For many years now, I have been educating people about the impact that eating has on maintaining a healthy body shape. Society has become so time poor, impatient and inactive that I have witnessed people actually beeping their horns in McDonalds drive through ques.
I have also witnessed many very active people absolutely flog themselves in exercise but remain out of shape. At Vision Personal Training, when we suggest that achieving a better body shape is 70% attributed to eating and only 30% to exercise, I dont think people really embrace this until they understand how much exercise it takes to burn up certain foods.
Below is a table extracted from my book “Fat Loss Take Control” which highlights the approximate amount of exercise needed to be done by a 70kg person to burn up certain foods. As most people really don’t like or make enough time to exercise but want to maintain their shape, this prompts me to ask “Is that food really worth eating?”
| Chinese, Sweet and Sour Pork, 1 cup | Approx 62 mins aerobics |
| Bakers Delight, Finger Bun, 1 bun | Approx 30 mins basketball |
| Boost Juice, Iced Coffee with no fat milk, 1 regular | Approx 49 mins cycling |
| McDonalds, Double Cheeseburger, 1 burger | Approx 60 mins hiking |
| Bisc& Mars, 1 biscuit | Approx 30 mins swimming |
| The Cheesecake Shop, Boston Mudcake, 175g slice | Approx 117 mins doubles tennis |
| Strawberry Daquiri, 1 cocktail | Approx 36 mins golf |
| Fanta, 600ml bottle | Approx 95 mins surfing |
| Killer Python, King Size | Approx 70 mins yoga |
| Nestle/Peters, Heaven on a Stick, Cookies and Cream | Approx 57.5 mins brisk walking |



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