It’s easy to use an hour long Zumba class as an excuse to indulge on pizza later, but it turns out you might not be burning as many calories as you think. In fact, all that movin’ and shakin’ in Zumba translates to only about a bowl of ramen.
After Elite Daily compared the calories in alcohol to what we could be eating instead, they’re taking a look at how your exercise habits compare to food. These visuals might prevent you binge-eating after a tough workout. Sure, you do deserve that extra scoop of ice cream, but good is your time in the gym if you’re just going to ruin it in the kitchen?
Keep in mind that they’ve calculated to the average calories burned by a 150-pound person, but people burn different amounts of calories depending on a variety of factors such as weight, age, fitness level, heart rate and more.
[Story & images via Elite Daily]
