ate too much...?

Question

okay, this morning

2 slices of whole wheat bread (80 cal each)
2 granola bars (140 cal each)
baby carrots (about 100 calories worth)
Some Curry (maybe 200-300 calories worth)
I had about 700 calories just from breakfast!!

If I use the elliptical for about 2-3 hours, can I burn all of it off?
When I put my weight, and height in, It says I buirn about 500 calories per hour. Do you think I can burn my breakfast off if I work out long enough?

Answer 1

One good thing is that all the calories you consumed were healthy calories -- no empty calories in there at all. You will expend all those calories in energy over the course of the day, and they won't be stored as fat, if you don't lay down and sleep the rest of the day (ha..)

I don't think that you will be able to stay on the elliptical for as long as it would take to burn that many calories, unless you are an Olympian. You would have to stay on there about 3-4 hours (I think) -- and of course, you don't want to burn ALL of it off, because you will need some of the calories to live on the rest of the day.

Spend an hour on the elliptical, burn off 400 of the calories, and eat sensibly the rest of the day. You will be in good shape, and maybe take a walk this afternoon.

(And keep eating well -- you are doing great! Well, maybe Curry for breakfast is a little weird....ha....)

Answer 2

First of all I'd have to say curry with bread and granola bars, yuk! That seems like you'd have more problems with other things than calories like gas. But remember even though you use machines, run, jump rope, etc. you still burn calories afterwards, even at rest. And also the best time to burn calories is sleeping. With a breakfast like that I don't think I'd be hungry till about 2 in the afternoon, so you can cut out food throughout the day.

Answer 3

You could work out for that long. Or you could work out for maybe half as long and just eat lighter for the rest of the day. You probably have about 700 calories left for the day.