Have you seen that new Propel commercial telling you how many sit-ups/walking/jump roping you have to do to make up for drinking that other exercise water?
It says something like “492 situps to burn off this water”? I thought 492 situps to burn off 100-something calories? Wow, like can that be right? Do you wonder sometimes how many calories something is or how long it takes to burn it off?
Well, here’s some good tools for you from Kraft Foods (yes, I do love that site. Lots of great stuff!)
You can click here for all their calculators! Some of the ones you might want to use:
Calorie Burn: Find out how long you need to exercise to burn off that donut.
Food analyzer: Not sure how many calories in something? Check it out here.
So — how long would it take to burn off those 100 calorie packs? Here goes:
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30 minutes of slow walking
20 minutes of fast walking
10 minutes on an elliptical trainer
Hope these calculators help you when you’re stumped!
But now for the fun part!
WOW — what a lot of March b’days in all the comments yesterday! Hubby and I had a great time down the shore. Although it was wet and windy, it was lots of fun.
I’ll be writing to each and every one of you who left a comment, it just may take a few days since I’m also trying to put the finishing touches on my next romantic suspense book — A SOLDIER’S SECRET CHILD — which will be out this August!
And now . . . drum roll please . . .
The winner of Monday’s B’day Blog Contest is Stacia H. Wow — a real person named Stacia like from DESIRE CALLS and the upcoming ARDOR CALLS. Too cool.
FYI — word is that the next 3 in THE CALLING will probably hit the shelves in late Spring 2009. Sorry for the wait, but I’ll try to offer you some free reads in the meantime!
Congrats, Stacia! I didn’t realize until yesterday just how many of us are March babies! Happy Bday and happy spring to all!
by Laura K March 11th, 2008 at 7:01 amCongratulations Stacia.
by Crystal B. March 11th, 2008 at 9:42 amGreat information about how much exercise it takes to burn 100 calories. Makes you stop and think about what you eat.
Congrats Stacia! Thanks for sharing the link information on calories. I workout on the elliptical and it takes my about 8 minutes avg to burn off 100 calories.
by Amelia March 11th, 2008 at 9:50 amBig congrats Stacia.
Interesting information about the calories. I currently to loose some pounds, so this will be helpful.
by Danny March 11th, 2008 at 9:51 amHey that commercial is a bit scary… I guess we need to think about what we put in our bodies! Everyone have a great Day!
by Colleen March 11th, 2008 at 3:09 pmThanks, Caridad, for the information from
Kraft Foods. The site is one of my extra
special places to visit. I always find out
something new on each visit!
Congratulations to Stacia on her win!!
Pat Cochran
by Pat Cochran March 11th, 2008 at 3:13 pmThanks for sharing. Can’t wait for the next book to come out
by Cheryl March 11th, 2008 at 4:54 pmInteresting about the calories. No matter how much I work out it is always about the calories, isn’t it. How much we take in and then our output. Rather fun and sometimes upsetting too.
by ruth March 11th, 2008 at 5:25 pmHappy B-day to all you March babies and congrats to the winners
by Mary Billingsley March 11th, 2008 at 5:39 pmThanks, Caridad for sharing the useful info of Kraft Food
by Mona March 11th, 2008 at 5:57 pmIt is quite scary what we have to do to burn 100 calories!
Congrats Stacia!
by Nathalie March 11th, 2008 at 6:29 pmBelated Happy Birthday!
by Karin March 11th, 2008 at 7:10 pmGlad you had a great weekend, and congrats to Stacia on her contest win.
by cathy m March 11th, 2008 at 7:13 pmCongrats Stacia! I’m too lazy so I’m better off not eating certain things lol. One of my cats has a March B-day roflmao.
by jeanne March 11th, 2008 at 7:31 pmCongrats Stacia!
Actually I’m a very lazy athletic person… That’s someone who does judo once a week (and eats very lightly that day as I get headaches afterward) and walks all the time, but who doesn’t care what she eats. Really. I mean, I don’t eat anything like junk food or fatty stuff, but I’m not overly worried about my weight anymore. For the longest time I kept worrying that people would think I was fat, then I realised it really didn’t matter as long as I was comfortable in my skin. I’ve been around 150lbs for going on six years now.
by Alexina March 11th, 2008 at 9:20 pmHappy Birthday!
by Martha Lawson March 12th, 2008 at 12:03 amCongrats Stacia!
Thanks Caridad for the calorie info, I do the eliptical at lest 10 minutes and somehow I miss the calorie reading. lol.
Happy to hear that you and huby had a great time.
Hugs, Danette
by danette March 12th, 2008 at 3:30 amThose calculators can be depressing when you have lots of calories to burn.
by Paula March 12th, 2008 at 10:04 amHappy Late Birthday!!!
by Vicki March 12th, 2008 at 12:07 pmAlso congrats to Stacy on her win!!!
Congrats Stacia!
by Bunny March 13th, 2008 at 6:46 am