Stone????WHAT!?

BeaUtiful_1413
BeaUtiful_1413 Posts: 200 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What does this mean? I seen people say they lost 3-5 stone? What does this mean and how do you know what's what? Please explain!
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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    It's a weight measurement used in the UK.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    BeaUtiful_1413 wrote: »
    What does this mean? I seen people say they lost 3-5 stone? What does this mean and how do you know what's what? Please explain!

    It's a unit of measurement they use on the other side of the water. It's 14 pounds.
  • Jetamu96
    Jetamu96 Posts: 963 Member
    It's a weight measurement. It's about 6'5 kg.
  • BeaUtiful_1413
    BeaUtiful_1413 Posts: 200 Member
    Haha ok I was soooooo confused. Thank you guys
  • Twincle1970
    Twincle1970 Posts: 45 Member
    I'd like to lose 4 stone, but I'll settle for 56lb :p
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Hell_Flower wrote: »
    We live in the past. Don't mind us.

    shhh...it's nicer here, we have bone china and scones too

    I'm assuming bone china is china made of bone rather than porcelain?

    And I have to admit...I've never known what a scone is but I've always imagined it's a distant relative to an ice cream cone.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Hell_Flower wrote: »
    We live in the past. Don't mind us.

    Lol!

  • FatMoojor
    FatMoojor Posts: 483 Member
    edited January 2016
    But the question is, cream first or jam first?
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    I do cream first with a dollop of jam on top.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
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    So if the custard (is that custard?) is on top it's cornish but if the jam is on top it's devon? lol
    It's getting crazy up in here!!!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    And now I know what I'm doing next ...buttermilk scones coming up
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,488 Member
    The English screwed it up for us in America. Wished we would have used the metric system for measurements. It would have been so much easier in calculations. The only things they want in more pounds in the UK is money. ;)

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