How much exercise does it take to outrun your fork?

The pleasure of eating a candy bar or a donut lasts but a few minutes. Burning off the calories it delivers is another story.

To lose one pound of body fat, you need to burn approximately 3,500 calories.  This is the number you need to know: 3,500.  You can then tally up how much weight you can lose through increasing activity, cutting calories or both.

Fitness guru, Jill Barker, Assistant Director McGill Athletics and Recreation and fitness columnist with The Montreal Gazette, will help us do the math for easier weight loss!

For more details, visit the health and wellbeing website.

Brought to you by the team of the McGill Health & Wellbeing Program for Faculty and Staff.