TIME TO BURN SOME CALORIES

HERE'S HOW LONG YOU'D HAVE TO EXERCISE TO BURN OFF CERTAIN KINDS OF JUNK FOOD:

It's a pain to keep track of all the things in food that can kill you. That's why it's so great that nutritionists have finally figured out what we REALLY need to know: EXACTLY how many minutes of EXERCISE it takes to burn off JUNK FOOD.

But let me explain something first: The exercise times I'm about to tell you are based on a person who weighs 155 pounds, exercising at an average rate.

But the good news is that if you ARE heavier . . . and let's face it, if you're eating a lot of junk food, you probably are . . . then you'll actually burn off the calories FASTER . . . because the exercise is HARDER for you. Got it?

Here we go:

-- To burn off a DUNKIN' DONUTS Chocolate Frosted Donut . . . that's 230 calories . . . you would need to WALK for 59 minutes.

--For a McDonald's Egg McMuffin . . . which is 300 calories . . . you're looking at 32 minutes of RUNNING.

--One Chocolate Chip Cookie from Panera Bread . . . 440 calories (!!!) . . . 62 minutes of BIKING.

--A slice of Pizza Hut Cheese Pizza . . . 320 calories . . . 39 minutes of SWIMMING.

--A Cinnamon Roll from Starbucks . . . 500 calories . . . 85 minutes of DANCING.

--A Burger King Whopper with cheese . . . 770 calories . . . 94 minutes of SWIMMING.

--A Brownie from Au Bon Pain . . . 380 calories . . . 129 minutes of YOGA.

--Wendy's Large Fries . . . 540 calories . . . 77 minutes of BIKING.

--Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream Cone . . . 270 calories . . . 29 minutes of RUNNING.

--Taco Bell Beef Burrito Supreme . . . 410 calories . . . 70 minutes of DANCING. (Yahoo! Food)

(--The Whopper and the fries . . . man that's heart-breaking. By the time you're done working off lunch, it's time for DINNER.)

The Burrito Supreme and the Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream sounds more do-able. Or switch from the Egg McMuffin to a donut, and save 70 CALORIES at breakfast!!!