Challenge: Carry the weight you've lost for an hour.

that would be hard! carrying around 85 + lbs i don't know how i managed to do such a thing

Great post! I haven't lost much yet (compared to what I have to go) but yesterday as I carried in a 15 pound bag of dogfood, it hit me that just recently, I had been lugging that same amount of extra "me" around before starting to care more about my health. Makes me focus on the good job done so far and not only on what I have to go.

THANK YOU for the great reminder!

That's awesome words of encouragement and a great challenge.

i did something similar, when i had lost 20 lbs i carried my youngest around to see how long i'd last, was just over 20 mins before my back was on fire, when i'd lost 35 lbs i did the same with my second youngest, i didn't even last 10 mins, when i'd lost 60 lbs i tried carrying both of them (they had both put weight on and was just over 60 lbs) i didn't last long at all lol, now i'm 87 lbs down i'm stuck with imagining what it looks like, found this list very interesting

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 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 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 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 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

when i look at the list i don't instantly go for the one closest to my weight eg i prefer to think i've lost the equivalent of 4 tires (plus extra) rather than the worlds largest ball of tape, as i find the tires much easier to visualize

I don't know about an hour, but I have noticed that a 50 pound bag of dog food is much easier to carry now versus when I was 40 pounds heavier. I just want to keep as much of the muscle that I have now, from carrying around all this extra weight everyday, all the way to goal.

I love this. I do it on a small scale to keep myself going. 1lb seems such a small number but a bag of sugar has a fair weight to it.

I especially like the idea of measuring my loss against Krispy Kreme doughnuts though!

This post really put the 40ish lbs I've lost into perspective. Thanks, OP, you made my day!

i used to pick up my brother (hes 10) and carry him around to get the same effect.. i had lost about 10 lbs less than what he weighed so it was neat to see that