Mini-GoalsEven if you're not at goal yet, this is the place to share your successes and achievements along the way! Success can be measured in many ways besides the scales. Tell us about your triumphs, including Non Scale Victories
I went to the market today for my weekly visit and picked up a box of cat liter to put in my cart. As I picked up the box, I thought to myself, "gosh this stuff is heavy". As I put the liter into my cart, I looked at the box to find the weight - 20 Lbs. This may seem like a minor occurrence, but it made me think about the extra weight I have been carrying around. No wonder my knees hurt. No wonder I get tired walking up the stairs. I tried to imagine myself hauling around 2 or 3 of these boxes of cat liter all day long. That's exactly what I am doing by allowing myself to be burdened with my extra weight. I think I'll keep the box of liter out so I can see it and remind me of how important it is to my health to get rid of my extra weight.
Wow, that is an eye-opening way of looking at it! I recently bought a 40-lb box of cat litter, and it took everything I had to get it from the bottom of the cart onto the checkout counter! And yet, here I am walking around with 42 lbs still left to lose!
I measure my weight loss in basset hounds. I have lost 3 small basset hounds! And even the small ones are heavy!
Ha! That's hilarious! And yes, they are heavy dogs. I think I need to lose all 8 of my cats.
It's really amazing to think about your extra weight in this way. No wonder my knees hurt sometimes. If we could lose it overnight instead of gradually, I don't think we could handle it; our center of balance would be so off we'd be falling all over the place!
Wow..that's a good realization....no wonder I'm tired and my feet scream at me after being on them too long! I need to lose 50 pounds and at Costco those litter boxes are 50 lbs...won't it feel good when I don't have that anymore!!!
lol! It's dog food for me: I buy it in 15kg sacks ~ if I get one on my shoulder I can carry it to the car but no further. I've lost nearly 2 since the very beginning, 1.25 since the end of January this year.
or dogs: of the 5 I have, I've currently lost a small terrier, a Jack Russel and a Staffy Cross.
I have thought about things like that before say when I lift just a gallon of milk, that weighs 8.6 lbs I believe. I would not want to carry one of those around all day! Google what 1lb of fat looks like...bluck!!
Same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I just bought a set of bowflex weights, 52.5 lbs each dumbell, I lugged them one at a time down the stairs into my gym-area and I stopped for a moment and thought, OMG I've lost MORE than this weight I can barely get down the stairs, how on EARTH did I carry all that around every single day??
Yeah, I've lost almost a whole bag of costco-sized pedigree dog food that I always get for my brothers two dogs. I can't wait to lose all this dog food.