Scale Obsession- What Does Your Weight Loss Compare To?

October 8, 2012

Are you like many OH members and WLS patients who have a love/hate relationship with scale obsession? You know what I mean. You weigh yourself each day, sometimes a few times a day, and are obsessed with what the numbers staring back at you reflect or do not reflect.

Let's have some fun and change things up a bit! Embrace your inner scale obsession and weigh yourself today and view the weight loss comparison information below. What is your weight loss equivalent to?

1 pound= a loaf of bread
2 pounds= an IPad or the Imperial State Crown
3 pounds= a can of Crisco vegetable oil
4 pounds= a Reebok 4-Pound Ankle Wrap Weight set
5 pounds= the World's largest gummy bear (Five-pound gummy bear is equal to 1400 regular-sized bears!)
6 pounds= a 4 slice toaster
8 pounds= a human head
10 pounds= a bag of Russet potatoes
15 pounds= a George Foreman Next Generation Grill
20 pounds= an automobile tire
25 pounds= a container of cat litter
30 pounds= the amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
35 pounds= the average car or pickup battery
40 pounds= a 5-gallon bottle of water
45 pounds= a bushel of oranges
50 pounds= Darius, the world’s biggest rabbit
55 pounds= eleven five pound bags of sugar
60 pounds= a bull moose's antlers can weigh 60 pounds
65 pounds= 260 sticks of butter
70 pounds= a portable photo booth
75 pounds= an average sized chimpanzee
80 pounds= 40 two pound bags of carrot
85 pounds= 17 watermelons
90 pounds= 60 dozen eggs
95 pounds= an average sized recliner chair
100 pounds= 18,000 quarters
105 pounds= the amount of red meat that the average American eats each year
110 Pounds= 22 average sized coconuts
115 pounds= 4 32’ flat screen TV’s
120 pounds= amount of trash you throw away in a month
125 pounds= the world's largest cabbage
130 pounds= a newborn giraffe
140 pounds= the amount of refined sugar an average American eats in a year
145 pounds= eight average Thanksgiving sized turkeys
150 pounds= the complete Oxford English Dictionary
185 pounds= Actor Hugh Jackman
200 pounds= a typical refrigerator
230 pounds= Giant George, a Great Dane (the World's Biggest Dog)
250 pounds= ten 25 pound bags of ice
300 pounds= an average football lineman