Huge eye-opener

JordisTSM
JordisTSM Posts: 359 Member
in Success Stories
Decided this morning to combine my walk with a supermarket trip. 4km round trip, and because the items I needed were all heavy, the return trip was carrying 28lbs split between a backpack and a carry-bag. (weighed them when I got home)

Going to pay for that walk tomorrow! When I got home and got rid of the bags, I felt like I could almost float away, weird feeling dropping that much weight.

Anyway, I've lost 104lbs since January 2015, and I've realised that just over a year ago, I was carrying around 3.5x the weight that I did this morning on a daily basis! No wonder I had no energy, sore knees, bad back etc. 28lbs was a real effort, how the hell did I carry around 104?

If I had attempted that walk a year ago, I would have been lucky to make it 1/4 of the way before I would have been in too much pain to continue.

Really eye-opening. Hadn't realised how much I'd lost in a tangible way before.

The real kicker is that I'm only half-way to goal. But now I'm extra excited and driven to keep going. What will I be capable of doing when the rest of it is gone?
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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Awesome!
  • xickel
    xickel Posts: 48 Member
    Way to go, that's an amazing loss! Best wishes for continued success!
  • KimJohnsonsmile
    KimJohnsonsmile Posts: 222 Member
    What a great way to think about your journey! Congrats to you!
  • masdec7
    masdec7 Posts: 166 Member
    Great job! When I get to goal, I'll have removed 3 of my 5 year old daughter (she weighs about 36 lbs.)
  • socalkay
    socalkay Posts: 746 Member
    Great eye-opener to share! I recently had a similar revelation when I tried to pick up and carry a 40 lb bag of pellets for my wood stove. How did we do it for so long???

    Great job on sticking with it!!! That is an amazing loss and I love that you remain so inspired and committed to the process! I have no doubt you will reach your goal.
  • Penthesilea514
    Penthesilea514 Posts: 1,189 Member
    Thanks for sharing- and great job! Good luck with the rest of your journey :)
  • MrsMizart
    MrsMizart Posts: 1,275 Member
    That's a brilliant eye opener indeed!

    I had it a few months ago with two bags with bottles of water in them. Weighed as much as I'd lost (about 28lbs then I think). It's quite amazing really :-)
  • Madwife2009
    Madwife2009 Posts: 1,369 Member
    It's quite a shock, isn't it?

    I've lost the equivalent of my three year old toddler twice over and I can't even carry her down the stairs now - heck, I can't even push her in her buggy very far these days (I am sure that I was stronger when I was bigger, or maybe I just had the momentum to propel her further) :smile:
  • JenHuedy
    JenHuedy Posts: 611 Member
    I had one of those moments carrying 86 pounds of kitty litter (two 43 pound bags) down the basement stairs. I can't believe I used to carry that 24/7! No wonder I was always so exhausted!
  • Trishkit
    Trishkit Posts: 290 Member
    That's how I remind myself of the real-world results of the progress I've made! I put X lbs of items in a bag and carry it around. It really turns that number on the scale into something tangible and real! So when I get down on myself for "only" being down about 20 lbs so far, time to carry that around again and remind myself of what I've really lost.
  • Trishkit
    Trishkit Posts: 290 Member
    Also, 104 lbs! Holy cow, amazing job!
  • FJcntdwn2sknyluv
    FJcntdwn2sknyluv Posts: 651 Member
    When I had lost 58 lbs.... I went up to Alaska to do fish processing, had to take a HUGE bag. I was lugging that thing around at the bus depot. Decided to weight it was 48 lb! I was in the same 'OMG! no wonder I move better now!"
    GREAT JOB!
  • saransaran
    saransaran Posts: 30 Member
    Thank you for sharing your story. Keep up the great work!,
  • farmerpam1
    farmerpam1 Posts: 402 Member
    Yes! Great work, keep it up! I used to add some weights to my backpack when I'd go hiking to remind me how much extra work it is to lug that around.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Great job!
  • Imomw2016
    Imomw2016 Posts: 93 Member
    What a great story. Congratulations on your success. And thanks for a great idea to carry the weight you've lost - just to keep in check all you've accomplished! I know that wasn't your plan, but I expect it would be very motivating for us MFP folks to remember where we were and why we keep on our journey.

    Thank you!
  • SisterSueGetsFit
    SisterSueGetsFit Posts: 1,211 Member
    Great work!
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Great story. Thank you for sharing.
  • fugedaboud_it
    fugedaboud_it Posts: 8 Member
    One of the best posts I've read here! Good job on succeeding !and thanks for sharing!
  • arjeffries136
    arjeffries136 Posts: 51 Member
    Great job!
  • Evilmuffin666
    Evilmuffin666 Posts: 132 Member
    Awesome!!!!!
  • vanessalillian82
    vanessalillian82 Posts: 350 Member
    That's awesome! You rock! :smile:

    Every time I replace the water cooler bottles for the upstairs kitchen at work, I carry two 15L bottles up two flights of stairs, and every single time I thank my lucky stars I'm not 30kg heavier. Or even 15kg heavier, like I was - one of those bottles is still pretty heavy on its own!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,230 Member
    Brilliant! I made a similar comment the other day when I got carried away at the market and bought far more vegetables than I should have, considering I'd walked there. Lugging them was such a chore, but they weighed a quarter of the weight I've lost!
  • weightaminutenow
    weightaminutenow Posts: 53 Member
    Absolutely amazing! My Mum used to say "Imagine carrying around a 10lb. bag of spuds all day". Now multiply that by how 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or..... as you've said, it is a real eye opener!
  • agzram
    agzram Posts: 199 Member
    Love this!
  • marthadztx
    marthadztx Posts: 337 Member
    Indeed an eye opener!
  • roxannerussell
    roxannerussell Posts: 17 Member
    Way to go that's awesome:) I feel the same way knowing my 7 yr old son weights 60lbs what Ive lost in the past year, and when I pick him up I wonder how I managed to carry that weight.
  • bnovak226
    bnovak226 Posts: 135 Member
    Thanks for sharing. Congrats on the loss! Great job
  • grwrn
    grwrn Posts: 184 Member
    Congrats! Google the image of 1 lb of body fat and you will be amazed. Just multiply that by 104!
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited March 2016
    Oh yes! Same boat same thoughts. I'll raise you one: for some reason distance gets distorted when you are heavy. The same walk I make now to the grocery shop (only a 1.2 km round trip) felt much farther and longer back then. It's a "no problem I'll go" now vs "too far, need a taxi" back then.

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