What Does 60 Pounds Of Fat Look Like?
In yesterday’s post, I wrote about my goal of losing 60 pounds before my 48th birthday. I’m over halfway there, and I feel confident that I will be able to stick with the lifestyle changes I’m making for the long-term. The change in my appearance is already fairly dramatic, and I’m beginning to develop a clear picture of what I will look like at the end of this journey.
What I can’t quite comprehend is just what all of the extra weight I’ve been carrying around looks like on its own. If I could suddenly just take off the extra weight the way a soldier takes off a fully loaded backpack, what kind of burden would I be shedding? After all, we’re talking about 2 times the recommended weight gain for a healthy expectant mother. I’ve been thinking about this for the past few days, and I did some quick research to get a better idea of what 60 extra pounds looks like. After seeing this, I’m more determined than ever to get rid of the extra weight. All of the items below are the equivalent of my 60 pound weight loss goal.
A full grown Afghan Hound.
Five 12 pound bowling balls.
7.2 gallons of water.
Fifteen 64 ounce tubs of lard.
46 large thin crust pizzas.
60 pints of beer.
240 sticks of butter.
523 Krispy Kreme donuts.
1440 strips of bacon.
Mmmm, bacon.
Good luck with your goal!
Dan said what I was gonna say. So instead I’ll say mmmm, 60 pints of beer.
Seriously, congratulations on the progress you’ve made. I’m down 12 overall but seem to have hit a plateau.
Jeff St,
Your SoRo column a few months back got me thinking about this, and I’ve had images of 940 sticks of butter in my head ever since. Hoping to get down to 700 sticks by October 31st. Thanks for the inspiration.
Chris
Mmmmm, Butter!
I dropped 50 pounds so I’m only 200 sticks lighter. I bet I could make a really cool banquet center piece with that much butter.
I did a search for “what does 60 lbs of fat look like” and came across your blog. I too have been dieting and I have lost a total of 62.5 lbs (as of today) since Fall 2009. This is a great article and I’m going to cross-link to it in my blog post today. Puts this whole weight loss in to perspective!
[...] So what’s happened since then? Well, I have continued to trend downward. As of this post, I am at 180.5 lbs. Statistically speaking, that puts me at -52.5 lbs for the year, and -62.5 lbs since my peak. I found this article to search what 60 lbs of fat looks like – http://chrisberryonthe.net/2009/06/02/what-does-60-pounds-of-fat-look-like/ [...]
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