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Maria Hogan is a mom of 2 boys, General Manager and personal trainer at Trinity Fitness & Spa in Sterling. She shared with us the amount of exercise that is needed to burn off these goodies that we all consume at local restaurants. I'm sure you'll be surprised! |
I hate to burst your bubble, but these yummy dishes at some of your favorite restaurants, you may want to think twice before you order next time. In fact, you may want to think twice before you decide to eat somewhere other than home at all. Check out some of the following food items and the amount of exercise necessary to work them off.
McDonalds-Chicken Breast Strips
5 pieces with Ranch sauce
830 Calories and 55 grams of fat
2 hours of aerobics burns approximately 844 Cal.
Ruby Tuesdays Bella Turkey Burger
1145 Calories and 71 grams of fat
2 hours of vigorous calisthenics (push ups, sit ups, etc.) burns approx. 1126 Cal.
On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef
1450 calories and 102 grams of fat and 2410mg Sodium
2 hours on an indoor cycle working vigorously will burn approx. 1478 Cal.
Chili’s Chocolate Chip paradise Pie
1600 Calories and 78 grams of fat
1 hour of basketball PLUS 1 hour of backpacking PLUS 1 hour of vigorous housecleaning PLUS 1 hour of frisbee playing is what it would take to burn off this small but tasty treat!!!!
Chili’s Awesome Blossom Appetizer
2710 Calories 203 grams of fat and 6360 mg Sodium
Anyone in the mood for 2 hours of bicycle racing at 20mph, then a game of basketball??? Yes, that’s what it would take to burn off this appetizer, which all by itself is more calories that most of us should eat in a day!!
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Amy Kelly from Trinity Fitness suggests squeezing these exercises into your busy schedule:
* Instead of just walking around the house while you're straightening up, do lunges through your house.
* While relaxing at the end of the night watching the news, get on the floor and do some stretches. When commercials come on, rotate between doing a set of push ups and sit ups.
* After dinner have the family help clean the kitchen as fast as possible- make it a game. Then turn on the music and have a dance party.
* Only have 10 minutes and no equipment? Jog in place, do some jumping jacks, knee lifts, squats. There is no excuse NOT to squeeze some type of movement into your day.
