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Easier to sell, maybe, but "you can't outrun your fork." is also a false statement, whereas the OP's isn't (so much - at least it's open for interpreation). You can outrun your fork.

run an hour on a treadmill and wipe it out with a single donut.

That's going to be have a pretty huge donut then :P (or I'd have to be running at a rather slow pace)



>That's going to be have a pretty huge donut then

Not really. One hour on the treadmill burns about 600 calories or so. A cream filled donut the gas station next door to me sells is listed at 630 calories.


I would say a 630 calorie donut is pretty huge. After looking at the calorie info for a bunch of Tim Hortons donuts, the average seems to be around 250 calories.


Are you in Canada? I wasn't familiar with Tim Hortons, but Wikipedia indicates its a Canadian bakery chain.

Come on down to the US and you will find 600 calorie donuts aplenty.


Dunikin' Donuts goes from 220 to 550 calories, with the average somewhere around 350, so 600 kcal seems like quite a bit.


> I would say a 630 calorie donut is pretty huge

Therein lies the rub: most people can't fathom they're eating way too much since they feel like it's normal because habit and social.


Sugar (and now HFCS) in everything magnify this problem. I wonder how much calories food would have if manufacturers reduced the amount of sweeteners. Probably makes the food taste worse though.


Weird. I usually burn about 400 kilocals in a 30-minute run on an elliptical machine. Technically, I am programming it to push my heart-rate to the top of the safe "cardio zone", but, well, exercise is all about pushing yourself, no?


How much you burn depends a lot on your body weight. I am small (~55kg) so I burn about 600 kcal/h when jogging. Someone weighing 75kg will burn about 800 kcal/h if he runs at the same speed.


the problem with being pedantic like this is that you just come off as a huge nerd to everyone, even other pedantic nerds. that's why i said "easier to sell", not "technically more accurate."




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