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i lost my cat food.

gonettie2015
gonettie2015 Posts: 52 Member
edited November 2024 in Success Stories
Today, I bought a 6.6 pound bag of cat food and a 15 pound bag of cat food. I carried them out to my car and realized that in total, I was carrying 21.6 pounds and I've lost 22 pounds since March. It was almost hard to believe I've lost so much since I'm not a very big person and I still have 13 more to go.
wow - what motivation to maintain the loss! I don't want to make my body carry around big bags of cat food all the time! ;)

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  • kelfran1
    kelfran1 Posts: 1,213 Member
    Congrats! It's funny how it hits you sometimes how far you've come.
    Keep up the good work!
  • lseed87
    lseed87 Posts: 1,105 Member
    Funny title. That's cool to think about. Congrats
  • gonettie2015
    gonettie2015 Posts: 52 Member
    thanks, guys... it feels good!
  • kittywrangler
    kittywrangler Posts: 81 Member
    Haha. Love this. I've lost the equivalent of a large cat! Makes me purr with happiness.
  • gonettie2015
    gonettie2015 Posts: 52 Member
    kittywrangler wrote: »
    Haha. Love this. I've lost the equivalent of a large cat! Makes me purr with happiness.

    kittywrangler! congratulations!
    when i had lost 11 pounds, i read that was equivalent to a medium housecat. i have 2 medium cats (11 lbs each, give or take a bit) so i've lost both of them now. i have one tiny cat too (about 8 pounds) so once I'm at my goal, I will have lost more than all 3 of them combined!

    i might be turning into a crazy cat lady... measuring weight loss in cats... :blush:
  • Faithful_Chosen
    Faithful_Chosen Posts: 401 Member
    edited July 2015
    My sleepy brain read the title as 'I love my cat food' and I got very worried :sweat_smile:

    Congratulations, hun! That is awesome! Keep it up (well, down)!
  • gonettie2015
    gonettie2015 Posts: 52 Member
    hahha... nope, i've never done that!
    thank you!
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    Haha- I have lost an elephant's heart..

    http://www.hungryhealthyhappy.com/how-much-weight-have-you-lost-50lbs-is-equivalent-to-a-bale-of-hay/
  • phxteach
    phxteach Posts: 309 Member
    thx for the laugh :)
  • kittywrangler
    kittywrangler Posts: 81 Member
    gonettie2015 wrote: »
    kittywrangler wrote: »
    Haha. Love this. I've lost the equivalent of a large cat! Makes me purr with happiness.

    kittywrangler! congratulations!
    when i had lost 11 pounds, i read that was equivalent to a medium housecat. i have 2 medium cats (11 lbs each, give or take a bit) so i've lost both of them now. i have one tiny cat too (about 8 pounds) so once I'm at my goal, I will have lost more than all 3 of them combined!

    i might be turning into a crazy cat lady... measuring weight loss in cats... :blush:

    I definitely am a crazy cat lady. So much so I work in veterinary medicine so I can have an excuse ;) Yay for almost at your goal of three cat weight loss!
  • kittywrangler
    kittywrangler Posts: 81 Member
    and as for big housecats, the largest I've seen was an orange guy weighing in at 29lbs. So indeed that would make 11lbs a medium cat in comparison LOL I wish I had pictures. He was majestic.
  • Crochet180
    Crochet180 Posts: 57 Member
    Brilliant. Of course now I'm going to weigh my cats and measure my progress against their weights, this must be the first recorded Crazy Cat Lady diet!
  • hollyberry6182
    hollyberry6182 Posts: 345 Member
    I can totally relate to this. I've lost 5 stone and my youngest boy weighs 4st 13lbs. I wouldn't want to carry him around all day either!
  • LisaPrust
    LisaPrust Posts: 93 Member
    AWESOME SUCCESS!!! Perspective can SO change how we think about/interpret things, can't it? So happy for your success!
  • Butterflies_And_Chaos_
    Butterflies_And_Chaos_ Posts: 22 Member
    What a cool visual for your progress!! Nice work!! (I'm also a crazy cat lady) :lol:
  • i_SWEAT_n_SWEAR
    i_SWEAT_n_SWEAR Posts: 3,315 Member
    edited August 2015
    Lol that title threw me a bit!!! Ha!
    What a great comparison! CONGRATS!
    You're hard work has really paid off!
    Fantastic!!!!
  • alfonsinarosinsky
    alfonsinarosinsky Posts: 198 Member
    I lost the equivalent of a border collie and a house cat combined. Lol
  • Diana_GettingFit
    Diana_GettingFit Posts: 458 Member
    LOL! Cute thread title. It does make you think though about that extra weight we used to carry around!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Way to get it!
  • LorraineZinn
    LorraineZinn Posts: 43 Member
    I've lost 3 cats and a toy poodle!
  • ElisaJtsu
    ElisaJtsu Posts: 97 Member
    I had to go and check now...I've lost my cat & his food :) Great idea!!
  • gonettie2015
    gonettie2015 Posts: 52 Member
    @dramaqueen45, @hollyberry061082, @alfonsinarosinsky ,@LorraineZinn, @ElisaJtsu
    congratulations on your progress!

    thanks for the encouragement everyone! I'm working on that 3rd cat now. B)
  • acbraswell
    acbraswell Posts: 238 Member
    LOVE the tread title! I'm allergic to cats, so I can't measure my weight loss in cat food. But I remember when I cut out added sugar and lost the first 5 pounds, I had the thought that I'd lost a 5-pound bag of sugar.

    Good luck on losing more cats and cat food :smiley:
  • KarlaH9801
    KarlaH9801 Posts: 362 Member
    What a great way to visualize your loss! I have lost my daughter and my chihuahua. Because my cat is ginormous and weighs as much as both of my little dogs combined :wink:
  • Great_Mazinga
    Great_Mazinga Posts: 214 Member
    I've lost a small Asian female.
  • Nanogg55
    Nanogg55 Posts: 275 Member
    Love this! I've lost a bag of equine senior and a cat!
  • gonettie2015
    gonettie2015 Posts: 52 Member
    KarlaH9801 wrote: »
    What a great way to visualize your loss! I have lost my daughter and my chihuahua. Because my cat is ginormous and weighs as much as both of my little dogs combined :wink:
    :o lost your daughter! in a different context that would be terrible - but congrats instead!
    Great_Mazinga wrote: »
    I've lost a small Asian female.
    this kind of perspective really makes you (and us all) think about how happy our hearts are that we're making a change, huh? good work!
    hac125 wrote: »
    Love this! I've lost a bag of equine senior and a cat!
    i have no idea how much a bag of equine senior weighs but it sounds like a lot! congratulations!

  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Lolwut?
  • meryl135
    meryl135 Posts: 321 Member
    Nicely done!
  • Nanogg55
    Nanogg55 Posts: 275 Member
    Equine Senior comes in 40 lb bags. The cat was about 6 lbs at the time. As of this morning my scale says he weighs 9 lbs. :smiley: Fat cat!
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