SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

I stumbled across this web site Natural Physiques that has a calculator to show you how far you have come in your weight loss. As of today I am down 104 pounds, so here are my stats for what that equates to in several categories. 

 

How Much Fuel Is That?

To lose that amount of fat would mean to burn 364,000 calories or 1,522,976 KiloJoules! That is the equivalent of 11.74 gallons of gasoline. 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 399 miles before running out of gas!

Let's see how your goal would convert to other forms of fuel. 364,000 calories is equivalent to:

        11.74 gallons of gasoline, or

        130.05 pounds of coal, or

        180.65 pounds of oven-dried wood, or

        15.94 gallons of propane

This amount of energy would ...

        Brew about 1,015 pots of coffee, or

        Light a 60-watt light bulb for 7,051 hours ( 294 days = 0.83 years)

Cutting 364,000 calories is the same as saying "no" to:

        4,550 apples, or

        3,640 bananas, or

        21,412 cups of cabbage (whew!), or

        2,510 baked potatoes, or

        4,550 large eggs, or

        3,033 cups of 2% milk, or

        262 pounds of ground beef, or

        4,184 glasses of wine, or

        1,127 Snickers bars, or

        1,517 Clif Bars ( 2,022 Luna Bars), or

        2,619 cans of Coke, or

        2,141 pints of Guinness beer, or

        740 Big Macs, or

        707 Quarter Pounders with Cheese, or

        520 Whoppers, or

        1,103 Subway 6" Oven Roasted Chicken Breast sandwiches, or

        2,141 Taco Bell crunchy tacos, or

        1,549 slices of pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut

What it Takes to Burn 364,000 Calories

To burn 364,000 calories, a 190 pound male would have to:

        Backpack for 603 hours (25 days) nonstop, or

        Walk for 1,395 hours (58 days) at 3 mph straight, or

        Walk 4,184 miles (2,615 kilometers), or

        Bike for 1,055 hours (44 days) at 10 mph, or

        Bike 10,551 miles (6,594 kilometers), or

        Play basketball nonstop for 581 hours 24 days), or

        Play billiards for 1,685 hours (70 days), or

        Go bowling for 1,405 hours (59 days), or

        Stay on the golf course for 1,055 hours (44 days), or

        Spend 469 hours (20 days) playing competitive football, or

        Jump rope for 443 hours (18 days) straight!

You would have to walk the length of England about 7.03 times to burn 364,000 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 35 to 104 weeks (8 to 24 months) to safely and reasonably lose that amount of weight.

 

 

They also had some other calculators for how many calories you should burn in a week based on your weight, a better version of how to measure your Body Mass Index and a bunch of others.