I've been planning on putting my daughter up on my back and trying to move around once I lost as much as she weighs. I kept forgetting about it, but last night I finally did it -- even though now I've lost MORE than she weighs (she's ~75 lbs)!

Of course the weight was distributed a little differently as I didn't carry it ALL in my back! But it really did illustrate how HEAVY I felt, lumbering around, not graceful at all, totally out of breath after climbing the stairs, wanting to just sit down and do NOTHING extra. It reminded me (which I had blissfully forgotten) how hard it used to be for me to get up off one of our couches (it's kinda low) and just in general how hard everything was!

I still have almost 2 of her left to lose! But this really helped me to appreciate how far I've come already -- and it REALLY made me excited to wonder how I'll feel after the next one (and 2) of her comes off!

Great! That made it real, didn't it? Sometimes it's good to do a reality check and see how far we've come. Congratulations!

Cool! I guess I had "lost" my niece I was holding the other days. I think she's about 10 pounds.

I do that too! I have four children and I've said "I've lost a 4 year old" or "I've lost a 6 year old" when I reached their weight. I've now lost enough weight that I've lost my eldest daughter who is 8. I can't even imagine carrying her around...

Great job on the weight loss, btw!! That's amazing!!

When I realized that I had lost the weight of two of my children combined (age 5 & 1), it was a big turning point for me. I'd tried to carry them both before when it was raining and there were puddles everywhere and I struggled SO hard...how was I doing that every day?! And now I've lost my 5 year old, my 1 year old, and ANOTHER 5 year old child. CRAZY.

I sometimes pick up one of my pugs and think about how many of them I've lost...

That's a nice, tangible way to look at how far you've come. I've lost a tad more than my 5 month old daughter weighs.

Awesome!! I think about that too - I've lost 4 of my 1 year old! It's just nuts when you think about it - i mean like you said obviously the weight is distributed evenly...but it's still there. And we were living with it - and now it's gone...phew.

I finally match my nine year old. I have really big kids! He's a head and shoulders taller than everyone in his class. This weekend I plan to put him on my back and take a picture on the scale. I've been wanting to do this since I started, and I think he only weighed 75 pounds back then! The kid grows like a weed.

That's fantastic! Congrats!

Two days ago I picked up and carried my 56 pound dog into the shower so I could bathe her. (she's super easy to bathe, but she won't willingly get in herself, haha) I totally thought to myself as I lugged her through the bathroom, "soon I will have lost this much weight!"

That is so awesome, and what a great way to put things into perspective. What a great accomplishment!

My "perspective" is those 40 pound bags of salt you get for your water softener. I can barely pick them up and it's hard for me to fathom that I was once carrying 2 of those around.

GREAT POST Shannon - and congratulations to all of you who have lost so much! And by the way -your new picture looks terrific -really see how far you've come...

I've lost 13 lbs. and although I still have a long way to go, I feel more agile and "walk friendly" and able to walk,talk and breathe w/o huffing and puffing - a small but important mission accomplished! L.

What a COOL WAY to remind yourself how far you've come!!! Congrats!!! - and keep going!!!!

I would have to carry my 70 lb 10 year old, my 35 lb 5 year old, and a 10 lb sack of potatoes. I don't think I can do that . I have no idea how I managed before!

It's interesting to put our weight loss into that kind of perspective. I always think about how many 5 pound bags of flour or sugar I've lost when I pick up one of those at the store. Also when I wear my 10 pound weighted vest while exercising.