Balancing between your desire to lose weight and your undying love for food is a slippery slope only a few can conquer. Yes, there are some crazy motivated and inspirational people out there who make us regret every meal we’ve ever eaten, but we just can’t be one of them. That distant, resounding call of that chocolate cake is just far too loud to resist. And pizza. And burgers. And pasta. But that doesn’t mean we don’t want to attempt to get in shape or be healthier, especially with the way health and wellness has taken over the whole world. So, in an attempt to get the best of both worlds, here are some workouts you can do, based on your favourite junk foods. (Disclaimer: We don’t take guaranteed responsibility for results or lack of them.)
A slice of cheese Pizza: 272 calories = Skipping
Around 35 minutes of high-intensity jumping rope should be enough to burn off one slice of pizza, but if you’ve had more than one (which is a given), it’s going to need at least double that duration.
Loaded burger: around 343 calories = Taking the stairs
Feeling unhealthy AF after eating your favourite burger? Walking up and down the stairs in your building for about half an hour should help. But not immediately after you eat – that might result in another way of losing that burger weight.
A slice of chocolate cake: 235 calories = A crazy high-intensity dancercise video
A 45 minute-long, super intense dancercise video will not only have you sweating like never before, but will also help burn that decadent slice of chocolate cake you gorged on earlier.
French fries: around 300 – 400 calories = Tennis
That serving of McDonald’s fries you gave into your cravings to eat will require at least 45 minutes to an hour of tennis, to burn it all off.
Maggi noodles: 349 calories = Stationery cycling
Yup, bet you didn’t know how many calories your beloved Maggi noodles had! Enough to warrant at least half an hour of riding on a stationary bicycle at the gym.
Cheesy Nachos: around 600 calories = Boxing
About an hour of boxing the crap out of a punching bag or another human (in in the controlled environment of a gymnasium, preferably) should help eliminate those nacho-fuelled calories.
Potato chips: 160 calories = Badminton
You won’t even realise you’re done playing 40 minutes of badminton, and you will have burnt at least 200 calories.
An ice-cream sundae: 400 – 800 calories = HIIT
For such a high calorie margin, it’s a good idea to attempt some high-intensity interval training, which is designed to shred the maximum amount of calories in a minimum amount of time. And a HIIT workout could involve a number of exercises from burpees to abs to skipping to a stair machine.
