Fitness and Wellness
Nosh and Burn
The nutritional skinny on some of the city’s most tempting treats—plus, winter friendly ways to battle the bulge By Courtney Shea
Hamburger
The Burger Shoppe, 688 Queen St. E., 416-850-7026
Calories: 600 Carbs: 21.3 g
Fat: 36.4 g
Burn it off: Let your inner child loose for 75 minutes of tobogganing at Christie Pits (750 Bloor St. W.). Going down is the easy part.
Yukon gold fries
Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, 9 Church St., 416-362-1957
Calories: 727 Carbs: 62.7 g
Fat: 49.8 g
Burn it off: Whether you rule the half-pipe or not, spend 102 minutes snowboarding at Horseshoe Valley (1101 Horseshoe Valley Rd., Barrie, 705-835-2790).
Margherita pizza
Terroni, 720 Queen St. W., 416-504-0320
Calories: 1,400 Carbs: 104 g
Fat: 54 g
Burn it off: Channel your inner Elvis Stojko on Harbourfront’s Natrel Rink (235 Queens Quay W., 416-973-4866) for 176 minutes.
Pad Thai
Salad King, 335 Yonge St.,
416-971-7041
Calories: 410 Carbs: 30.4 g
Fat: 18 g
Burn it off: Hit the Blue Mountain slopes (108 Jozo Weider Blvd., Collingwood, 705-445-0231) for an hour of downhill skiing—more if you stop for hot chocolate.
French toast
Bonjour Brioche, 812 Queen
St. E., 416-406-1250
Calories: 660 Carbs: 85 g
Fat: 33 g
Burn it off: Stay above the drifts in the season’s smartest footwear: snowshoe for 73 minutes at Hardwood Hills (402 West Old Barrie Rd., Oro Station, 705-487-3775).
Veal cutlet sandwich
California Sandwiches, 244 Claremont St., 416-603-3317
Calories: 643 Carbs: 22.3 g
Fat: 36.9 g
Burn it off: Take the workout indoors and indulge in six and a half hours of fireside canoodling.
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