Put down the badger! (What is your fat loss target to you?)

fiwobble81
fiwobble81 Posts: 5 Member
in Motivation and Support
To hell with bags of sugar.

Someone told me this and it stuck with me:

Visualise the excess weight as a real thing. For example, I have a stone and a half to lose - that's about the same as a badger. Why would I carry around a badger with me all of the time? It has better things to do, put it down and let it go snuffling off into the undergrowth.

Now when I'm trying to motivate myself to go to the gym, I tell myself to drop the badger!

Does anyone else do things like this?

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  • Jribeiro86
    Jribeiro86 Posts: 108 Member
    LOL. I LOVE the badger idea. Hilarious.

    ...Personally, I'm looking to shed Harry Styles.
  • Maidofmer
    Maidofmer Posts: 908 Member
    every pound down is a bottle of water
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    According to this post -

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/292044-what-is-your-weight-loss-the-equal-to

    My total weight loss goal is an elephant penis. I think I may get some really funny looks if I walk into the gym saying to myself "Put down the elephant penis"
  • carolinelittle
    carolinelittle Posts: 45 Member
    A baby rhino lol
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    According to this post -

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/292044-what-is-your-weight-loss-the-equal-to

    My total weight loss goal is an elephant penis. I think I may get some really funny looks if I walk into the gym saying to myself "Put down the elephant penis"

    Admittedly, I've already shed a lot of that, so now my remaining goal is equal to an average two year old. Saying to myself "Put down the toddler" doesn't really sound much better than elephant penis, however.
  • Maidofmer
    Maidofmer Posts: 908 Member
    seen this on another poster

    Here is something fun for everyone to see how much weight you have lost! Choose an item from the list below that matches the amount of weight you lost. or get creative and mix and match items to add up to what you have lost. :) Its a fun way to see what you have accomplished!

    Your weight loss =

    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


    ETA I either have a newborn giraffe to drop or potatoes an average American eats per year
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    seen this on another poster

    Here is something fun for everyone to see how much weight you have lost! Choose an item from the list below that matches the amount of weight you lost. or get creative and mix and match items to add up to what you have lost. :) Its a fun way to see what you have accomplished!

    Your weight loss =
    ...

    I hadn't thought of mixing and matching. Awesome. That means so far I've lost a guinea pig in a microwave. :laugh:
  • Maidofmer
    Maidofmer Posts: 908 Member
    lol a baby giraffe stuffed with a years worth of potatoes
  • chadgard
    chadgard Posts: 102 Member
    I had seen the mfp list, but can't relate to many of the items. I don't generally carry around an elephant penis or a bald eagle, for example. Now, a badger does make me laugh, if only for the visual of someone trying to carry an actual badger... Not much pet potential there!

    I do, however, visualize my goal in a similar way. In the winter, when the water lines to the pasture are frozen, I carry water to our alpacas in 5 gallon buckets. Conveniently, my short-term goal is 40 pounds: a bucket of water! By the end of classes in June, I hope to be down a bale of hay (ours run about 54 pounds). At that point, if things run as they did way back when when I wasn't so overweight, in order to reduce body fat percentage I'll actually need to gain weight, so I'll re-evaluate and form new goals then.
  • Okapi42
    Okapi42 Posts: 495 Member
    I do a lot of hiking, so I'm visualising strolling up the mountain with my backpack weighing nothing...
  • symkat
    symkat Posts: 70
    I've lost a microwave with a human head in it. :devil:
  • jennmodugno
    jennmodugno Posts: 363 Member
    LOL. I LOVE the badger idea. Hilarious.

    ...Personally, I'm looking to shed Harry Styles.

    OMG, I totally lost it! Ahahahahah!
  • LynnieG85
    LynnieG85 Posts: 157 Member
    I need to lose a small bale of hay ... but so far, I've only lost a human head.

    I was wondering why my neck was looking so bare!
  • Crystle85
    Crystle85 Posts: 48
    I'm carrying around an irish setter with an average sized newborn on his back all the time...no point in all that extra weight.

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