I've lost the equivalent of a car tyre!
slugkiller
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As well as being a member of this esteemed Crimbo group, I'm also doing a September challenge - running or walking 125 miles in the month of September! That's over 4 miles a day - piece of cake - whoops wrong analogy...
Anyway, on my run earlier I was thinking about this week's loss, only 1lb - BAH! And so I started thinking about what I had already lost and what this might equate to, as a way to give myself a bit of a lift. Here's what I found out - my 20lb is equal to a car tyre. Imagine running around carrying that??
Evidently I still have an elephant's heart to lose, bizarre. What about you?
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’s 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 car 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 elephant’s heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephant’s penis (yep, weights more than his heart!)
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 World’s 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 she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of rubbish 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 she’s 5’4”)
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
Anyway, on my run earlier I was thinking about this week's loss, only 1lb - BAH! And so I started thinking about what I had already lost and what this might equate to, as a way to give myself a bit of a lift. Here's what I found out - my 20lb is equal to a car tyre. Imagine running around carrying that??
Evidently I still have an elephant's heart to lose, bizarre. What about you?
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’s 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 car 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 elephant’s heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephant’s penis (yep, weights more than his heart!)
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 World’s 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 she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of rubbish 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 she’s 5’4”)
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
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Fabulous!
I am currently at a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream, but 1 more pound and I'll be at the average weight of a 2 year old. Which is a great image for me as I teach a nursery class and the youngest children are 2.5. When I've lost my next pound I can look at them and smile :happy:0 -
Actually I'm liking the idea of two bald eagles. Imagine the conversation:
"How much have you lost now?"
"Oh, about two bald eagles..."
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Interesting list of values....:bigsmile:
According to that list, when I started to consciously do something about my weight, I weighed more than Arnold Schwarzenegger. My current weight is less than 2 Bloodhounds but still more than an average adult man. I have to-date managed to lose either a small bale of hay or 2 an average 2 year olds in weight
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a pony weighs a lot doesn't it!!!0
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I would quite happily loose my 2-year-old at the moment....but that has got nothing to do with weight and is another story!!!
If you are a vegetarian, you should probably stop reading now!!!! For the rest of you...
Tonight we had a roast beef supper (on a Tue, tut, tut, I know!) and what always amazes me is how big a lump of meat is! I know that lb for lb we are constructed differently (but pretty much the same for the sake of my crappy observation!). The raw joint weighed at 3.15 lbs and was HUGE - now just remember that when you moan that you have "ONLY" lost a lb. I mean if I were to have guessed at the weight of it, I would have said about 10lbs.............I also know that the joint was pretty much all muscle, but STILL it is a very good picture to carry around - that is approximately what I have lost in a couple of weeks.
And yip, very tasty it was too........ :happy:
Another car tyre to go at least for me! Good luck on loosing all your spare tyres!0 -
Fabulous!
I am currently at a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream, but 1 more pound and I'll be at the average weight of a 2 year old. Which is a great image for me as I teach a nursery class and the youngest children are 2.5. When I've lost my next pound I can look at them and smile :happy:
Love it! Great images, although I'd like a UK based list. Like the joint of beef - very British!:drinker:0 -
I've lost a leg but need to lose as much cheese as a Yank eats in a year :grumble:0
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As of this morning I have lost a two year old child0
