This how much I've lost so far. Check it out:

You entered 22 pounds (10 kilograms).
22 pounds is the average weight of a 9-12 month-old baby boy .
How Much Fuel Is That?
To lose that amount of fat would mean to burn 77,000 calories or 322,168 KiloJoules! That is the equivalent of 2.53 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 84 miles before running out of gas!
Let's see how your goal would convert to other forms of fuel. 77,000 calories is equivalent to:
2.53 gallons of gasoline, or
27.54 pounds of coal, or
38.24 pounds of oven-dried wood, or
3.43 gallons of propane
This amount of energy would ...
Brew about 215 pots of coffee, or
Light a 60-watt light bulb for 1,492 hours ( 62 days = 0.23 years)
Cutting 77,000 calories is the same as saying "no" to:
963 apples, or
770 bananas, or
4,529 cups of cabbage (whew!), or
531 baked potatoes, or
963 large eggs, or
642 cups of 2% milk, or
55 pounds of ground beef, or
885 glasses of wine, or
238 Snickers bars, or
321 Clif Bars ( 428 Luna Bars), or
554 cans of Coke, or
453 pints of Guinness beer, or
157 Big Macs, or
150 Quarter Pounders with Cheese, or
110 Whoppers, or
233 Subway 6" Oven Roasted Chicken Breast sandwiches, or
453 Taco Bell crunchy tacos, or
328 slices of pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut
What it Takes to Burn 77,000 Calories
To burn 77,000 calories, a 190 pound male would have to:
Backpack for 127 hours (5 days) nonstop, or
Walk for 295 hours (12 days) at 3 mph straight, or
Walk 885 miles (553 kilometers), or
Bike for 223 hours (9 days) at 10 mph, or
Bike 2,232 miles (1,395 kilometers), or
Play basketball nonstop for 123 hours 5 days), or
Play billiards for 356 hours (15 days), or
Go bowling for 297 hours (12 days), or
Stay on the golf course for 223 hours (9 days), or
Spend 99 hours (4 days) playing competitive football, or
Jump rope for 94 hours (4 days) straight!
You would have to walk the length of England about 1.53 times to burn 77,000 calories.


The range for safe weight loss is about 1 to 3 pounds of fat per week. It could take anywhere between 7 to 22 weeks (2 to 5 months) to safely and reasonably lose that amount of weight.

If this is how much you've already lost, congratulations!

Check this out:

Starting BMI- 41.14
BMI now- 39.19

That's two full percentage points. Booyah.

Wrapped up a few loose ends this week. Paid my car off, got my mattress set to form a complete bed, got the apartment cleaned up, some on Friday and some with Mike tonight. The new school year starts Tuesday, and I'm anticipating a tough last semester. I'm getting my head in the game. It's too important to lose focus now. Weight-loss is going alright, although it isn't proceeding as quickly as I had imagined. I'm going to need to find new ways to stay active. My ankle's been a bit sore recently from all the walking I've been doing, so maybe I can burn calories some other way. Staring contest, anyone?