weight loss comparisons! Too cool!

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  • Good morning! I found this great comparison chart on another site and thought it would be a great motivator for us all!

    P.S I have lost the equivelant of a 2 year old child!!


    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

    What have you lost??
  • I have lost an Irish Setter and A Sperm Whale's Brain !
  • a 5000 BTU air conditioner!!

    not sure exactly what that is but it sounds heavy! lol
  • Buwahahahah! That's awesome! I've printed it out and put it on the fridge as motivation!
  • As of December 29, 2009, I've lost the equivalent of a two-year-old child.
    My goal is to lose the total equivalent weight of an elephant's p*nis. Perhaps I'll find another equivalent :-)
  • i dunno, if I had a gold brick that weighed 77 lbs, I don't think I'd want to lose it.
  • An elephant’s heart...huh, interesting.

    That being said, I think I like losing:
    a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream (24)
    an automobile tire (20)
    Because I've had to lug both of those around before and they seem much more tangible to me than the elephant heart
  • I've lost 10 dozen eggs!

    10 dozen...damn.

    I can't remember which old exercise video taught me this but the tip was to visualize each five extra pounds you carry as one of those five pound bags of sugar...hard for me to believe how many of those I've been carrying around on my gut and hips...lol...

    But thinking of it as one and a half 5000 BTU air conditioners...that really brings it home!
  • the world's largest ball of tape is now off my body. wow, can you imagine I was going through my day to day life carrying the WLBofT??
  • LOVE this thread!!
  • the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
  • I;ve lost over 26 dozen Krispy Kreme Donuts
  • Crazy, eh! When I look at it this way, it is no wonder I was always tired out, cranky and plain old sore! I was carting around a 2 month old horse on my back daily!! I wonder though if we have massive muscles under all our "extra's" since we were lugging this **** around day in day out???

    I am happy to report an update! As of yesterday, I have now lost 30 pounds!!! That is the equivelant to the amount of cheese the average American eats in a year! Holy - thats a lot of cheese!

    So I've now downsized from a horse to an Irish setter!! lol! Gotta love it!
  • Hmmm...the complete oxford dictionary and let's throw a guinea pig in for good measure

    Makes me tired just thinking about it....to bad that isn't a workout! haha :P
  • i've lost a human leg!!!

    (not my own, thankfully).

    i am sure someone out there is pretty pissed off at me right now though. (hihi)