Burn it Off: How Much Gentle Yoga to Undo the Angry Whopper?
Surely, you've seen the commercials for Burger King's new fast food sandwich, the Angry Whopper. It's just like a regular Whopper, but with even more caloric toppings stuffed between the buns. Onions, jalapenos, pepper jack cheese, and "angry sauce," (their words, not mine) make it "the hottest Whopper ever," according to Burger King's website. If you're a fan of fast food, spicy food, or fast food that's also spicy, then you may be tempted to try this one. But before you bite, ask yourself this. Just how much damage will the Angry Whopper do? Find out how much gentle yoga you'd have to do to undo the wrath of the Angry Whopper sandwich.
The Burger King website does include the nutrition facts for the Angry Whopper, but it's in a separate PDF document than their regular menu items. (You can see it here, too, if you can Adobe Acrobat Reader.) So you might be wondering: Is the Angry Whopper higher in calories than a regular Whopper? See for yourself.

If I ate this sandwich, I'd be pretty angry to discover these nutrition facts afterward. I'd be so upset that I'd need to calm down with some yoga. How many downward facing dogs would it take?
According to SparkPeople.com's Fitness Tracker, a 150-pound woman who does yoga burns 3 calories per minute. It would take over 293 minutes—nearly 5 hours—of yoga to burn off the Angry Whopper and find a happy place. Even though yoga can be gentle, calming and feel great, that is far too much for most bodies to handle. I say skip the Angry Whopper—and the regular one, for that matter.
If you want to spice up your food without getting mad at yourself for blowing your diet, use zero-calorie herbs and seasonings like cayenne and chili powder, or hot sauce, which has about 5 calories per serving. Even jalapeno peppers and onions are low in calories, so I'm not sure why the Angry Whopper has to be so high in calories to be spicy. What do you think?
Do the nutrition facts of the Angry Whopper make you mad, or are you less than surprised by them? Do you think the Angry Whopper is worth the calories?
Photo Source: Found on Flickr
The Burger King website does include the nutrition facts for the Angry Whopper, but it's in a separate PDF document than their regular menu items. (You can see it here, too, if you can Adobe Acrobat Reader.) So you might be wondering: Is the Angry Whopper higher in calories than a regular Whopper? See for yourself.

If I ate this sandwich, I'd be pretty angry to discover these nutrition facts afterward. I'd be so upset that I'd need to calm down with some yoga. How many downward facing dogs would it take?
According to SparkPeople.com's Fitness Tracker, a 150-pound woman who does yoga burns 3 calories per minute. It would take over 293 minutes—nearly 5 hours—of yoga to burn off the Angry Whopper and find a happy place. Even though yoga can be gentle, calming and feel great, that is far too much for most bodies to handle. I say skip the Angry Whopper—and the regular one, for that matter.
If you want to spice up your food without getting mad at yourself for blowing your diet, use zero-calorie herbs and seasonings like cayenne and chili powder, or hot sauce, which has about 5 calories per serving. Even jalapeno peppers and onions are low in calories, so I'm not sure why the Angry Whopper has to be so high in calories to be spicy. What do you think?
Do the nutrition facts of the Angry Whopper make you mad, or are you less than surprised by them? Do you think the Angry Whopper is worth the calories?
Photo Source: Found on Flickr
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Comments
Ommm...... - 2/19/2012 1:09:24 PM
There should be a fat tax on such potential artery blockers. No way Burger King has always been the last fast food place we could enter. MacDonald's and Wendy's are the only choices for us seniors. We have already learned the consequences of this kind of fast food offerings. Obesity and heart disease.The smart younger ones should heed our warnings to eat healthier we did not have that advantage. We had no nutritional information to guide us. We rarely knew what went in to these offerings. Regrettably too many were unaware of the dire consequences to our health. However freedom of choice is the name of the game and if they choose to clog their arteries with this stuff its their own choice. I wish we had known these facts, many of us would not be grieving losses of family members to heart disease. Pat in Maine. - 11/26/2011 9:08:12 AM
But if some of you are really feeling enraged because of this sandwich that no one is forcing you to eat, then you have some deeper issues to work on. Seriously.
And I agree with the other poster who has indulged in this, though I have not; but if we felt guilt, disgust, and rage everytime we dared to indulge in something like this (or worse things) then life would be miserable. I refuse to be one of those people who eat something bad every once in a while, then hate myself for a week or whatever. Its called "moderation!" Oh, and I have lost 45 pounds. *whispers* and I ate two whoppers this year. - 12/30/2010 10:56:04 AM
BTW, my fastfood hamburger trick is to always get it without mayo or other creamy dressing. It cuts the calories by about 100. If you skip the cheese, cut out another 100 or so. - 9/22/2010 1:42:49 PM
In fact, I indulged in a McDonald's Happy Meal the other day. It was a modest 500 or so calories without the cookies and drink, and yet I probably ate more cooking oil in those four cute little nuggets than I usually eat in two weeks. I felt crummy and nauseous for hours. It was delicious, don't get me wrong, and much better than any kind of Whopper, but not worth the nasty feeling afterward.
CMINDYC: My boyfriend also calls this a "slightly annoyed" Whopper. He loves it but the BK run by our university's dining service no longer carries it. No great loss to me (I go to Subway across the quad) but he was depressed all afternoon when they took it off the menu. - 11/30/2009 10:54:44 PM
These foods do more than add calories. They really mess up your hormones as well. You are better to make something similar and yummy at home where you can control the ingredients. You will feel better the next day, too. - 11/30/2009 2:43:21 PM
never had an angry whopper. never will. but i have a weakness for fries. :) - 8/30/2009 5:05:22 PM
The values for this burger - as well as the regular wooper - are they serious??? that is just the burger what about the fried and pop? not worth it in my book. I could see how many men would be Ok with this if it was just the burger but i'm a girl with about 1200 calorie per day limit. I wouldn't waste it and I would be angry with the amount of excerise it would take to burn that "food" off. - 4/9/2009 11:30:35 AM
Scary thing is it worked!! They stopped the push for healthy options and just worked the hungry man angle and he turned the company around.
For me, 5 mintues on the tongue is not worth 5 days of working it off! - 4/9/2009 11:17:21 AM
I find putting hot sauce on just about anything makes it more satisfying. It will also make you eat less because the burn accumulates. Also spicy foods give your metabolism a small boost as well. Eat your peppers! - 3/19/2009 2:29:39 PM
The reason why is that's how america has always liked it. BIG AND BIGGER. In these times of financial mayhem we should be focusing on getting healthy to limit our health care burdens on the economy. Getting healthy to be more active and productive members of the community.
Businesses who market such crazy loads of fat and calories only help to give those who are unhealthy and unable to move off the couch their fix of fat and calories.
We have to be strong and stand up to these businesses and say NO. If we weren't buying they wouldn't be selling.
In Japan most of the cheeseburgers on the menu are smaller than they sell in the US. A taste is satisfying, a boat load is gluttony. - 3/6/2009 6:20:15 PM
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