Time to make up for a weekend of debauchery. Here’s how much exercise you’ll have to do in order to work off your unhealthy indulgences.
There are between 800 and 1,000 calories in your average pound of pub wings – a particular weakness of mine. Add another 350 – 400 for a side of fries, and conservatively, we’re up to 1,150 for a pub meal – not counting the beer.
The average man would have to run for roughly two hours to burn that off. Or, if you have the time and the inclination, you could walk for five hours.
The average beer has about 200 calories a pint. So, if you had a couple of pints, you could run off those 400 calories in about 45 minutes. Or you could walk for an hour and twenty.
Two slices of pepperoni pizza can easily be worked off by climbing the stairs. (For two and a half hours.)
Here’s a handy infographic from GuysandGoodHealth.com illustrating how much you’ll need to work out to cancel out binging on popular junk foods. Trust me, halfway through those 88 minutes of crunches, you’re going to be wondering if that doughnut was really worth it.
Of course, those are based on average body shapes and portion sizes. Since restaurants are mandated to provide calorie information for their servings now, you can use this handy calculator to determine how much of various kinds of exercise you need to do to burn off a precise calorie count for your body size.
