Week 28… Another Milestone!

Anton, a drum roll if you please…

Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006) - 392 lbs.
Starting BMI - 51.7
Weight Today (July 12, 2007) - 341.2 lbs.
Current BMI - 45.0

Weight Change This Week -4.6
Total Loss -50.8 lbs.
NEXT Goal - 330 lbs. by Labor Day (11.2 lbs to go!)

AND…

Putting this in perspective, thanks to the folks at Natural Physiques.com.

  • 50 lbs. is the average weight of a 7-year old boy.
  • 175,000 calories were burned.
  • Creating the energy of 5.63 gallons of gasoline (an $17.39 value)
  • Light a 60-watt bulb for 141 days!
  • Cutting 175,000 calories would be like saying no to:

  • 1,207 baked potatoes
  • 2,188 large eggs
  • 126 lbs. ground beef
  • 542 Snickers bars
  • 1,029 pints of Guinness
  • 356 Big Macs
  • 530 of Jared’s Subway sandwiches
  • 1,029 Crunchy Tacos from Taco Bell
  • 745 slices of Pan Pizza
  • To burn 175,000 calories, it took:

  • 290 hours (12 days) of backpacking
  • 670 hours (28 days) of walking @ 3 mph (2,011 miles)
  • 676 hours (28 days) of bowling
  • 507 hours (21 days) of golfing
  • All in all, a pretty impressive accomplishment!

    Cross Published on I Reject Your Reality

    4 Responses to this post.

    1. Summer's Gravatar

      Posted by Summer on 12.07.07 at 4:22 pm

      Nice, way to go!!!

    2. Rick's Gravatar

      Posted by Rick on 12.07.07 at 4:22 pm

      That’s awesome, John. Between you and me, we’ve lost a whole middle schooler.

    3. Tony's Gravatar

      Posted by Tony on 12.07.07 at 4:22 pm

      Congratulations! That’s a huge accomplishment. Sorry about the unintentional pun. Keep up the great work!

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