How many gallons of fat have you lost?

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A scale tells you that you weigh more, or less, but what does that look like?
Here is a visual image that you can wrap your brain around.

1 US gallon of milk takes up the same space as 7.8lbs of fat --- (231 cubic inches, or 3,785cc)
20lbs of fat is the same size as 2.56/gal of milk --- (591 cubic inches)

So, how many gallons of fat have you lost?
3.67 gallons for me.

1gal = 7.8lbs
2gal = 15.6lbs
3gal = 23.4lbs
4gals = 31.2lbs
5gals = 39lbs

For those challenged by math (Weight you have lost in lbs / 7.8) = gallons

More visuals:

1lb of fat is 29.05 cubic inches, or a cube 3.09 inches on each side
1lb of muscle is 23.89 cubic inches, or a cube 2.88 inches on each side
Stack up the 5 dice in Yahtzee... that is about the difference in size between the two.
So if you lose 10lbs of fat, and gain 10lbs of muscle, the scale says you weigh the same, but you will be 50 dice (51.6 cubic inches) smaller.

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  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
    edited January 2018
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    5.77 gallons!! I don't even know if I can carry 6 gallons of milk at once!

    Wait... is this volume or weight as well?
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
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    14.1 :o no way the math is right XD
  • Morgaath
    Morgaath Posts: 679 Member
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    aeloine wrote: »
    5.77 gallons!! I don't even know if I can carry 6 gallons of milk at once!

    Wait... is this volume or weight as well?

    Volume, as I was going for a visual comparison.
    So go to the grocery store, line up 5 gallons & 3 quarts of milk, and try to imagine you being that much bigger than you are now.

  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
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    Morgaath wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    5.77 gallons!! I don't even know if I can carry 6 gallons of milk at once!

    Wait... is this volume or weight as well?

    Volume, as I was going for a visual comparison.
    So go to the grocery store, line up 5 gallons & 3 quarts of milk, and try to imagine you being that much bigger than you are now.

    I wouldn't even know where that would go on me!
  • Morgaath
    Morgaath Posts: 679 Member
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    If it helps any, a normal size for a ream of paper is 2.5x8.5x11 = 187 cubic inches...
    so 1.24 reams of paper per gallon
    5.77 x 1.24 = 7.13 reams of paper...
    So a ream on each thigh, and each arm, one on your stomach, one on your back, and one on the butt.

    No one has ever said I think normal.

    That might actually work as a better visualization...

    A ream of paper takes up about the same amount of space as 6.31 lbs of fat.
    12.62lbs of fat = 2 reams
    18.93lbs of fat = 3 reams
    25.24 = 4 reams
    31.55 = 5 reams
    50.48lbs = 8 reams
    63.1lbs = 10 reams
  • whosshe
    whosshe Posts: 597 Member
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    10.5 gallons o' milk
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
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    12.5 gallons
  • 88olds
    88olds Posts: 4,466 Member
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    14
  • Morgaath
    Morgaath Posts: 679 Member
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    That is a lot of gallons gone.