{"id":94783,"date":"2014-01-12T09:20:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T14:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=94783"},"modified":"2014-01-10T17:39:37","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T22:39:37","slug":"work-it-off-biscuits-and-gravy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/work-it-off-biscuits-and-gravy\/","title":{"rendered":"Work it Off: Biscuits and Gravy"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I have visitors to my (new) hometown of Portland, Oregon<\/a><\/strong>, they all want to go on the same sort of sightseeing tour\u2014one that focuses on all of the delicious food available. So when my friend Beth arrived last week from Colorado I had all of my hot spots queued up: Pok Pok for its Asian Wings, Salt and Straw for its Salted Caramel Ice Cream, and Olympic Provisions for its killer brunch. But of all of the indulgences we shared, the one I was most worried about burning off was a large plate of biscuits and gravy from Portland’s J&M Cafe.<\/p>\n

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I did some searching online and found a big range for the calorie count in a serving of biscuits and gravy\u2014estimates were anywhere between 200 and 530 calories. Judging from the flakiness of the biscuits, the size of the serving, and the sausage that was blended into the thick gravy, I’m going to guess the plate I ate was packed with about 450 calories. Eek!<\/p>\n

Just how does one burn off a meal of that size? I grabbed a calculator\u2014and the American College of Sports Medicine’s Compendium of Physical Activities\u2014to find out. Here are three ways I could have burned off a 450 calorie breakfast of biscuits and gravy:<\/p>\n

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By\u00a0hiking\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>for 63 minutes.<\/p>\n

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By\u00a0jumping rope<\/a><\/strong> for 38 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"jump<\/a><\/p>\n

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Or by cruising around town by\u00a0bike<\/a> <\/strong>for 95 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"bicycling\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ultimately we went hiking. Then we went out for more grub!<\/p>\n

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Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exercise Doesn’t Erase Your Bad Diet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Buttermilk Biscuits<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sausage in Gravy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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