
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…
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.
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
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