text: While we all know the key to maintaining a healthy weight is finding a middle ground between the amount of food you eat and the amount of exercise you put in, it can sometimes be a bit tricky to anticipate exactly how much exercise is required. With Easter just around the corner we thought it would be helpful to give you a real life gauge on how much cardio you'll need to put in to get the most out of your Easter binge session. Starting at the very bottom of the chocolate egg scale is the mini solid egg, around four of them equate to 550 kilojules. After eating only four mini solid chocolate eggs that contain 550 kilojules you'll need to run for at least 40 minutes to melt the calories away . A 67-kilogram woman who ate only four of these snack sized treats would need to vigorously walk for around 40 minutes before the guilt, and the calories melted away. A man weighing in at around 80 kilograms could achieve the same in 30 minutes. Any child, or grown adult for that matter, out on an Easter scavenger hunt is sure to come across a chocolate replica of the Easter bunny himself. You would need to run for about half an hour to burn off a hollow chocolate egg . What you’ll be surprised to find is that a medium chocolate bunny contains around 4400 kilojules that won’t burn themselves off. If you chose the humble kayak as your weapon against weight gain, ladies you'd be expected to paddle for at least three hours to burn that bunny off. Gents you've lucked out in this department and will only have to spend around two hours in the water. If cycling is more your style, then men you'll need to spend just under two hours pedaling and ladies, you'll need to put in just over that for that bunny to be history. If you wanted to munch on a small bunny there’s no avoiding the 2212 kilojules that come with it. Ladies, you could hop in the pool and swim for just over an hour, or guys just under an hour, before that bunny would have melted away. If you've taken home a large chocolate bunny you can expect to spend at least three hours playing squash before you have worked off the 11060 kilojules added to your daily intake. For those who like their Easter with all the trimmings can expect to spend around three and a half hours on the squash court for women and just under three hours for men, before they’ll be able to burn off a large bunny which adds around 11060 kilojules to your daily calorie intake. Chocolate isn’t the only temptation around Easter time with two hot cross buns containing around 1800 kilojules, and that's without any butter or jam! Fruit hot cross buns  will have you hitting the pavement for an hour- and that's if you forgo the generous layer of butter! For those who can go without the extra spread you’ll need to run for about 40-50 minutes to work them off. For those who can’t, expect another 30 minutes of cardio before the calories are gone! If you thought classic hot cross buns were bad, wait until you’re faced with 1030 kilojules of choc-chip hot cross bun- and that’s just for one! Men will need to salute the sun for around an hour and fifteen minutes with ladies putting in an hour and a half of yoga before the singular bun will vanish! Hot cross bun's calorie laden, choc chip counterpart will require around an hour and a half of yoga before it's completely gone!
target: A balanced diet can get harder to achieve around the holiday times .
  To keep healthy it's important to maintain regular exercise .
  To burn off four mini Easter eggs you'll need to exercise for 40 minutes .
  A large Easter bunny would have you on the squash court for 3 hours .
  Those who eat hot cross buns would spend an hour hitting the pavement .