Health & Fitness
Thanksgiving Calories Can Really Add Up!
So make sure your post-Thanksgiving workout is hitting the mark!
We don’t want to spoil ALL the fun of Thanksgiving, but forewarned is forearmed! So here are some calorie counts for a typical Thanksgiving meal, and then some information on calories burned by various workouts. Let’s call it food for thought.
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Thanksgiving dinner calories
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- Roast turkey (1 cup): 238 calories
- Cornbread stuffing (½ cup): 179 calories
- Mashed potatoes (1 cup): 237 calories
- Canned cranberry sauce (½-inch-thick slice): 86 calories
- Dinner roll: 76 calories
- Green bean casserole (8 oz): 90 calories
- Sweet potato casserole (½ cup): 287 calories
- Glazed carrots (½ cup): 115 calories
- Pumpkin pie: 316 calories/slice
- Pecan pie: 503 calories/slice
- Bread pudding: 232 calories
Calories burned by exercise (for 155 pound person/hour)
- Aerobics: 457
- Circuit training, minimal rest: 563
- Cycling, 12-13.9mph, moderate: 563
- Calisthenics, vigorous, pushups, situps: 563
- Stair machine: 633
- Running, 5 mph (12 minute mile): 563
- Football, touch, flag, general: 563
- Golf, walking and carrying clubs: 317
- Walking 3.5 mph, brisk pace: 267
- Swimming laps, freestyle, slow: 493
- Total Barre workout: combines the benefits of cardio, calisthenics, and resistance training!
