I lost a 1st grader!

JimieLou

So today during school, I was passing out the papers the PE teacher sends home with the kids with their fitness testing results on it.

As I was passing them out, I noticed to my astonishment that I've lost more weight than some of my students weigh....

Holy crapola!!! I thought to myself, I LOST A FIRST GRADER!!!!!

So now whenever I get bummed about the scale not moving, I just need to try really hard to remember that!

erdelyt

Holy crap! Way to go!

groomchick

That's a great way to look at it....Congrats!

doober922

Congrats thats awesome!!

Along those same lines I weighed my baby who just turned a year old (she doesn't weigh as much as the dr's would like but I think she's just fine) and she weighs as much as I've lost...so I've essentially lost my baby :laugh:

JediMaster_intraining

I thought this post was going to be about a teacher losing a kid! LOL. I was like "oh no"


Great progress!

HeelsAndBoxingGloves

That's awesome!!!!! Congrats!!! :happy:

goodmonster

YEAH BUDDY!
I love coming up with random ways to compare weight loss like that. =D I work in retail with pets and so lifting bags of dog food that are 5,15,30lbs, also cat litter that can rule in at 45lbs too. So far I've lost almost two small bags of dog food!

For a laugh yesterday I held up a bag of dog food against my stomach to compare. :P

rmartin72

Congratulations on all your hard work & healthy journey!! Thank you for sharing your story!! :flowerforyou:

sk2775

lol!!! That's awesome...congrats :-)

MomOfRose

That's awesome!

fionat29

That's fantastic! There was a thread on MiniMins about comparative weight loss, I'll try and find it!

1 pound = a Guinea Pig
1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = a human skin
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year
11 pounds = an average housecat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
16 pounds = a sperm whale's brain
20 pounds = an automobile tire
23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
33 pounds = a cinder block
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 pounds = an elephants heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephants penis
66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year
70 pounds = an Irish Setter
77 pounds = a gold brick
80 pounds = the Worlds Largest Ball of Tape
90 pounds = a newborn calf
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and shes 5'11")
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and shes 5'4½")
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football lineman
400 pounds = a Welsh pony

So I've lost the amount of cheese an average American eats in a year!! Sorry all you Americans. Lol!

kleavitt1992

Haha thats great!! def. first thought was holy crap someone misplaced a child lmfao

jess213tx

Congratulations! That is amazing

leynak

71 lbs Great Job!

Is that what an average 1st grader weighs?...haha...My daughter's in 1st & weighs 40lbs- she's pretty skinny though. I guess I never realized how much smaller she was

LaraineClaire

So today during school, I was passing out the papers the PE teacher sends home with the kids with their fitness testing results on it.

As I was passing them out, I noticed to my astonishment that I've lost more weight than some of my students weigh....

Holy crapola!!! I thought to myself, I LOST A FIRST GRADER!!!!!

So now whenever I get bummed about the scale not moving, I just need to try really hard to remember that!

my should be first grader, weighs 35lbs. I've lost 1.5 of her. (yes, I know she is small, failure to thrive plus her dad's slim genes make for a tall thin child, if her sister could only be so lucky, she will be 3 in December and weighs the same but is not nearly as tall.)

CathiAnne

Excellent! Keep thinking of it in those terms. That must have felt pretty good to realize that. Good job.

JimieLou

Not all of my first graders weigh 70 pounds....I've got some that weigh more and some that weigh less, but there was a handful of them that weigh around 70 pounds

CannibalisticVegetarian

I thought this post was going to be about a teacher losing a kid! LOL. I was like "oh no"


Great progress!

Yeah when I read the title my mouth dropped and I immediately became sad.......But now I'm happy again. .__.

Remarkable1

Hahaha!! That's amazing and hilarious!! Great job!! :-D

cararq

That's fantastic! There was a thread on MiniMins about comparative weight loss, I'll try and find it!

1 pound = a Guinea Pig
1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = a human skin
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year
11 pounds = an average housecat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
16 pounds = a sperm whale's brain
20 pounds = an automobile tire
23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
33 pounds = a cinder block
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 pounds = an elephants heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephants penis
66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year
70 pounds = an Irish Setter
77 pounds = a gold brick
80 pounds = the Worlds Largest Ball of Tape
90 pounds = a newborn calf
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and shes 5'11")
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and shes 5'4½")
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football lineman
400 pounds = a Welsh pony

So I've lost the amount of cheese an average American eats in a year!! Sorry all you Americans. Lol!

So it's kinda creepy that the brain of a sperm whale is that much lighter than an elephant's penis. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

And BTW--Congratulations on your success and not on losing an actual first grader. Ha! :bigsmile:

ratherbeskiing

oh me too!!!!

slimmingdownsteph

wow, way to go!!! :):)
i'm a first grade teacher, so it's amazing to think you lost one of my students! lol.