How not to be a Christmas pudding

How not to be an Xmas pudding… walk the 68 MILES it would take to burn off average Briton’s Christmas day calorie intake

With the average person putting on 5lb over the festive season, a new solution to the obesity crisis would be a timely gift.

Food and drink labels that tell you how much exercise is needed to burn off the calories contained within is the suggestion in a report by the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

So how might those labels look for the food we scoff on Christmas Day? LORRAINE FISHER found out…

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CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST  

COFFEE

One Americano with semi-skimmed milk — 20 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for four minutes. Or ice skating for two minutes.      

 

 

  

 

 

 

BUCKS FIZZ           

One 220ml glass — 110 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 22 minutes. Or aerobics for 17 minutes.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 SMOKED SALMON  

One 113g portion — 132 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 26 minutes or jogging for 12 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOAST

One buttered white slice — 70 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 14 minutes or roller-blading for five minutes.

 

SCRAMBLED EGGS

Two eggs — 197 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 39 minutes or skiing for 22 minutes.

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TIPPLES AND CHOCS 

 CHAMPAGNE        

One 125ml glass — 90 calories. 

Exercise needed:  Walking for 18 minutes or laughing for 56 minutes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 WHITE WINE

One large (250ml) glass — 228 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 45 minutes or window cleaning for nearly 45 minutes.

 

BAILEYS

A double — 163 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 32 minutes or mowing the lawn for nearly 40 minutes.

 

DESSERT WINE

One 120ml glass — 187 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 36 minutes or Zumba dancing for 22.5 minutes.  

 

CHOCOLATES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three from a box or tin — 132 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 26 minutes or washing dishes for 50 minutes.

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CHRISTMAS LUNCH 

TURKEY 

Three thick slices with skin — 194 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 38 minutes or kayaking for 35 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROAST POTATOES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small helping of potatoes roasted in goose fat — 320 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 62 minutes or one hour 36 minutes weeding the garden.

 

STUFFING

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two balls — 108 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 21 minutes or making the beds for half an hour. 

 

GRAVY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A generous 75ml made from meat juices — 225 calories. 

Exercise needed: Walking for 44 minutes or rock climbing for 27 minutes.   

 

CRANBERRY SAUCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two tablespoons — 86 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 17 minutes or playing hopscotch for 25 minutes.     

 

CARROTS

Two honey-glazed roasted carrots — 204 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 40 minutes or ten-pin bowling for just under 57 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

PARSNIPS

One large roasted parsnip — 154 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 30 minutes or swimming breaststroke for nearly 13 minutes.

 

YORKSHIRE PUDDING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One large pud — 199 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 39 minutes or belly dancing for 34 minutes.

 

BREAD SAUCE

A generous dollop — 113 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 22 minutes or vacuuming for 20 minutes.

 

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

A 200g serving with bacon and chestnuts — 196 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 28 minutes or boxing for 13 minutes. 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIGS IN BLANKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four small — 208 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 40 minutes or washing the car for 40 minutes.

  

CHRISTMAS PUDDING 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A medium portion (110g) — 416 calories. 

Exercise needed: Walking for 81 minutes or scrubbing floors for 66 minutes. 

 

BRANDY BUTTER

 

Heaped tablespoon — 213 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 41 minutes or doing kung fu for 18.5 minutes.

 

SINGLE CREAM

A 30ml serving — 56 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 11 minutes or ironing for 22 minutes.

 

CHRISTMAS CAKE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A medium portion — 412 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 82 minutes or kickboxing for 33 minutes.    

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 …AND EVENING SNACK 

 

MINCE PIE

 

 

 

 

 

 

One average shop-bought pie — 260 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 51 minutes or downhill skiing for 40 minutes.    

 

CHEESE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30g of brie, 30g of stilton, 30g of cheddar — 345 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 68 minutes or skiing for 29 minutes.

 

CRACKERS

Three water biscuits — 115 calories.

Exercise needed: Walking for 23 minutes or circuit training for 11 minutes.

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