If you are trying to lose weight, then it can be really motivating to see how much you have lost as a weight equivalent. Beating yourself up that you have "only" lost 4lbs? That's the equivalent of a whole ostrich egg.
I look at this and think "I lost what????" A few years ago when I lost 100lbs, that is the weight equivalent of a 2 month old horse.
If you are at your goal, or still on your journey, it can be hard to picture exactly how much weight you have lost. So, to be able to imagine that you have lost the equivalent of a bald eagle (12 pounds / 5.4 kilo) or a microwave (36 pounds / 16.3 kilo), really puts things in to perspective.
How much weight have you lost?
0.5 pound / 0.2 kilo = 2 blueberry muffins
1 pound/0.4 kilo = a Guinea Pig
1.5 pounds / 0.7 kilo = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
2 pounds / 0.9 kilo = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds / 1.4 kilo = an average human brain
4 pounds / 1.8 kilo = an ostrich egg
5 pounds / 2.2 kilo = a Chihuahua
6 pounds / 2.7 kilo = a human’s skin
7.5 pounds / 3.4 kilo = an average newborn baby
8 pounds / 3.6 kilo = a human head
10 pounds / 4.5 kilo = chemical additives an American consumes each year
11 pounds / 5 kilo = an average house cat
12 pounds / 5.4 kilo = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds / 6.8 kilo = 10 dozen large eggs
16 pounds / 7.3 kilo = a sperm whale’s brain
20 pounds / 9.1 kilo = an automobile tyre
23 pounds / 10.4 kilo = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
24 pounds / 10.9 kilo = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds / 11.3 kilo = an average 2 year old
30 pounds / 13.6 kilo = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
33 pounds / 15 kilo = a cinder block
36 pounds / 16.3 kilo = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds / 18.kilo = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 pounds / 20 kilo = an elephant’s heart
50 pounds / 22.6 kilo = a small bale of hay
55 pounds / 25 kilo = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds / 27.2 kilo = an elephant’s penis (yep, weighs more than his heart!)
66 pounds / 30 kilo = fats and oils an average American eats in a year
70 pounds / 31.8 kilo = an Irish Setter
77 pounds / 34.9 kilo = a gold brick
80 pounds / 36.3 kilo = the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 pounds / 40.8 kilo = a new born calf
100 pounds / 45.4 kilo = a 2 month old horse
111 pounds / 50.3 kilo = red meat an average American eats in a year
117 pounds / 53 kilo = an average fashion model (and she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds / 53.5 kilo = the complete Encyclopaedia Britannica
120 pounds / 54.4 kilo = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds / 59 kilo = a new born giraffe
138 pounds / 62.6 kilo = potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 pounds / 63.5 kilo = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 pounds / 65.3 kilo = an "average" adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 pounds / 68 kilo = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds / 84.8 kilo = an average adult man
200 pounds / 90.7 kilo = 2 Bloodhounds
235 pounds / 106.6 kilo = Arnold Schwarzenegger
250 pounds / 113.4 kil0 = A male cougar
300 pounds / 136 kilo = an average football lineman
350 pound / 158.8 kilo = A reindeer
400 pounds / 181.4 kilo = a Welsh pony
How much weight have you lost? What is the equivalent of your weight loss? Or what is your goal? Leave a comment below.
Samantha mead
A human head so far.. but imma keep going
Alistra
I lost 50 pounds in 4 months :) I life has completely changed :)
Iinda king
I started a diet i was eighteen stone four and now I'm seventeen stone four how much have I lost in my first week?
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It gives therrapeutic benefit and helps drop a few pounds.
timothy
Well ive just foUnd this blog and love the list , i am over weight 40 yr old male and have lost a medium size microwave looking to keep going ... way to go to all of you
Heather
I am proud to say I have lost an entire elephant penis!!!!
Dannii
Well done :D
ManjiriK
Super List Danny ! I am going to book mark this and when I see the scale dipping in my fav I will look it up!
Jacqueline Meldrum
Love the list! Brilliant!
Janie
Ha! Brilliant way to visualise weight loss and well done on yours! I bet it's great not carrying around that small horse :)
Janie x
Louisa
Hilarious!!! But probably quite motivating, at least to lose the weight of "chemical additives an American consumes each year" 10 pounds, frightening.
Nayna Kanabar (@SIMPLYF00D)
What an interesting way to compare.
Sylvia
I'm not on diet at the moment. But I can't believe how much of oils and fat average American consume in a year :O
Nicki
Dannii - do you have any advice on how I can shift the last 5lbs? I am really struggling. I am doing what I have always been doing and it was working (I have lost 45lbs), but now it has just stopped. Thanks x
Tina
Any weight loss would be good. I am really struggling right now :(
Emily
How funny that you have lost a baby horse lol
Tom
An American eats 138 potatoes in a year? Wow. Let's hope most of those are sweet potatoes ;)
Darlene
Only a human leg to go!
Lisa
I love this! You are right, it really does put things in to perspective.
Anna
I lost an ostrich egg last week :D
Michelle
My goal is to weigh as much as the dictionary haha