To help lay out your plan of a-snack (see what we did there?), here’s a quick list of some of the top “cheat foods,” their impact on your waistline and what it'll end up costing you in the gym.
1. Twinkies (Per serving, serving size 1 cake)
Calories: 150 (41 from fat)
Total Fat: 4.5g
Sugar: 19g
What it'll cost you:
23 minutes of cycling or 17 minutes of jogging.
2. Pizza Hut Meat Lover’s 14” Stuffed Crust Pizza (Per slice)
Calories: 440 (225 from fat)
Total Fat: 25g
Sodium: 1170mg
What it'll cost you:
1 hour of intense weightlifting or high impact aerobics.
3. Applebee’s Chili Cheese Nachos
Calories: 1420 (783 from fat)
Total Fat: 87g
Sodium: 3970mg
What it'll cost you:
6 ½ hours of walking or 2 hours of Tae Kwon Do or jumping rope.
4. Starbucks Double Chocolate Brownie
Calories: 410 (216 from fat)
Total Fat: 24g
Sugars: 30g
What it'll cost you:
114 minutes of walking or 1 hour of vigorous basketball.
5. Marie Callender’s Traditional New York Style Cheesecake (1 slice)
Calories: 810 (531 from fat)
Total Fat: 59g
Sodium: 580mg
Sugars: 41g
What it'll cost you:
4 hours of walking or nearly an hour on the treadmill at 8mph.
6. Taco Bell Chicken XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito
Calories: 830 (315 from fat)
Total Fat: 35g
Sodium: 1940mg
What it'll cost you:
Nearly 2 hours of swimming laps or seated rowing.
7. Wendy’s Baconator
Calories: 970 calories (567 from fat)
Total Fat: 63g
Sodium: 2020mg
What it'll cost you:
Over 3 hours of Tai Chi or downhill skiing.
8. Ben & Jerry’s Late Night Snack Ice Cream (1 cup)
Calories: 540 (270 from fat)
Total Fat: 30g
Sodium: 340mg
Sugars: 42g
What it'll cost you:
1 hour of cross-country skiing or rollerblading.
9. Chili’s Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
Calories: 1,090 (531 from fat)
Total Fat: 62g
Sodium: 1060mg
What it'll cost you:
2 hours of backpacking or nearly 5 hours of dancing.
10. Olive Garden Chicken Alfredo (Dinner portion)
Calories: 1,440 (738 from fat)
Total Fat: 82g
Sodium: 2070mg
What it'll cost you:
4 ½ hours of golfing (carrying clubs) or 3 hours of water skiing.
So while you should feel able to treat yourself every once in a while, make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into. You might just save yourself several hours of line dancing — and that might be the greatest gift you could ever give yourself.
*estimates based on person of 160 lb. weight
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