Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Donut Calories and Exercise

Since we’re all healthy and active people here at Hatfield, I thought some of you might be interested in how long you could perform your favorite activity using the fuel in one mighty donut. A typical donut has between 150 and 300 kcal.

Activity/Calories burned per hour/Hours (300 kcal donut)
Brush teeth/205/1.46
Card playing/130/2.31
Cooking/216/1.39
Driving/173/1.73
Farming/Feeding livestock/389/0.77
Frisbee, Ultimate/691/0.43
Hairstyling/216/1.39
Hockey/659/0.46
Mopping/367/0.82
Packing Suitcase/173/1.73
Playing guitar/259/1.16
Putting away Groceries/216/1.39
Rearranging Furniture/540/0.56
Sex, foreplay/119/2.52
Showering/346/0.87
Sitting, resting/86/3.49
Sleeping/76/3.95
Standing/97/3.09
Studying/151/1.99
Tailoring, Cutting/216/1.39
Talking on phone/86/3.49
Using Crutches/432/0.69
Weaving cloth/302/0.99
Writing/86/3.49

-MLJ

PS->Donuts this week courtesy of Scott Baker. Thanks, Scott!

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