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Thinking of treating yourself to a slice of pizza, or some chocolate ice cream? We all have occasions where we want to indulge, or social situations that almost force us to break our diets. But knowing how much exercise you’d need to do to burn it off means you can regain some of the control over your eating.
Here’s a list of some common foods, and how long you would need to run to work them off.
List of Foods
If you eat... | Run for |
---|---|
McDonalds Big Mac meal, medium (990 calories) | 85 minutes |
1 serve potato chips (415 calories) | 35 minutes. |
2 small scoops ice cream, reduced fat (85 calories) | 7 minutes |
1 slice of pizza (211 calories) | 18 minutes |
McDonalds fries, medium (368 calories) | 31 minutes |
1 Tim Tam (155 calories) | 13 minutes |
1 piece chocolate cake (194 calories) | 17 minutes |
1 glass Coca Cola (102 calories) | 9 minutes |
Cinema popcorn, medium serve (424 calories) | 36 minutes |
1 serve Doritos, Nacho Cheese flavour (410 calories) | 35 minutes |
1 regular bagel (241 calories) | 21 minutes |
Spaghetti bolognaise, 1 serving (650 calories) | 56 minutes |
Mixed green salad with light dressing (65 calories) | 6 minutes |
Low fat yogurt (76 calories) | 7 minutes |
Gloria Jeans hot chocolate, regular with skim milk (234 calories) | 20 minutes |
Anzac biscuit (51 calories) | 4 minutes |
KFC chicken twister wrap (585 calories) | 50 minutes |
2 slices of toast, white (195 calories) | 17 minutes |
Note: This is a rough guide only. The calorie content of foods will vary amongst different brands, and the exact amount of calories burned through running will depend on your weight, height and speed.
In general, these figures are based on an average female at 70kg!
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