wow…
November 5th, 2009
A friend of mine at ate the Olive Garden today….and is trying to lose weight, in fact, has lost 15 pounds she says. She posted on fb that she ordered the tour of italy and split it with her son, and had two breadsticks. She said she bought a new fitness program for the Wii and would work it off. OMG…..the tour of italy is…wait…..its coming….a SHOCKING 1450 cals and 74g of fat and ( this is the MOST shocking of all) 3830 mg of sodium. Breadsticks are 150 cals a pc. 2.5 g of fat. Even with the split, this is 1025 cals in ONE meal!! YIKES!
In order to “work off” a pound of fat…you need to burn approx 3500 calories.
To burn 3500 calories, you could:
- Play squash for almost 4 hours
- Run at a pace of 11 min per mile for 6 hours.
- Backpack without a load for 7 hours.
- Plan tennis for 7 hours and a half.
- Cycle at a leisurely pace of 9.4 mph for 8 hours.
- Play badminton for 8 hours and a half.
- Train with free weights for 9 hours and a half.
- Play golf for almost 10 hours.
- Walk at a pace of 3.0 mph for 11 hours.
Making the idea that you can indulge and then just “work it off” absurd! Should I send a message to her? LOL Or would it make me sound all uppity?
November 5th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
So basically, I would need to run a marathon in order to work off the tour of Italy. Um yeah.. I know I love running, but at that point it would just be easier not to eat Olive Garden!!
November 5th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Holy jumping cats - I may have to cut out that list and stick it on my ‘fridge. It could have been worse - they could have ordered two orders. Probably the high road is the better route.