Visualizing your weight loss

When I was losing weight, I had a very hard time translating the number I saw on the scale into a number that my head could wrap around. Here are some good ways to visualize your loss:

8lb: a jug of milk

13lb: a medium-sized housecat

20lb: an adult corgi

30lb: a toddler

40lb: a microwave

50lb: a jumbo bag of dog food

75lb: a VW 5-speed transmission

100lb: a semi-truck tire

125lb: a small alpaca

150lb: the complete Oxford English Dictionary

Thanks that is great!

So many times we don't give ourselves the credit for how well we are doing and this helps.

I always say I lost a person, a big person.

I liked to tell people that I had lost 5 corgis worth of weight!

Thanks Julie,

These are great. I found a few more

http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/what-have-you-lost

When I first started out I remember associated five pound bags of sugar off my body. Then it would be dog food.

Im glad you posted this Julie. My friends daughter was about a 120 pounds and I would say it was like you being stuck to me.

tthanks for making me remember what I was carrying around on my body.

I always use the 10 lb ground beef roll found at Sam's for a visual. They're HUGE; they take up a lot of room. I lost 15 of those suckers! When I saw how much space 15 take up, I almost cried. I carried that much extra weight on my body-no wonder I was always overheated and tired.

What a great visual!

Years ago, one of my friends told me how many sticks of butter I'd lost (you know, one of the many times that I lost weight before).

4 sticks of butter per lb -- 100 sticks of butter per 25 lbs! This is 100 sticks of butter....I've lost 73 lbs so just shy of 3 of these photos.

Haha, that's great! I lost a small alpaca!