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lois1231
lois1231 Posts: 331 Member
edited February 2018 in Health and Weight Loss
This is what your weight loss compares 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 carrots
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





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  • Enthusiast84
    Enthusiast84 Posts: 171 Member
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    Oh wow... this is great. According to this my weight loss is a George foreman grill! :)
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
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    I lost Darius :D
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,134 Member
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    I never want to lose Hugh Jackman, so I'll say I lost 87 guinea pigs.
  • PKM0515
    PKM0515 Posts: 2,937 Member
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    Current loss is eleven five-pound bags of sugar. Goal is 18,000 quarters, but I'm not sure this is realistic.
  • PKM0515
    PKM0515 Posts: 2,937 Member
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    mij140 wrote: »
    SaraKim17 wrote: »
    Current loss is eleven five-pound bags of sugar. Goal is 18,000 quarters, but I'm not sure this is realistic.

    It’s doable. I lost 94 lbs.

    That is fantastic!
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,253 Member
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    I lost a fridge. I guess I now have nowhere to store all that food I don’t need!
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
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    You're telling me I've lost a cabbage?????

    And who the hell grew a 125lb cabbage?
  • lois1231
    lois1231 Posts: 331 Member
    edited February 2018
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    You're telling me I've lost a cabbage?????

    And who the hell grew a 125lb cabbage?

    Actually they grew over a 100 pound cabbage in Palmer, Alaska.
  • lois1231
    lois1231 Posts: 331 Member
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    They have another one but so far I haven't been able to post it.
  • lois1231
    lois1231 Posts: 331 Member
    edited February 2018
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    Here is another one.
  • 1houndgal
    1houndgal Posts: 558 Member
    edited February 2018
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    I lost a tire! And a can of Crisco!
  • 1houndgal
    1houndgal Posts: 558 Member
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    lois1231 wrote: »
    Here is another one.

    On this list I lost the amount of pizza eaten by an avg. American in one year.This makes me sad for the wrong reason.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited February 2018
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    lois1231 wrote: »
    You're telling me I've lost a cabbage?????

    And who the hell grew a 125lb cabbage?

    Actually they grew over a 100 pound cabbage in Palmer, Alaska.

    Looks like someone named Palmer in Alaska grew a 138 lb one.

    https://www.npr.org/2012/09/04/160562400/alaska-man-rolls-record-cabbage-out-of-the-patch

    Still. Wow. So now I have a goal weight loss. I want to lose the worlds largest cabbage! That's a bit more than my wife weighs (which was my goal).
  • lois1231
    lois1231 Posts: 331 Member
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    I meant they grew over a hundred pound cabbage in Palmer. I saw it. It was big.
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
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    That is a great post. I lost the equivalant of an average car battery.
  • plain_lemon
    plain_lemon Posts: 11 Member
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    So cool!