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Your weight loss =

1 lb/0.45 kg/0.07 Stone = a Guinea Pig

1.5 lbs/0.68 kg/0.11 stone = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts

2 lbs/0.9 kg/0.14 stone = a rack of baby back ribs

3 lbs/1.36 kg/0.21 stone = an average human brain

4 lbs/1.8 kg/0.29 stones = an ostrich egg

5 lbs/2.27 kg/0.36 stones = a Chihuahua

6 lbs/2.72 kg/0.43 stones = a human's skin

7.5 lbs/3.4 kg/0.54 stones = an average newborn

8 lbs/3.6 kg/0.57 stones = a human head

10 lbs/4.5 kg/0.71 stones= chemical additives an American consumes each year

11 lbs/5 kg/0.79 stones = an average housecat

12 lbs/5.4 kg/0.86 stones = a Bald Eagle

15 lbs/6.8 kg/1 stones = 10 dozen large eggs

16 lbs/7.3 kg/1.1 stones = a sperm whale's brain

20 lbs/9.1 kg/1.4 stones = an automobile tire

23 lbs/10.4 kg/1.6 stones = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year

24 lbs/10.9 kg/1.7 stones = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream

30 lbs/13.6 kg/2.1 stones = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year

33 lbs/15 kg/2.4 stones = a cinder block

36 lbs/16 kg/2.6 stones = a mid-size microwave

40 lbs/18 kg/2.9 stones = a 5-gallon bottle of Water or an average human leg

44 lbs/20 kg/3.1 stones = an elephant's heart

50 lbs/23 kg/3.6 stones = a small bale of hay

55 lbs/25 kg/3.9 stones = a 5000 BTU air conditioner

60 lbs/27 kg/4.3 stones = an elephant's penis (yep, weights more than his heart!)

66 lbs/30 kg/4.7 stones = fats and oils an average American eats in a year

70 lbs/32 kg/5 stones = an Irish Setter

77 lbs/35 kg/5.5 stones = a gold brick

80 lbs/36 kg/5.7 stones = the World's Largest Ball of Tape

90 lbs/41 kg/6.4 stones = a newborn calf

100 lbs/45 kg/7.1 stones = a 2 month old horse

111 lbs/50 kg/7.9 stones = red meat an average American eats in a year

117 lbs/53 kg/8.3 stones = an average fashion model (and she's 5'11")

118 lbs/53.5 kg/8.4 stones = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica

120 lbs/54 kg/8.6 stones = amount of trash you throw away in a month

130 lbs/59 kg/9.3 stones = a newborn giraffe

138 lbs/63 kg/9.9 stones = potatoes an average American eats in a year 140 lbs/64 kg/10 stones = refined sugar an average American eats in a year

144 lbs/65 kg/10.3 stones = an average adult woman (and she's 5'4")

150 lbs/68 kg/11 stones = the complete Oxford English Dictionary

187 lbs/85 kg/13 stones = an average adult man

200 lbs/91 kg/14 stones = 2 Bloodhounds

235 lbs/107 kg/17 stones = Arnold Schwarzenegger

300 lbs/136 kg/21 stones = an average American football lineman

400 lbs/181 kg/27 stones = a Welsh pony

I copied this from another WLS site. I added the kg and stones conversions for our non-US bandsters. I rounded up :)

I've lost 1 bald eagle + 1 guinea pig so far.

Cherlita

Loveland, Colorado

379/366/200

pre-op/current/goal

10.5.07: 379 (1st Surgical appt)

10.15.07: 366 (Dietician appt)

10.31.07: Insurance approved

11.27.07: op date

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Can't wait to trade my 2 month old horse for a new born giraffe----sounds like a carnival game!!!

Fun comparisons! I always freak out when I go with my DD and she buys the 50 pound bag of dog food, to think I used to walk around with 2 of those strapped to my body!

WOW!

Kat

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Since October 1st I have lost the average amount of pizza that an American eats in a year.

I have also lost my ability to eat pizza, win some lose some in every sense!!!

Good one!!

Nina x

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Now Nina if we could figure out a way to lose the desire along with the ability to eat some of those things we would have it made!!!

Kat

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Orrrrrrrr......in keeping with the Halloween Theme, I've lost a human head and a human leg...... IT'S ALLIIIIIIVVVVEEE!!!!!!!

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that's great! I've lost the world's largest ball of tape since surgery and an Irish setter to go :)

since I first started trying to lose weight in 06 I've lost over a month's worth of trash!

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I waited to post until I was past an elephant penis!!! now I'm at "fats and oils an average American eats in a year"...can't wait to lose that 2 month baby colt! :)

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I've lost a mid size microwave and baby back ribs! Hey....where's the ribs, I love those???!!!! LOL

I'm so looking forward to losing a new born giraffe!

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