How Many Pounds?

by John T on June 23, 2007

Several weeks ago, I made a post on what it would take to lose a pound of fat. It seems that is a popular way to gauge the enormity of what all of us are doing here. This site calculates more information that you probably wanted to know about just what you have accomplished.

So far, I have lost a bit over 49 pounds. When I input that info, I find out that:

49 lbs. is the average weight of a 7-year old boy.

171,500 calories were burned.

Creating the energy of 5.53 gallons of gasoline (an $18.03 value)

Light a 60-watt bulb for 5,533 hours

Cutting 171,500 calories would be like saying no to:

1,183 baked potatoes

2,144 large eggs

531 Snickers bars

1,009 pints of Guinness

349 Big Macs

520 of Jared’s Subway sandwiches

730 slices of Pan Pizza

To burn 171,500 calories, it took:

284 hours (12 days) of backpacking

662 hours (28 days) of bowling

497 hours (21 days) of golfing

All in all, a pretty impressive accomplishment.

{ 8 comments }

Krissy June 24, 2007 at 2:13 am: I have to say that this is probably one of the most valuable resources I came across today. Thank you for sharing!
Summer June 24, 2007 at 7:11 am: Wow, putting it in the perspective of being the weight of a 7-year-old boy really paints a picture… congratulations!!!
Joey June 24, 2007 at 8:59 am: Wow! The food items list was an eye opener. I don’t think I really acknowleded how much I ate for a long time.
John June 24, 2007 at 9:53 am: I think these ‘similarity’ lists have their greatest power in opening our eyes to what we have been doing. I know that I said, “I don’t understand why I don’t lose weight, I don’t eat THAT much” 100′s of times. All the while downing pints of Ben & Jerry’s when nobody but the late late movie is watching.

Losing a 7-year old boy was the biggest eye opener for me. That and 1,009 pints of Guinness.
fatboyslimming June 24, 2007 at 11:58 am: It is amazing when you look at the facts I am nearly 27 stone so I have to lose half myself which is the body weight of a so called normal person.

So will be looking in here for tips.
Tony June 25, 2007 at 7:54 am: I like the “Cutting ____ calories is the same as saying ‘no’ to:” part. It make s me feel extra good about all those Supersized fries I have passed up.
Lady Rose June 26, 2007 at 7:50 am: that is a very cool way to put it into persepctive! Lady Rose (over 80lbs lost so far, only 60ish to go — to much math for me to figure out how many slices of pizza I need to resist hehehe)
John June 26, 2007 at 9:20 am: Ah, but there is the benefit. Just go to the linked website and IT will do the math for you!