Chinese New Year offerings are not only meaningful but also delicious and can add up in calories before you realize it.
How to burn those calories from Chinese New Year foods
- Whole boiled chicken symbolizes diligence and abundance.
- Whole boiled chicken: 2,000 kcal
- Running 4 hours (8 km/hr)
Healthy tip: Share portions. People who are overweight or have high blood lipid levels should choose chicken breast or skinless cuts.
- Fish symbolizes prosperity and abundance.
- Steamed sea bass, 100 g: 122 kcal
- Swimming 20 minutes
- Mee Sua noodles symbolize longevity.
- Stir-fried Mee Sua noodles, one plate: 400 kcal
- Running 40 minutes (8 km/h)
- Nian gao (sticky rice cake) symbolizes sweetness and smooth progress in life.
- 1 piece: 150–200 kcal
- Aerobic exercise 30 minutes
- Tian pastry (cone-shaped sticky rice dumpling) symbolizes auspiciousness; its cone shape resembles a pagoda.
- 1 piece: 115 kcal
- Cycling 20 minutes (19–22 km/h)
- Chinese sponge cake symbolizes growth and prosperity.
- 1 large piece: 154 kcal
- Running 25 minutes (8 km/h)
- Steamed pork bun symbolizes happiness and good fortune.
- 1 bun: 130 kcal
- Walking 30 minutes (5 km/h)
- Orange symbolizes good luck and prosperity.
- 1 large orange: 60 kcal
- Yoga 15 minutes
- Banana symbolizes good fortune and wealth attraction.
- 1 banana: 120 kcal
- Yoga 30 minutes