The One Mile Oreo
October 17th, 2006 by Grant in: Health and FitnessI don’t write about health and fitness very often (or at all, for that matter), but I had a revelation that I found very interesting after a trip to the gym and a freak encounter with an unopened bag of Oreo’s.
After going about a mile on the treadmill, the fancy computer told me that I burned about 160 calories as a result of my efforts. Muscles aching and sweating profusely, I left the gym and went home. When I walked through the kitchen, a brand new bag of Oreo’s was calling my name.
Knowing I’d feel guilty about snarfing down some Oreo’s after I’d just got some exercise, I looked at the nutritional information on the back panel of the bag of cookies.
Conveniently, a serving of Oreo’s is only 3 cookies.
The price you pay for eating those 3 cookies? 160 calories.
I could have wiped out my entire workout by simply eating 3 cookies!
And that’s not counting the milk!
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