Visualizing your weight loss
on 6/12/18 11:23 am
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
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
I always say I lost a person, a big person.
Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014
Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
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on 6/12/18 11:52 am
I liked to tell people that I had lost 5 corgis worth of weight!
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
on 6/12/18 12:32 pm
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.
I woke up in between a memory and a dream...
Tom Petty
on 6/12/18 2:04 pm
What a great visual!
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
on 6/12/18 5:23 pm
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.
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
Haha, that's great! I lost a small alpaca!
Jess
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. - Oscar Wilde
Age: 36 Height: 5'9" HW:326 GW:180
Pre-op:-32 M1-26 M2-11 M3-13 M4-10 M5-13 M6-8 M7-12 M8-7 M9-7 M10-0 M11-11