Disappointed in only losing a pound? Try this

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Something I do on a regular basis is try and put my last weight-loss weigh-in into my hands. This past check-in, I lost just over 3 lbs. That number sounds small when it is only a number on a screen...

However...

Go find three bottles of water, anything close to 16 oz (a pound each). Put those in your hands and feel the weight.

You just lost that from ALL OVER your body.

Pretty cool huh?

Even a single 16 oz bottle, when held in the hand, has some weight to it. If that's all you lost this week, you still lost something SIGNIFICANT.



P.S. I am not a shill for Dasani - any16 oz item will do. But I still think this is a pretty cool way to recognize weight lost.

lsorci919

Good one I had a family member upset that she only lost 6 lbs in 3 weeks so I sent her this pic

Branstin

I used to compare my weight loss to a 1 lb. box of margarine.

williams969

I used to compare my weight loss to a 1 lb. box of margarine.

Perfect analogy. I do the same. I say to myself, "There used to be a stick a butter here. And a stick of butter here, and...here and here. It's GONE now!"

longtimeterp

while the difference is not very significant, the perpetual student in me has to point out that there is a difference between volume (fluid oz) and weight (solid oz).

LiminalAscendance

while the difference is not very significant, the perpetual student in me has to point out that there is a difference between volume (fluid oz) and weight (solid oz).

Don't mess up all the "feel-goodery" with thinking!

GrindingSalt

while the difference is not very significant, the perpetual student in me has to point out that there is a difference between volume (fluid oz) and weight (solid oz).

Yes, except that 16 fl oz of water weighs almost exactly 16 oz. Water is one of the liquids that translates neatly to weight. So as long as people aren't filling their bottles up with corn syrup or heavy cream, this will be almost perfectly accurate.

Nyrizzie

good look on that

LaReinaDeCorazones

Very true, I'll have to remember that

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Well, and the whole point of the exercise isn't to be hyper-accurate, so much, as to translate something nebulous into something concrete, so that your brain can absorb the significance of it.

Putting 48 ounces of water in your hands... has some heft to it, and is a great way to get your mind realizing: "Hey, I actually lost something significant from my body since last time I weighed."

ExRelaySprinter

Good Post,.....i feel better now!

astroophys

There's a great website for that!

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