Exercise, Fruit and Vegetable Calorie Charts

Exercise Calorie Chart || Fruit and Vegetables Calorie Chart

What kind of exercise is best to lose weight fast?

There really is no cut and dried answer to this question. Whether you want to bust out the old Tae-Bo tapes, plunk down a bunch of money on a treadmill, or just put on some music and do some leg lifts on your living room floor, the important thing is that you do exercise.

Let’s look at the calorie burning that occurs in certain types of exercises.

The numbers below reflect the number of calories you burn for 20 minutes of participation in different exercises. We should all aim to take 30 minutes of moderate exercise 5 days a week. This can be a mixture of all types of physical activity, anything that makes you slightly out of breath and raises your heart rate slightly.

This table doesn’t only show values for organized exercises, but also for more enjoyable pass times, like walking, dancing and gardening - which many of us enjoy to do.

ACTIVITY CALORIES
Leisurely walk 60
Dancing 120
Cycling 160
Running 325
Aerobics 140
Weights 140
Cleaning 125
Driving 35
Swimming 100
Tennis 120
Rowing 378
Golf 118
Circuit Training 260
Skipping 100
Gardening 160
Skiing 130
Mowing The Lawn 125
Fishing 114
Basketball 258
Bowling 108
Riding a Horse 255
Walking Downstairs 210
Walking Upstairs 300 - 500
Roller Skating 315
Having Sex 350

 

You Are What You Eat

A secret to losing weight without going hungry is to make the right food choices. You need to choose foods that are low in calories but can satisfy your stomach so you don’t become hungry. Choose food based on their weight-to-calorie ratio. You want to eat food that weighs a lot but has few calories and avoid food that is light in weight but hefty in calories.

Almost all packaged foods will contain information about the caloric content of those foods, but what about those fruits and vegetables you consume? Maybe we should give you some ideas!

 

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CALORIE CHART

FOOD PORTION CALORIES
Apples 1 medium 125
Asparagus 4 spears 15
Avocado 1 305
Banana 1 105
Beef Roast, Lean 3 oz. 205
Beef Sirloin Steak 3 oz. 240
Blackberries 1 cup 75
Broccoli 1 cup 45
Cabbage 1 cup 30
Cantaloupe ½ melon 95
Carrots 1 30
Celery 1 stalk 5
Cherries 10 50
Chicken, Roasted Breast 3 oz. 140
Chicken, Fried Breast 4.6 oz. 369
Yellow Corn 1 ear 85
Crab Meat 1 cup 135
Cucumber 6 slices 5
Egg, Fried 1 egg 90
Egg, Hard Boiled 1 egg 75
Egg, Scrambled 1 egg 100
Flounder, Baked 3 oz. 120
Pink Grapefruit ½ fruit 40
Ground Beef, Broiled 3 oz. 230
Halibut, Broiled 3 oz. 140
Lamb Chop, Broiled 2.8 oz. 235
Lamb Leg, Roasted 3 oz. 205
Lettuce 1 cup 5
Mushrooms 1 cup 20
Nectarine 1 65
Okra, Cooked 8 pods 25
Orange 1 60
Peaches 1 35
Pear 1 100
Peanuts, Salted 1 cup 71
Pepper, Green/Red 1 15
Pineapple 1 cup 75
Pistachios 1 oz. 165
Pork Chop, Broiled 2.5 oz. 165
Pork Chop, Fried 3.1 oz. 335
Pork – Ham – Roasted 3 oz. 250
Pork Rib – Roasted 3 oz. 270
Pork Bacon 3 slices 110
Pork Sausage Link 1 link 50
Potato – Baked 1 220
Raisins 1 cup 435
Salmon – Smoked 3 oz. 150
Spinach 1 cup 10
Strawberries 1 cup 45
Sweet Potato – Baked 1 115
Tangerine 1 35
Tomato 1 25
Turkey – Roasted 1 cup 240
Walnuts 1 cup 770
Watermelon 1 cup 50

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