I lost a 1st grader!

JimieLou
JimieLou Posts: 273 Member
edited October 5 in Success Stories
So today during school, I was passing out the papers the PE teacher sends home with the kids with their fitness testing results on it.

As I was passing them out, I noticed to my astonishment that I've lost more weight than some of my students weigh....

Holy crapola!!! I thought to myself, I LOST A FIRST GRADER!!!!!

So now whenever I get bummed about the scale not moving, I just need to try really hard to remember that!

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  • erdelyt
    erdelyt Posts: 14 Member
    Holy crap! Way to go!
  • groomchick
    groomchick Posts: 610 Member
    That's a great way to look at it....Congrats!
  • doober922
    doober922 Posts: 34 Member
    Congrats thats awesome!!

    Along those same lines I weighed my baby who just turned a year old (she doesn't weigh as much as the dr's would like but I think she's just fine) and she weighs as much as I've lost...so I've essentially lost my baby :laugh:
  • JediMaster_intraining
    JediMaster_intraining Posts: 903 Member
    I thought this post was going to be about a teacher losing a kid! LOL. I was like "oh no"


    Great progress!
  • HeelsAndBoxingGloves
    HeelsAndBoxingGloves Posts: 916 Member
    That's awesome!!!!! Congrats!!! :happy:
  • goodmonster
    goodmonster Posts: 165
    YEAH BUDDY!
    I love coming up with random ways to compare weight loss like that. =D I work in retail with pets and so lifting bags of dog food that are 5,15,30lbs, also cat litter that can rule in at 45lbs too. So far I've lost almost two small bags of dog food!

    For a laugh yesterday I held up a bag of dog food against my stomach to compare. :P
  • rmartin72
    rmartin72 Posts: 1,085 Member
    Congratulations on all your hard work & healthy journey!! Thank you for sharing your story!! :flowerforyou:
  • sk2775
    sk2775 Posts: 699 Member
    lol!!! That's awesome...congrats :-)
  • MomOfRose
    MomOfRose Posts: 89 Member
    That's awesome!
  • fionat29
    fionat29 Posts: 717 Member
    That's fantastic! There was a thread on MiniMins about comparative weight loss, I'll try and find it!

    1 pound = a Guinea Pig
    1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
    2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
    3 pounds = an average human brain
    4 pounds = an ostrich egg
    5 pounds = a Chihuahua
    6 pounds = a human skin
    7.5 pounds = an average newborn
    8 pounds = a human head
    10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year
    11 pounds = an average housecat
    12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
    15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
    16 pounds = a sperm whale's brain
    20 pounds = an automobile tire
    23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
    24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
    25 pounds = an average 2 year old
    30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
    33 pounds = a cinder block
    36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
    40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
    44 pounds = an elephants heart
    50 pounds = a small bale of hay
    55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
    60 pounds = an elephants penis
    66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year
    70 pounds = an Irish Setter
    77 pounds = a gold brick
    80 pounds = the Worlds Largest Ball of Tape
    90 pounds = a newborn calf
    100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
    111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
    117 pounds = an average fashion model (and shes 5'11")
    118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
    120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
    130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
    138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
    140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
    144 pounds = an average adult woman (and shes 5'4½")
    150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
    187 pounds = an average adult man
    200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
    235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
    300 pounds = an average football lineman
    400 pounds = a Welsh pony

    So I've lost the amount of cheese an average American eats in a year!! Sorry all you Americans. Lol!
  • kleavitt1992
    kleavitt1992 Posts: 592 Member
    Haha thats great!! def. first thought was holy crap someone misplaced a child lmfao
  • jess213tx
    jess213tx Posts: 85 Member
    Congratulations! That is amazing :)
  • leynak
    leynak Posts: 963 Member
    71 lbs Great Job!

    Is that what an average 1st grader weighs?...haha...My daughter's in 1st & weighs 40lbs- she's pretty skinny though. I guess I never realized how much smaller she was :smile:
  • LaraineClaire
    LaraineClaire Posts: 3
    So today during school, I was passing out the papers the PE teacher sends home with the kids with their fitness testing results on it.

    As I was passing them out, I noticed to my astonishment that I've lost more weight than some of my students weigh....

    Holy crapola!!! I thought to myself, I LOST A FIRST GRADER!!!!!

    So now whenever I get bummed about the scale not moving, I just need to try really hard to remember that!

    my should be first grader, weighs 35lbs. I've lost 1.5 of her. (yes, I know she is small, failure to thrive plus her dad's slim genes make for a tall thin child, if her sister could only be so lucky, she will be 3 in December and weighs the same but is not nearly as tall.)
  • CathiAnne
    CathiAnne Posts: 193 Member
    Excellent! Keep thinking of it in those terms. That must have felt pretty good to realize that. Good job.
  • JimieLou
    JimieLou Posts: 273 Member
    Not all of my first graders weigh 70 pounds....I've got some that weigh more and some that weigh less, but there was a handful of them that weigh around 70 pounds
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian Posts: 1,255 Member
    I thought this post was going to be about a teacher losing a kid! LOL. I was like "oh no"


    Great progress!

    Yeah when I read the title my mouth dropped and I immediately became sad.......But now I'm happy again. .__.
  • Remarkable1
    Remarkable1 Posts: 21 Member
    Hahaha!! That's amazing and hilarious!! Great job!! :-D
  • cararq
    cararq Posts: 457 Member
    That's fantastic! There was a thread on MiniMins about comparative weight loss, I'll try and find it!

    1 pound = a Guinea Pig
    1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
    2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
    3 pounds = an average human brain
    4 pounds = an ostrich egg
    5 pounds = a Chihuahua
    6 pounds = a human skin
    7.5 pounds = an average newborn
    8 pounds = a human head
    10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year
    11 pounds = an average housecat
    12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
    15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
    16 pounds = a sperm whale's brain
    20 pounds = an automobile tire
    23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
    24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
    25 pounds = an average 2 year old
    30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
    33 pounds = a cinder block
    36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
    40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
    44 pounds = an elephants heart
    50 pounds = a small bale of hay
    55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
    60 pounds = an elephants penis
    66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year
    70 pounds = an Irish Setter
    77 pounds = a gold brick
    80 pounds = the Worlds Largest Ball of Tape
    90 pounds = a newborn calf
    100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
    111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
    117 pounds = an average fashion model (and shes 5'11")
    118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
    120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
    130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
    138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
    140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
    144 pounds = an average adult woman (and shes 5'4½")
    150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
    187 pounds = an average adult man
    200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
    235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
    300 pounds = an average football lineman
    400 pounds = a Welsh pony

    So I've lost the amount of cheese an average American eats in a year!! Sorry all you Americans. Lol!

    So it's kinda creepy that the brain of a sperm whale is that much lighter than an elephant's penis. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    And BTW--Congratulations on your success and not on losing an actual first grader. Ha! :bigsmile:
  • ratherbeskiing
    ratherbeskiing Posts: 847 Member
    oh me too!!!!
  • slimmingdownsteph
    slimmingdownsteph Posts: 201 Member
    wow, way to go!!! :):):)
    i'm a first grade teacher, so it's amazing to think you lost one of my students! lol.
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