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Burn it Off: How Much Yoga to Undo the Angry Whopper?

By: Nicole Nichols : 1/23/2009 12:16:12 PM : 263 comments

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?

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FRANCESCU 5/16/2010 6:43:38 AM	Built it and people will eat it!	263
LLCURTS 3/27/2010 7:15:09 PM	What is it with BK anyway - their burgers are always higher in fat & calories than Mcd's & Wendys. I used to do the whopper jr - but no more...	262
ROGUETEACHER 3/18/2010 11:24:25 AM	I'm just waiting for Hardees/Carl Jr.'s to come out with something like the "Homicidal Thickburger" since this company routinely introduces burgers with enough calories to account for a full day.	261
SANDIEGOJOHN 3/13/2010 7:55:04 PM	No temptation here for me. I've never been a fan of BK, anyway.	260
WALKERSSS 3/12/2010 2:45:58 PM	I'm not surprised. Since watching my calories I can have a regular 1.00 burger with no cheese and still be in my calorie range. No french fries and maybe I'll have a salad. Pick and choose what works for you.	259
UNKNOWNUNIVERSE 2/15/2010 11:39:32 AM	When I get a whopper, I eat the middle and throw away the ends, but still 5 hours of yoga - whoo	258
AMBER0985 12/1/2009 11:37:14 PM	I do the atkins diet, how much carbs for it without the sauce,buns, fries and other junk?	257
KWRIGHT26 11/30/2009 10:54:44 PM	I'm not mad at all. I fully expect fast food chains to pack as much fat and salt into their food as possible in order to make more people buy it more often. It's up to me whether or not I will eat it, and I am NEVER so hungry that I have to eat Burger King. 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.	256
ROSEWAND 11/30/2009 2:43:21 PM	Before you eat any food from Burger King or other corporate food purveyors, please read the David Kessler's book "The End Of Overeating." I assure you, you will never look at this kind of food again. They intentionally design these foods with a crafted technique of layering fats, sugars, and salt to hook your brain so that you will want to eat this kind of food over and over. The more calories from fat, salt, and sugar they build into the food, the greater the craving for more. 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.	255
JASMINEBIEBER 11/24/2009 8:02:07 PM	I AM 12 AND MY DAD IS 40 BUT THIS IS KINDA EASY I MEAN I WEIGH 130 AND I AM 5FOOT2 BUT MY DAD IS 180 POUNDS AND 5FOOT6 SHOULD WE DO THE SAME AMOUNT	254
DIOZZE 10/28/2009 9:35:44 AM	Great info. To bad the weight would not leave as easy as it can go on.	253
STUMPINA 10/27/2009 4:14:04 PM	Sounds good, as I love spicy foods. I don't think I would buy it, but if I ever have a splurge day, its a possibility. Sometimes I have to watch out for ingredients as my ulcer could flare up.	252
FOX2566 10/12/2009 9:12:22 PM	The angry one is not for me, although once in a great while I enjoy a good burger. With me, it can be quite small, if it is a good one!	251
GYRL74 10/12/2009 8:28:30 PM	Yeah I'm mad at the angry whopper!!! What were they thinking with that one. Normally I don't eat a regular whopper so I would never eat an angry whopper.	250
GRANDMO1 10/12/2009 9:46:24 AM	Sure am glad I do not like whoppers of any kind.	249
PAULASHOPS 10/12/2009 7:06:19 AM	Smells good and looks good but not worth the calories. On the rare occasions I have a whopper, I always have them cut it, this one I'll take a quarter and pass the rest on.	248
LAVONMICHELLE 9/2/2009 11:23:46 AM	Great info to have.. I think I'll stick with my low calorie sandwhich instead!!! lol.	247
ANNERS8 8/30/2009 5:05:22 PM	they should sprinkle french fries on top. maybe hot fries or something. never had an angry whopper. never will. but i have a weakness for fries. :)	246
BURGEREXPERT 8/26/2009 1:54:04 PM	I have enjoyed the Angry Whopper on a number of occasions. My theory is that angels make it. At some point divine intervention took place in the Burger King R&D labs and this was the result. It is ok if it has 200 more calories and almost twice the saturated fat. What they don't tell you is that you burn off almost twice that much smiling because of just how delicious this burger truly is. Job well done Burger King Gods!!	245
CMINDYC 5/28/2009 9:33:17 AM	My husband loves that sandwitch. It look totaly nasty to me. But he calls it the "The mildly upset Whopper". LOL It's not hot enough for him. He also has had the double one. YUCK!!!	244
RANDOMTEXAN05 5/22/2009 1:36:51 AM	While I haven't had the angry whopper burger king is my weakness. Every once and a while I go and treat myself to a kids cheeseburger meal with milk. It is honestly worth every calorie to me but definatly not something I would eat on a daily or even weakly basis.	243
SCENTEDLILACS 5/22/2009 1:07:36 AM	If you are going to indulge in something like this, I would reccomend walking or running to Burger King and working off the calories. I usually burn about 600 calories walking to McDonalds and back. Of course, I'm not tempted to eat something bad for me because I just worked so hard to burn the calories and I don't intend to put them back in! The only reason I ever go to McDonalds or Burger King is to take my 3 yr. old there to play at the playplace anyway. I pull her behind me in a large Radio Flyer wagon that is a comfortable height for me.	242
MUSICTURNSMEON 4/25/2009 12:39:29 PM	I'm not surprised. I'm assuming (since I haven't tried it) that the sauce is mayonnaise or processed cheese base as these tend to be high calories and probably not just the tablespoon that either o f these choices would suggest as a serving. I say pile on the jalapenos and add some cayenne to a true serving of steak fries and you'll get more heat with less calories!	241
SYKOTIKKITTIE 4/22/2009 10:16:38 PM	I quite enjoy the Angry Whopper and I checked out the nurtitional info before I tasted my first one. When the mood for BK (or any fast food) strikes, it usually takes a few days before I decided to give into the temptation. I do so with no guilt or regret. The Angry Whopper isn't the fireball the commercials lead it to be, but it is might tasty in my book. I have only purchased this hunk of greasy goodness from one establishment and have been happy the few times I indulged. Is it worth the calorie expenditure? Depends on how you look at it and yourself. If I felt guilt for every little thing I ate, I would be a miserable person. I don't understand how something can be so high in calories and fat, and I am sure I could mimic the same thing from my grill (of course it wouldn't taste as manufacturedly good). Now and then, it's good to be a bad girl and pull into that drive thru. Don't think about what you have to do to burn it off. Think about that moment, enjoy your burger and then start the next day with healthier habits. Keep the fast food jaunts into a MINIMUM, like once every few months and you will be fine. :) Depsite not understanding how they make things so high in fat and cals, I was suprised this Angry Whopper was not angrier in those two depts.	240
SAMMGO 4/9/2009 11:30:35 AM	Burgers are my weakness....I love them but I hate BK (in Canada anyways) it's really gross and they do a horrible job of slopping the grease bags together. I also enjoy spicy food but I wouldn't make this my first choice. 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.	239
VLECKB 4/9/2009 11:17:21 AM	No I'm not surprised. I read an article a while ago about the CEO of BK who decided to turn the struggling company around by targeting the 18-45 male demographic where big is better. 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!	238
EARTHSEAME 4/6/2009 11:59:56 AM	It sounds good and it looks good. Unfortunately, I don't feel good afterwards. Funny, because homemade hamburgers don't make me ill. It must be all the chemicals, food additives and second-rate food that the chains use.	237
IDNAMI 3/19/2009 2:29:39 PM	I am not a Burger King fan myself. If I am going to indulge in fast food a McDonalds quarter pounder is my big weakness. It actually has fewer calories and less fat than a whopper too. 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!	236
THINMINTMOMMY 3/6/2009 6:20:15 PM	I'm not sure why the Angry Whopper has to be so high in calories to be spicy. What do you think? 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.	235
YELLOWDAHLIA 2/6/2009 9:00:33 AM	Fast food chains can serve whatever they want. We just need to be smart and NOT eat there! It's really pretty simple- "just say NO."	234
OHLEXI24 2/3/2009 4:58:49 PM	Me eating to an angry whopper would lead to me being very angry on the treadmill. I'll pass.	233
MIKNIKRIK 1/29/2009 8:01:09 PM	Not only do you have to worry about the fat, what about all of that sodium. The angry burger and anything else from Burger King is sure to kill you. I plan to stay away from Burger King, After all their slogan is have it your way and I plan to have it my way at home. Thanks.	232
09BETH 1/28/2009 6:05:30 PM	No way it would be worth the calories, fat or weight watchers points. I wouldn't be able to eat for a week. It gets easier to say no to these items when you know their nutritional content!!	231
GRANDMA_STATUS 1/28/2009 5:27:26 PM	gross, dude, i hate burger king. their fries blow.	230
SHARA2233 1/28/2009 12:49:03 PM	I love spicy food so I had to have one! I took the veggie burger and added pepper jack cheese, jalepenos and the angry sauce. I thought it was great, and had way fewer calories!	229
DOWN2SEXY 1/28/2009 12:03:46 PM	Whoppers in general make me angry. They pretend to be hamburgers, but that is just an illusion. Or perhaps a delusion. I wouldn't mind having a long yoga session, but not for the purpose of working of this junk.	228
MARIARDH1 1/27/2009 12:47:58 PM	Eating Out is virtually impossible when counting calories and it's not just at the fast food restaurants! I recently ate at Red Robin and had a chicken breast "burger" and YES I ate the fries! Anyway, I checked the nutrition on the website when I got home and altogether I had consumed 1600 calories! In ONE MEAL! So be careful out there kiddies :)	227
ANEWME4US 1/27/2009 11:13:30 AM	I guess no angry whoppers for me!	226
LISAELLIOTT83 1/27/2009 10:56:26 AM	It's scary that this is something I would eat...That is 3/4 my daily caloric intake...No wonder we are such a fat society today...This opened my eyes...imagine with a large coke and fries also...Yikes!	225
RAVENETTE1 1/26/2009 1:34:26 PM	That is an expensive meal....thats the way I look at all food. I would rather "spend" my calories elsewhere. I really dont crave things like that anymore.	224
WENDYRS 1/26/2009 1:22:02 PM	It's a good thing I'm not interested in the Angry Whopper, because I sure don't have five extra hours in my day to work it off!	223
ROADTOFREEDOM 1/26/2009 12:50:49 PM	A "heart attack on a bun" ... what an apt description!	222
ODEEMV 1/26/2009 10:56:27 AM	I'm not a fan of BK, fortunately. If you want to turn yourself away from fast food, read the nutrition info. I used to love the Zax Snak at Zaxby's until I found out how many calories are in it. :(	221
TANYAHDG 1/25/2009 11:35:40 PM	I don't think its worth the bite. That's a lot of calories to blow half the day and still be hungry later.	220
RPFHG904 1/25/2009 9:31:55 PM	The Angry Whopper has bacon, perhaps that is where some of the calories are coming from. I do want one so bad tho :-P	219
DEBBIEK60 1/25/2009 7:56:48 PM	I knew it would be bad but that is amazing. I may have half of a child burger with no mayo and no cheese (it's not real cheese anyway) about once every few months., and that keeps me on track. The price is just too high. If it's not a 10, it better be healthy, and if it is a 10, a morsel and a wait of several minutes is my approach.	218
WENDI_WA1 1/25/2009 3:40:17 PM	Fortunatly that angry whoopper does not even sound good, I like to keep my taste buds intact not fried off first bite into a meal. I have had the whopper and had trouble even finishing it. I do love a cheeseburger now and again but none of those big "supersized" monsters they have out there. The sodium alone would deter me.	217
JUICE68 1/25/2009 3:04:15 PM	I can't imagine eating something like that any more. Knowing how long it takes to burn off food I use to eat really has been my number 1 motivator. Another reason to be glad there are no more Burger Kings by me.	216
DRAGONLADY2000 1/25/2009 1:31:55 PM	I would like to try it; maybe my hubby will split one with me (less calories and such). Hubby likes to breathe fire and I want to know what is in the sauce. No I haven't seen the commercial yet. As long as the "King" isn't on it the commercials they make me hungry but I don't have to go out and eat one.	215
UNL_MONKEY 1/25/2009 12:56:54 PM	It doesn't make me angry....I'm fully aware of how horrible Burger King can be for you...it's my favorite fast food, it is what I crave for an easy meal. But, I just remind myself that the 20 minutes of cooking it will save me, means I will have to excercise for hours on end. So I just don't do it.	214