Have you ever rationalized eating a bunch of crappy food because you can simply work a bit harder at the gym to burn it off? If so, then perhaps you should read on. While it’s true that an increase in exercise can offset an increase in caloric intake, it’s not as easy as it sounds.
There’s a great article over at EcoSalon that translates your ill-advised ingestions into the exercise required to burn an equivalent number of calories.
A few choice selections:
That bacon double cheeseburger from Burger King that you just inhaled? 620 calories and 28 grams of fat. No worries, though… You can simply swim a backstroke for 2.18 hours to get back to even.
That Starbucks mocha, low fat milk Venti? 446 calories and 20 grams of fat. The good news is that you can burn if all of with just one hour of hill climbing with a 20-40 pound load strapped to your back.
IHOP pancakes? 110 calories and 3 grams of fat per pancake. Add to that 230 calories for two ounces of syrup. It’s all good, though, because you can burn of three pancakes and four ounces of syrup (790 calories) with “just” 45 minutes of continuous, high speed (i.e., 20 mph) bike riding.
Think before you eat
I think the lesson here is that you just need to slow down and consider the consequences of your actions before you strap on the feed bag. While it’s okay to indulge at times, you can’t easily out-exercise a Big Mac.
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That makes you think before you eat indeed!