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13 April 2017 0 Nutrition
AVOIDING EGGS-TREME EASTER WEIGHT GAIN

If you are hoping to survive the Ester holiday weight gain, you will need to take action!

Easter Eggs and hot cross buns are everywhere and it can be hard to resist the chocolatey and buttery yumminess.

We encourage you to try not to indulge until it is actually Easter, which means that that bag of tiny eggs you have in your desk drawer needs to go into the rubbish, right now! 

Remember that the caloric value of a single, small milk chocolate bunny would take an hour of treadmill running to burn off – how attractive is that bunny now?

Three mini Easter eggs contain more than 500kJ and let’s be honest, who can stop at three? Generally speaking, once we open a packet, we eat the packet. This is often true for Easter buns as well. A traditional small Easter bun contains just 600kJ compared to the mega chocolate chip varieties, and that is without the butter! 

Where possible, look for portion controlled treats – small, individual, eggs rather than an entire bag of minis, and a packet of buns to share rather than to keep at home. When it comes to food, especially sweet foods, if they are around you will want to eat them, so the fewer Easter treats you keep at home, the better. 

More than anything, we suggest to go for quality over quantity. Enjoy a social Easter feast with plenty of good food and a small amount of good quality chocolate, and use the extra holiday days to embrace your training program to make sure that you survive Easter without that extra couple of kilos.

Still looking for chocolate? If you translate your Easter calories into workout unit the treats may not seem so appealing:

Eggs Selection                                           kJ                    Fat                    Exercise units

200g Easter Bunny                                3740kJ             50g fat              2hrs of running

2 Caramello Eggs                                     500kJ               6g fat               15 min rowing

1 Crème Egg                                              718kJ               6g fat               45 min fast walking

100g Deluxe Bunny                                 2270kJ             33g fat                2 cycle classes

3 mini eggs                                               560kJ             7.5g fat              15 min skipping

Small hot cross bun (no butter)            600kJ               2g fat              30 min swimming

Large hot cross bun with butter          1200kJ             10g fat             30 min jogging

Choc chip hot cross bun                        1100kJ               9g fat               1 Zumba class

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