XPOST: How much weight have you lost?

Bette B.
on 6/19/12 5:43 am
 [This was posted on the Main Board and there was a request that I share it here. I wrote this 7 or 8 years ago to try to help people with even small weight losses keep their loss in perspective and celebrate it. You may feel free to pass this along, but PLEASE! Give credit where credit is due! Thank you.]

How Much Weight Have You Lost? 

Your weight loss = 

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 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
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 5’11½!)
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’ 4½!)
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

For example, a loss of 128 pounds means you’ve lost almost a newborn giraffe, or:
(10) dozen large eggs
(4) dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
(2) Chihuahuas
(2) Guinea pigs
****lephant penis
(1) average 2-year-old
(1) human head
(1) rack baby back ribs

and one final statistic: the average person laughs 15 times a day. 
I hope I’ve done my part to keep that count up!

    

Banded 10 years & maintaining my weight loss!! Any questions, message me.

Gina 22 years out
on 6/19/12 8:24 am - Burleson, TX

BETTE-thank you for taking the time to share this with my TMB family!!

OK-family--play along !!!

For me..I have lost a 2 month old horse AND an Irish setter !

RNY 4-22-02...

LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155

We Can Do Hard Things

Don 1962
on 6/19/12 9:52 am
Two tires and two elephant phalli.  

Never, and I mean NEVER, trust a fart!! 


Gina 22 years out
on 6/19/12 11:57 pm - Burleson, TX
DON-doesn't it make you wonder WHO had to figure out the elephant thingie? If ever you think YOUR job is a drag...

RNY 4-22-02...

LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155

We Can Do Hard Things

Don 1962
on 6/20/12 8:42 am
More elephant humor:

Never, and I mean NEVER, trust a fart!! 


Saundra P.
on 6/20/12 1:47 am - Mesquite, TX
 From my original WLS and today's weight 

I have lost:

2 month old horse
Fats and oils avg. American eats in a year and
Rack of baby back ribs

Saundra
VBG - 12/02/96   (High weight 283)
Revision to RNY - 06/11
/09 (Start weight 219)

Goal for weight to always start with 11*
 
At Goal - maintaining between 115 - 119
 
 

TXKashmir
on 6/20/12 3:28 am - Grand Prairie, TX
OK, picture this...an average adult woman holding an ostrich egg. That's how much weight I lost! LOL!

Debbie
Keeping track of my progress without a scale...Starting size: 28-Current size: 6-Goal size: 14

sand SAND...it's not a club...it's a frame of mind...

Gina 22 years out
on 6/20/12 4:13 am - Burleson, TX
Girl--so nice to see you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--Ostrich egg and all !!!!!

RNY 4-22-02...

LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155

We Can Do Hard Things

Gina 22 years out
on 6/20/12 4:16 am - Burleson, TX

OR...

I've lost..

A newborn giraffe, holding a human leg...

now, that visual is just...wrong...

RNY 4-22-02...

LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155

We Can Do Hard Things

Don 1962
on 6/20/12 8:48 am

or I can say four of these -

Never, and I mean NEVER, trust a fart!! 


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