What is your weight loss equivalent to?
 

We haven't had a thread like this in a while and I thought it might be fun again. How much have you lost and what it it equivalent to in real life?

For instance, the other day I was walking out of the market and noticed a display of bird seed. The really, really big bags of bulk bird seed. They are 50 pounds. I instantly thought, that is about how much I have lost so far. Imagine myself throwing one of those on my back and then going to the meat counter and asking for 5 pounds of ground beef and strapping that to my front (probably the boobs :lol:) and walk around like that!!!! That is how much extra I was carrying around. It really hit home to me and made me feel better that although I have been stuck in the 170s for a while, I have at least maintained here and I never want to gain back that big bag of bird seed to carry around, ever!

So what is your weight loss equivalent to?

my weightloss is equivalent to 1, normal sized, very short person.

I've lost a 6th-grader. A short one, like I was. LOL 63 pounds gone!

ive lsot a thrid or 4th grader at 53lbs!!!

wow, we've lost so many children :lol:

Imagine carrying them around on your backs all day!

Your age equivalents for kids has me cracking up. My 1st grader (still 6 years old) weighs 70 pounds and he's not fat!

Well, as of this morning, I've lost just about 85 pounds this round of weight loss. I don't know what that is equivalent to, but I sure wouldn't want to be hauling it on my body. No wonder exercise is so much easier to do - I'm not carrying all that any more..

So, that would be 17 packs of flour or sugar. The weight of a good sized golden retriever. Something big and something I probably wouldn't want to carry!

If I go from my high weight - it would be a short woman at her ideal weight at 105 pounds lost total. Now that is frightening to think about.

I like the 17 packs of flour, I can imagine one on each hip, each thigh, each boob, couple on the belly, one on each buttock. Can you imagine? Hard to believe we let ourselves get away with that for so long.

18 lbs.

That's my daughter as a 1 yr old if we're sticking to the "kid theme." ;)

It's 72 sticks of butter.

It's a touch over 2 gallons of 2% milk...

but it's not quite both my 10 lbs dumbells.

And I'm still not seeing it yet, though my jeans feel better. LOL. :D

A.

I've lost 35. That is a commercial size box of diced mozzarella. It's 140 sticks of butter. It's 7 bags of flour. It's a three year old.

I was doing some research on the spike diet and found this post. i thought it was hilarious, so i'm bumping it.

i've lost 47 pounds, which is the equivalent of a very chubby toddler. :D

actually, i've noticed that since i've lost this weight, i can pick up heavy things without my back killing me the next day. :carrot: makes a big difference.

That's about where I am. I amazed myself the other day when I had my two nephews on my lap and realized I'd lost them both! One two year old and one three year old gone! Can't wait to lose the 8 month old!!!

It amazes me that when I hit goal I will have lost MY MOM or two of my skinny friends!!!

52 lbs. = 208 sticks of butter or a sack of fertilizer or 4.5 bags of kitty litter... take your pick. It's interesting to think about this. Thanks for reminding me.

Do you ever feel ashamed when people notice your weight loss
 

Most of times I feel soo uncomfortable when people comment on my weight loss.
I HAVE NEVER BROUGHT IT UP TO PEOPLE. I have only discussed weight loss with people who are close to me and knew me when I was not overweight.

I have been grilled about why I decided to lose weight and one of my many coworker asked how much weight I lost! I have been asked how much I plan to lose to exactly what I'm doing!
Do you feel uncomfortable knowing your a topic of conversation and how do you gracefully change the subject?

I feel like I have lost my privacy along with the weight.

2 bags of dog food. Oh my greatness, I can hardly lift one off the shelf, let alone two.

Scary stuff! I have not lost anything for a month but managed to maintain, Ive decided to go back to basics.

It's quite incredible when you talk in terms of 5th graders haha!

Well done everybody!

A human brain - 3 pounds!
Hoping for a cinder block, maybe a 5 gallon bottle of water (which seems gigantic to me...)

Here's the chart,

1 pound = a Guinea Pig
1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = a human’s skin
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year
11 pounds = an average housecat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
16 pounds = a sperm whale’s brain
20 pounds = an automobile tire
23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
33 pounds = a cinder block
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 pounds = an elephant’s heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephant’s penis (yep, weights more than his heart!)
66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year
70 pounds = an Irish Setter
77 pounds = a gold brick
80 pounds = the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 pounds = a newborn calf
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football lineman
400 pounds = a Welsh pony

OMG seagirl that is hilarious! I have lost 60 pounds. I was trying to think of what was 60 pounds. The other day I picked up a 50 pound bag of dog food at Wally World and thought good grief this is heavy, no wonder my knees used to hurt all the time!

So going by Seagirls post I have lost.....drumroll....an elephants penis!! Too Funny!

Hahaha...I love this comparison you all have got going on! I can't wait to say I've lost my daughter (she's about 55 lbs)! I love it!
Thanks for the inspiration :)

I couldn't think of anything to compare my weight loss to, but I work in a grocery store and sometimes have to carry the 10kg bags of sugar. They are heavy! I can barely lift them. And to think, I used to carry that weight around on me, not just one but nearly two of them.

Lol I was looking for some extra motivation to get me off my butt today and this definitely did it. Thanks OP.

Oh my god I lost a whole tire??? Those things are HEAVY!! Thanks, seagirl, for that list! It really puts things in perspective!!

Well, I just googled and saw a post from an 11 year old who said s/he weighs 67 pounds... so I guess I have lost an 11 year old. :) Although there seems to be some "debate" on here about how much an average child weighs. I have no idea so am going by this person's post.

I am loving this thread, as I only started yesterday so currently my weight loss is nothing but you guys are so inspirational! If you can all lose that much weight then i can too. If I manage to reach my goal weight, I'll have lost almost as much as a new born calf! No wonder walking and exercising in general is so difficult if thats my excess weight! And no wonder I'm so tired by the evening, its that baby cow weighing me down!

A cinder block... Whoa!

I've lost a medium-large border collie. I like puppies, so zero percent chance I used this as an excuse to go through a breed information page and squeal at pictures of cute dogs...

I have been googling and found these things that weigh 70 pounds (which I am only one pound away from losing)

*A full helium tank
*An electric fireplace
*31752 thumbtacks
*A big wingback comfy chair
*The world’s biggest atlas
*187 Bananas
*A bushel of Corn
*The average sheet of drywall
*4.7 cubic feet of “average snow”
*7 medium size bowling balls

I've lost a guinea pig.
However, before this real weight loss (for real this time,) I can't tell you how many housecats I've lost.

I've lost 44 pounds = an elephant’s heart. Hmm, that's interesting.