560 calories = playing doubles tennis for almost 2 hours.

“15 Snacks You Eat At Work That Take You Way Too Long To Burn Off The Calories”, The PostGame Blog, May, 2013

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/list/201305/15-snacks-you-eat-work-take-you-way-too-long-burn

Nutrition Action Newsletter, March 2012

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Jerry De Luca is a Christian freelance writer who loves perusing dozens of interesting and informative publications. When he finds any useful info he summarizes it, taking the main points, and creates a (hopefully) helpful blog post.