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Do you know how much weight you've lost in stones or kilos if you've lost 29 pounds?

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chomalungma · 08/08/2020 20:30

Just watching an advert about weight loss and it's people talking about losing lots of pounds of weight.

Without Googling, how much weight is 29 lbs in stones or kilos?
I think it's 14 pounds is 1 stone - so roughly 2 stones.
I also think 1 stone is about 7 kilos? So that's 14 kilos.

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DollyMixtureLulus · 08/08/2020 20:34

Yep, 2 stones roughly. Not as good on kilos.

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Morgana7 · 08/08/2020 20:37

2 stone 1 pound

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amusedbush · 08/08/2020 20:40

Yep, 14lbs to a stone so 2 stone 1lb.

1kg is 2.2lbs, so I can work it out but it takes me a bit longer Grin

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northprincess · 08/08/2020 20:45

Really?

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TiptopJ · 08/08/2020 20:46

I wouldn't know in kilos but I know how many pounds are in a stone so I'd be able to work it out.

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chomalungma · 08/08/2020 20:49

@northprincess

Really?

Yes - I use stones a lot and am happy with kilos. But rare for me to use pounds by themselves.

So when the person on the advert said they lost 29 pounds, I had to 'think a bit'.

But if they had said 2 stones, then that would have been much easier.
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MrsJonesAndMe · 08/08/2020 21:01

Was it the American sounding Noom advert? They talk in lbs don't they. I'd have a good idea because I know how many lb in a stone and 2.2lb to a kg.

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chomalungma · 08/08/2020 21:04

Yes - Noom.

I sometimes have to think between 16 ounces in a pound and 14 pounds in a stone - remembering how many go into each.

Metric is so much easier Grin

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Nacreous · 08/08/2020 21:04

I can do lb to stone quite okay.

lb to kg is harder, I have to do the maths for that if I want it any more accurate than just dividing pounds by 2.

2.25*4 = 9 so 9lb = 4kg so 27lb is 12kg plus another one ish, so 13.

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Sgtmajormummy · 08/08/2020 21:19

In America they use the calculation of women’s ideal weight being 100lbs + 5lbs for every inch over 5 feet in height, so if you’re 5’6” your healthy weight would be 100+30=130lbs. 9st 4.

So 100lbs is an easy round figure. Losing 29lbs means you’ve lost a large amount!

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DappledThings · 08/08/2020 21:21

No idea. I'd have to google to convert to kg. I have no notion of what lbs or stones and lbs mean.

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Sgtmajormummy · 08/08/2020 21:23

BTW in Italy they take your height in cm, take away 100cm and that is a rough (and very generous) guide to how many kilos you should weigh.
So 168cm -100= 68kg.
That’s 10st10.
IFFF my calculations are right....

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DianasLasso · 08/08/2020 21:24

2.2 lb to 1 kg, approx.

14 lb in 1 stone.

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chomalungma · 08/08/2020 21:24

@Sgtmajormummy

In America they use the calculation of women’s ideal weight being 100lbs + 5lbs for every inch over 5 feet in height, so if you’re 5’6” your healthy weight would be 100+30=130lbs. 9st 4.

So 100lbs is an easy round figure. Losing 29lbs means you’ve lost a large amount!

Gets calculator out.
Luckily not over 6 foot or else need to know feet and inches!!!
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InsaneInTheViralMembrane · 08/08/2020 21:28

Jesus wept.

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Sgtmajormummy · 08/08/2020 21:29
Grin
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chomalungma · 08/08/2020 21:33

@InsaneInTheViralMembrane

Jesus wept.

I am sure that back in Jesus' day, they probably used a different weight system then.
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ilovepixie · 08/08/2020 22:32

Know it in stones but not kilos

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