Burn It Off: How Much Jumping to Undo a Bagel with Cream Cheese?
By: Nicole Nichols,
SparkPeople Blogger
1/7/2009 10:43 AM
: 256 comments
Most mornings, you make time to prepare and enjoy a healthy breakfast. Oatmeal, an egg white omelet, whole grain cereal and fruit-infused smoothies make regular appearances at your breakfast table. But when you're running late, breakfast is often the first thing to go. On those hectic mornings, it's often easier to hit the drive-thru, gas station or coffee shop, feeling famished and ready to give in to temping pastries and or muffins. You try to make a good choice by selecting a whole grain bagel with reduced fat cream cheese while at Panera Bread (or Atlanta Bread Company in some regions). Did you make the right choice or will you pay for it later? Just how much damage will one bagel with cream choose do? Find out how long you'd have to jump on a mini trampoline to burn off this doughy breakfast.
Panera Bread bakes fresh breads, bagels and sweet pastries each day. While they taste delicious, they are often larger than a standard serving size, which adds calories and fat to a seemingly healthy meal. According to Panera's Nutrition Guide (you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this is a PDF document), the Whole Grain Bagel contains 350 calories and 3 grams of fat, while the 2-oz portion of reduced fat cream cheese adds 130 calories and 12 grams of fat, bringing this breakfast-on-the-run to 480 calories and 15 grams of fat.
According to SparkPeople.com's Fitness Tracker, a 150-pound woman who jumps on a trampoline burns 4 calories per minute. To burn off this chewy breakfast, you'd have to "rebound" non-stop for 2 hours! While jumping on a trampoline is a fun activity, that's a bit much for a bagel, don't you think?
You could save fat and calories on your bagel breakfast by watching your portions. A standard bagel serving is just 3 inches wide and contains 150 calories—not 4.5 oz like this one. And who needs a whopping 2 ounces of cream cheese? Just use enough to taste and you'll drastically cut calories and fat from your bagel breakfast. Better yet, cut that bagel in half and grab an apple or banana when you walk out the door.
Do you think a bagel with cream cheese is worth 2 hours of exercise? If not, tell us which breakfast foods are worth the calories to you!
Panera Bread bakes fresh breads, bagels and sweet pastries each day. While they taste delicious, they are often larger than a standard serving size, which adds calories and fat to a seemingly healthy meal. According to Panera's Nutrition Guide (you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this is a PDF document), the Whole Grain Bagel contains 350 calories and 3 grams of fat, while the 2-oz portion of reduced fat cream cheese adds 130 calories and 12 grams of fat, bringing this breakfast-on-the-run to 480 calories and 15 grams of fat.
According to SparkPeople.com's Fitness Tracker, a 150-pound woman who jumps on a trampoline burns 4 calories per minute. To burn off this chewy breakfast, you'd have to "rebound" non-stop for 2 hours! While jumping on a trampoline is a fun activity, that's a bit much for a bagel, don't you think?
You could save fat and calories on your bagel breakfast by watching your portions. A standard bagel serving is just 3 inches wide and contains 150 calories—not 4.5 oz like this one. And who needs a whopping 2 ounces of cream cheese? Just use enough to taste and you'll drastically cut calories and fat from your bagel breakfast. Better yet, cut that bagel in half and grab an apple or banana when you walk out the door.
Do you think a bagel with cream cheese is worth 2 hours of exercise? If not, tell us which breakfast foods are worth the calories to you!
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Comments
i find this a rather silly scare tactic.
my breakfast this morning, whole grain bagel, egg white and mozarella, was similar in calories. it kept me satisfied all morning, no need for a snack aside from tea. lunch, is smaller and less calories. so it all works out. - 6/3/2011 2:11:02 PM
trying to find a bagel cook in water and not the oven is almost impossible.
But if I want crunchy I toast it twice w butter. 1/2 bagel w 1/2 serving butter. - 8/9/2010 4:19:56 PM
I've definitely noticed that if I input my food/meal BEFORE I eat it sometimes I'm so shocked I'll change my mind. It's just not worth the extra calories(but then again sometimes it is...)
Once I made some fried sweet potato fries. Man, do I wish I had looked up the nutriontal value before I ate them. I was kicking myself for days after that..lesson learned. - 3/6/2010 5:41:42 PM
Sorry =P - 3/6/2010 4:48:04 PM
Now, I bring my breakfast to work--either a whole grain mini bagel, two kavli crispbreads or one slice of whole grain bread with neufchatel cheese (similar fat content to reduced fat cream cheese without the off-putting taste) and smoked salmon and arugula or spinach, along with some fresh berries and mango. Less calories than the bagel & cream cheese, and a lot more flavor, fiber and nutrients. - 12/13/2009 8:50:53 PM
I agree with the person who says the premise of this is kind of absurd. First off, to say one has to bounce on a trampoline for 2 hours to "burn it off" - but yet you if that person is supposed to ingest 1600 calories a day to maintain a healthy weight - where is it going to come from? If that's your entire breakfast, that's not unreasonable.
It's this kind of calorie-obsession that makes people have an unhealthy relationship with food. - 11/7/2009 10:21:52 PM
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