FatBloggers.net A little push to lose the tush.

It has been 2.5 months since I was able to say this, GOAL ACHIEVED! I am officially half-way between where I started (392 lbs.) and where I want to be (230 lbs.)!

There is a great website called NaturalPhysiques.com that puts the weight you want to lose, or in my case, have lost, in a bit of perspective.

You entered 81 pounds (37 kilograms).

81 pounds is the average weight of a 11-year old boy. ** My son is 11 years old, but weighs a SOLID, 105 lbs

How Much Fuel Is That?

To lose that amount of fat would mean to burn 283,500 calories! That is the equivalent of 9.13 gallons of gasoline (a $29.13 value at Dave’s Chevron in Pendleton today). Humans, however, are far more efficient than cars, getting about 912 “miles to the gallon”. If you could dump this many calories into the tank of a Honda Civic, you would be able to drive it about 311 miles before running out of gas!

This amount of energy would …

• Brew about 791 pots of coffee, or
• Light a 60-watt light bulb for 5,492 hours ( 229 days = 0.63 years)

Cutting 283,500 calories is the same as saying “no” to:

• 3,544 apples, or
• 2,835 bananas, or
• 16,676 cups of cabbage (ick!), or
• 1,955 baked potatoes, or
• 3,544 large eggs, (1,181 omelettes at Denny’s) or
• 2,363 cups of 2% milk, or
• 204 pounds of ground beef, or
• 3,259 glasses of wine, or
• 878 Snickers bars, or
• 1,181 Clif Bars ( 1,575 Luna Bars), or
• 2,040 cans of Coke, or
• 1,668 pints of Guinness beer, or
• 576 Big Macs, or
• 550 Quarter Pounders with Cheese, or
• 405 Whoppers, or
• 859 Subway 6″ Oven Roasted Chicken Breast sandwiches, or
• 1,668 Taco Bell crunchy tacos, or
• 1,206 slices of pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut

What it Takes to Burn 283,500 Calories

To burn 283,500 calories, a 190 pound male would have to:

• Backpack for 469 hours (20 days) nonstop, or
• Walk for 1,086 hours (45 days) at 3 mph straight, or
• Walk 3,259 miles (2,037 kilometers), or
• Bike for 822 hours (34 days) at 10 mph, or
• Bike 8,217 miles (5,136 kilometers), or
• Play basketball nonstop for 452 hours 19 days), or
• Play billiards for 1,313 hours (55 days), or
• Go bowling for 1,095 hours (46 days), or
• Stay on the golf course for 822 hours (34 days), or
• Spend 365 hours (15 days) playing competitive football, or
• Jump rope for 345 hours (14 days) straight!

You would have to walk the length of England about 5.43 times to burn 283,500 calories.

How Long it Will Take?

The range for safe weight loss is about 1 to 3 pounds of fat per week. It could take anywhere between 27 to 81 weeks (6 to 19 months) to safely and reasonably lose that amount of weight. **It took me 57 weeks…  right in the ballpark.

Without further delay…. Anton, A drumroll if you please…

Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.
Starting BMI: 51.7
Weight Today (Feb. 19, 2008): 310.6 lbs.
Current BMI: 41.0

Weight Change This Week: -1.2 lbs.
Total Weight Lost: -81.4 lbs.
NEXT GOAL: Less than 40 on the BMI! (8.6 lbs. to go)

Do… or Do Not… there is no TRY. –Master Yoda