Active walking burns calories, but how many steps are needed to eliminate fatty dishes like, for example, a good burger.
We can never repeat it enough, the key to losing weight is to adopt a healthy and balanced diet and to do regular physical activity. If it does not make you lose weight, walking is nonetheless an activity in its own right beneficial to health. You are probably familiar with the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO): 10,000 steps per day, it’s the minimum to stay in shape, control your weight, but also to fight against cardiovascular disease.
Like any physical activity, walking burns some of the calories stored during the day, but far from all of it. In a recent Daily Mail articlewe discover the number of steps necessary to eliminate certain very popular foods.
More than 8000 steps to burn a sausage roll
One individual, a man of medium build and height, burns approximately 40 calories per 1000 steps carried out if he is walking at a speed of 5 km/h. We then speak of dynamic walking, fitness walking being from 7km/h. To eliminate a Big Mac (493 calories), the famous burger from Mc Donalds, you need to do more than 12,000 steps. You are not at the end of your troubles. A pizza Margherita from Pizza Hut has 1380 calories. According to the analyzes of the Daily Mail, 34,500 steps are necessary to overcome it. As for the sausage puff, a dish very popular with the English, you will have to take 8000 steps to burn it completely.
But the drinks are not left out. Unsurprisingly, hot chocolate takes first place on the podium. About 5,300 steps are needed to burn a large Coca Cola at McDonald’s (212 calories). A 175ml glass of Sauvignon Blanc is 133 calories and 3,325 steps. As for small snacks: 2,600 steps for a Kitkat, 5,850 steps for a small packet of crisps.
Good to know: there is lots of tips for walking more every day : take the stairs instead of the elevator, walk to work, get off a metro or bus station earlier, go for a 10-minute walk during your lunch break. There is no secret, if you want to eliminate your heavy meals, you will have to walk more and faster.
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