The exercise cost of a Dairy Queen treat
Have you ever wondered how many miles you’d have to run to burn off the calories in a Peanut Buster Parfait? How many hours on the elliptical erases the damage in a DQ Blizzard? Well, here are the ugly answers. The figures below estimate activity requirements for both a 120 pound and 170 pound exerciser. Enjoy!
Medium vanilla chocolate dipped cone: 470 calories, 22 grams fat
Run (10 minute mile) = 1.7 hours 1.2 hours
Bike (13 mph) = 2 hours, 1.5 hours
Elliptical = 2.5 hours, 1.75 hours
Medium Mint Oreo Blizzard: 740 calories, 25 grams fat
Run = 2.75 hours, 2 hours
Bike = 3 hours, 2.2 hours
Elliptical = 3.85 hours, 2.75 hours
Peanut Buster Parfait 700 calories, 30 grams fat,
Run = 2.5 hours, 1.8 hours
Bike = 3 hours, 2 hours
Elliptical = 3.6 hours, 2.5 hours
If you don’t have hours to spend at the gym burning off the DQ indulgence, try jumping rope several times a day. Several bouts of jumping throughout the day can burn up to 700 calories.
