But, if you weigh less than 135 pounds, it will take even longer to burn off the calories in those foods. The faster the pace of exercise, the more calories you burn. Bumping the bicycle to 10 miles per hour burns off the ice cream in 35 minutes for the 150 pounder. It takes 3500 calories to lose a pound. To lose a pound a week, you would need to burn 500 more calories each day than you take in.
Exercise helps - but it can take a lot of exercise to burn off a small treat.
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