Any other Aussies using kg instead of lbs out there
kewilly71
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Hi All..wondering if there are any of you out there using kg as a measurement. I am loving using MFP for a month now and lost almost 4kg...
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Yep ... I've lost just over 19 kg since mid-Feb. I'd have to pull out Google's calculator to tell you exactly how many pounds that is.0
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I do, of course. I am 8.5kg down. Sometimes I like to convert it back to lbs because it makes me feel more awesome that I've lost so much!
(Do not recommend converting start weight to lbs unless you feel in need of a really good cry, though. And definitely don't convert how much you need to lose, because that starts to make it feel like Mount Everest.)0 -
I'm in Australia, I use kgs and calories (can't/won't use kilojoules). I've got a fair few conversion pages stored. I'm forever converting miles, ounces and pounds
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misskarne made me laugh Mt everest...pissser....christine im forever converting...im going to add u guys0
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christinev297 wrote: »I'm in Australia, I use kgs and calories (can't/won't use kilojoules). I've got a fair few conversion pages stored. I'm forever converting miles, ounces and pounds
God I hate kj. I think I can almost do the conversion in my head now, I spend so much of the day converting kj to kcal.
Cals, kg, km, ml.
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Me!!!!! Aussie!!!! Queenslander!!!!
I'm down 8kgs. I'm adding you guys as well0 -
Me....waving from Tassie.
Had to learn on here to calculate back into pounds, ounces, feet and inches pretty quickly via MFP.
But it's all good.....except I with those that hate kj's my
makes my poor brain go out to La la land.
Welcome @kewilly71 congrats on your loss and all the best as you go forward. MFP makes calorie counting very easy and the forums are full of.....hmmm, depending on the day they are full of lots of stuff. Some great some not so great...have fun reading.
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Can anyone remember when Australia converted to kilojoules? ? I've only been paying attention to calorie counting for a little over a year, so for all I know they've always used kj's on packaging.
Jeez, am I making sense??0 -
christinev297 wrote: »Can anyone remember when Australia converted to kilojoules? ? I've only been paying attention to calorie counting for a little over a year, so for all I know they've always used kj's on packaging.
Jeez, am I making sense??
It was when we switched over to the metric system in the 70s. I love the metric system, truly, but kj drive me bonkers.0 -
7.2kg down & from NSW. Grown up knowing nothing other than the metric system so I use that. I do use calories over kjs because a lot of packaging will either list calories only or both, with only a few listing kjs only. I prefer calories as I see it like "This costs $10 and you only have $50 to spend" rather than "This costs 10,000 cents and you have 50,000 cents to spend"0
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christinev297 wrote: »Can anyone remember when Australia converted to kilojoules? ? I've only been paying attention to calorie counting for a little over a year, so for all I know they've always used kj's on packaging.
Jeez, am I making sense??
It was when we switched over to the metric system in the 70s. I love the metric system, truly, but kj drive me bonkers.
Yep! They make no sense to me at all. I'm gonna stay a rebel and refuse to convert :grumble:
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christinev297 wrote: »I'm in Australia, I use kgs and calories (can't/won't use kilojoules). I've got a fair few conversion pages stored. I'm forever converting miles, ounces and pounds
Me too. I'm getting sort of okay with my lb to kg conversion though.0 -
I don't know why Aussies wouldn't use kilojoules. I do, since everything is in kilojoules on packaging, plus MFP converts all the database entries in calories to kilojoules for us.
No need for all the calculating and converting from the packaging when you can set it to speak your own "language".
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Hi All..wondering if there are any of you out there using kg as a measurement. I am loving using MFP for a month now and lost almost 4kg...
Congrats on your great start!
I'm Aussie and use kilograms on MFP (I've lost 17 kg since April) and kilojoules (see above). Good of you to start this thread!0 -
Another aussie here, who is horried to see my weight in lbs instead of kgs... but totally agree that pounds lost look far more awesome than kg lost! 0
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I don't know why Aussies wouldn't use kilojoules. I do, since everything is in kilojoules on packaging, plus MFP converts all the database entries in calories to kilojoules for us.
No need for all the calculating and converting from the packaging when you can set it to speak your own "language".I prefer calories as I see it like "This costs $10 and you only have $50 to spend" rather than "This costs 10,000 cents and you have 50,000 cents to spend"
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I don't know why Aussies wouldn't use kilojoules. I do, since everything is in kilojoules on packaging, plus MFP converts all the database entries in calories to kilojoules for us.
No need for all the calculating and converting from the packaging when you can set it to speak your own "language".
kilojoules just seem foreign to me.. I guess you stick to what you're used to.
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I'm a Canadian, now living in Australia (Tasmania), and I just simply don't know kilojoules. In Canada it's calories. It's also usually pounds too, although we're supposed to use kilograms.
So in the 6 years I've been in Australia, the metric conversion which was started way back when I was in Grade 4 is almost complete. But not the kilojoules thing.
However, I do know that if you divide kilojoules by 4, you're pretty close to calories. So when a pizza box says it is 3600 kilojoules, that's approx. 900 calories ... or about a 2-hour bicycle ride.0 -
christinev297 wrote: »I don't know why Aussies wouldn't use kilojoules. I do, since everything is in kilojoules on packaging, plus MFP converts all the database entries in calories to kilojoules for us.
No need for all the calculating and converting from the packaging when you can set it to speak your own "language".
kilojoules just seem foreign to me.. I guess you stick to what you're used to.
I'm English originally, but I've lived in Australia for almost 8 years.
I've stopped converting kilometres to miles
I've stopped converting kilograms to stones
I've stopped converting dollars to pounds
I've stopped converting litres to pints
I know my height in cms and my weight in kilos - I've pretty much gone native (but honestly, it'll always be yog-urt and roo-ter) - but using kilojoules? That's just a step too far!!
(I've just noticed - you're a moderator now!!! Yer sell out! ) 0 -
Another Aussie using kilos! Down 6kg and have about 11kg to go. I also prefer using kilojoules though - personal preference and all that.
Seems like we're on a roll here!0 -
Dreamyriver wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »I don't know why Aussies wouldn't use kilojoules. I do, since everything is in kilojoules on packaging, plus MFP converts all the database entries in calories to kilojoules for us.
No need for all the calculating and converting from the packaging when you can set it to speak your own "language".
kilojoules just seem foreign to me.. I guess you stick to what you're used to.
I'm English originally, but I've lived in Australia for almost 8 years.
I've stopped converting kilometres to miles
I've stopped converting kilograms to stones
I've stopped converting dollars to pounds
I've stopped converting litres to pints
I know my height in cms and my weight in kilos - I've pretty much gone native (but honestly, it'll always be yog-urt and roo-ter) - but using kilojoules? That's just a step too far!!
Haha yes indeedy. And yeah, I will never pronounce yo-gert as Yog-got
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Dreamyriver wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »I don't know why Aussies wouldn't use kilojoules. I do, since everything is in kilojoules on packaging, plus MFP converts all the database entries in calories to kilojoules for us.
No need for all the calculating and converting from the packaging when you can set it to speak your own "language".
kilojoules just seem foreign to me.. I guess you stick to what you're used to.
I'm English originally, but I've lived in Australia for almost 8 years.
I've stopped converting kilometres to miles
I've stopped converting kilograms to stones
I've stopped converting dollars to pounds
I've stopped converting litres to pints
I know my height in cms and my weight in kilos - I've pretty much gone native (but honestly, it'll always be yog-urt and roo-ter) - but using kilojoules? That's just a step too far!!
(I've just noticed - you're a moderator now!!! Yer sell out! )
Haha I'm still the same person with the same thick skin
I'm concentrating on those annoying spam bots for now..
I still love y'all
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Hi
I am in WA
Down 8.5 kg's
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Just changed my settings to KJ instead of cals
That maybe easier when I go shopping!0 -
Great to meet some fellow KG's users - Good luck everyone!!0
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I'm from Melbourne, lost 22kg all up and have been in maintenance since April. I prefer calories over kilojoules and have an app on my phone for converting between the two. If it's an easy number I can roughly work it out in my head but maths was never my strong point!0
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I'm a Kiwi living in Oz. I track my weight in kg but I have always thought in calories. Which is kind of weird. Nevertheless it works for me.0
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Yes I do my weight in kg's. I am used to kg's for other weights so it makes sense to me.
I use calories though - having never used kilo joules in any other context, it was easier to go with the flow on this site and use the same lingo as everyone else - and the bar codes etc scan in as calories, even though they are kilo joules on the packet ( probably something you can change on app, but I've never tried)
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Kiwi here! I'm going to be different and say that calories make no sense. I'm a firm fan of kilojoules :-).0
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cupcakesplz wrote: »Just changed my settings to KJ instead of cals
That maybe easier when I go shopping!
One of us! One of us!
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