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CharlesScott78
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I am currently 160 + down from my highest weight (562.3) after having gained back from my goal weight after keeping it off for 7 years. I am back at it and I have lost 14 lbs. I used to always think of weight loss in lots of 25. We owned a snoball stand and I used to have to haul 25 lbs bags of sugar. A lot of them. 
When I had reached my goal weight before - I got down to 210, I would imagine trying to walk with 7 of those bags on each shoulder. All day, everyday. My weight today is 400. I can't even imagine trying to put that 150 lbs on my shoulders and carrying it around all day.
If you have less to use than I do - use something smaller - say a 10 lbs bag of something. I always got a kick out of thinking about it that way.
I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday!
Charles
When I had reached my goal weight before - I got down to 210, I would imagine trying to walk with 7 of those bags on each shoulder. All day, everyday. My weight today is 400. I can't even imagine trying to put that 150 lbs on my shoulders and carrying it around all day.
If you have less to use than I do - use something smaller - say a 10 lbs bag of something. I always got a kick out of thinking about it that way.
I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday!
Charles
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I'm down two 20 lb bags of potatoes! yeah, definitely nice not to be carrying so much around each day.
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I used my daughter as a unit of measurement for comparisons. She's six and about 65 lbs. I've lost 91 or so now, I can't imagine carrying her around (and then some) all day long.2
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I always think of a pound as four sticks of butter...now wouldn’t those sticks look funny popping out of different spots on your body?1
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Those are all cool. I think it is kind of fun to visualize it in someway.1
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I was carrying this guy around all day:
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Sounds tiring!1
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I just read online that a standard red brick weighs about 5 lbs. I've lost 18 bricks so far and when I hit my goal (-200 lbs) I'll have lost 40 of them.2 -
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Wow! You guys, that's awesome.
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I am about to carry a scale out to the trash can if it doesnt start acting correctly again soon.6
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According to my scale I have lost 8 bricks, according to my spreadsheet I should be in between 9 and 10. I want them dang bricks!2
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Here's some perspective. I've lost (overall) 90 lbs. That's a newborn calf!
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Thankfully you look a bit happier in your photos than the calf! 2
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If I was made out of gold as of today’s WI I’m out
$2,694,8242 -
280 sticks of butter!
Or 14 bricks!
I love this thread.2 -
Some of us, myself included, are short a few bricks of a full load!
I have lost 9 1/4 bricks or 184 sticks of butter or a small child!3 -
I've got 630 Lindt Excellence Carmel and sea salt dark bars to shed.... Wait2
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Nothing like being worth your weight in gold lol1
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I have lost 23,608 nickels.
If you are in the US and ever want to check your food scale the nickel weighs 5 grams.
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