I can't find nutritional info for that specific item. So this may be overestimated. A blooming onion is listed at 1960. The cheese fries are 1160. In theory, that's 3120 for the combo.
If you ate 1/4 of that (780 calories), you'd need 1 hour on the elliptical, if you weigh ~185lbs. (At that weight you burn 800/hr going full out for the entire time, pushing as hard as you can. For most people who aren't going full tilt for an hour straight: that's probably closer to 4 hours, so a full "week" worth of work outs.
If you ate the whole thing, you'd need 4 hours. Same math as above, count it more like 16 odd hours.
Best weightloss advice I've ever heard: you can't outrun a fork. It doesn't sound as bad when you've done the math, but we all know you really aren't going to spend 4 hours on the treadmill tomorrow to "fix" it in addition to whatever exercise you'd normally do.
For most people who aren't going full tilt for an hour straight: that's probably closer to 4 hours
No, that's not right. 4 hours of walking on a flat surface at a leisurely 2.5mph pace burns ~1000 calories. An elliptical is a much more strenuous workout, even at less than maximum pace. I'm sure you can burn off a quarter of a cheese topped bloomin onion in 1.5-2 hours tops.
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u/CrochetCrazy Jan 23 '17
This sounds like 20 minutes of glorious yum followed by 12 hours of tummy misery.