May 2025 Starters Thread 7 - Ending the year as we mean to go on ✌️

[FlorenceNightshade]

A sparkly new thread for our chatty gang!

As per tradition……

1 lb = a Gunea pig
1.5 lbs = a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts
2 lbs = a rack of baby back ribs
3 lbs = an average human brain
4 lbs = an ostrich egg
5 lbs – a Chihuahua
6 lbs = a human skin
7.5 = a lawn strimmer
8 lbs = a human head
10 lbs = amount of chemical additives an American consumes every year
11 lbs = an average housecat
12 lbs = a Bald Eagle
15 lbs = 10 dozen large eggs
16 lbs = a sperm whales brain
20 lbs = a car tire
23 lbs = amount of pizza an Average American eats in a year
24 lbs – a 3 gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 lbs = an average 2 year old
30 lbs = amount of cheese an average American eats in (1) year
33lbs – a cinder block
36 lbs a mid-size microwave
40 lbs = a 5 gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 lbs = an elephant’s heart
50 lbs – a small bale of hay
55lbs a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 lbs = an elephant’s penis
66 lbs – amount of fats and oils an average American eats in (1) year
70 lbs – an Irish Setter
77 lbs – a gold brick
80 lbs – the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 lbs – a new born calf
100 lbs = a 2 month old horse
111 lbs = amount of red meat an average American eats in (1) year
117 = an average fashion model and she’s 5’11”
118 lbs= the complete Encyclopedia Brittanica
120 lbs = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 lbs = a newborn giraffe
138 lbs = amount of potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 lbs = amount of refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 lbs = and average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 lbs – the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 lbs – an average adult man
200 lbs – 2 Blood hounds
235 lbs = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 lbs = an average football lineman
400 lbs – A Welsh pony

Has anyone actually lost an Elephant’s Penis??!??

Thank you @FlorenceNightshade . I've lost a bit more than an elephant's heart. Working towards the penis ....

@Apprenante good work! I’m at the air conditioner! Will have to google it so I can see what it looks like 🤣🤣

Average human leg over here!!! Whoop!

thank you for the shiny new thread, I was starting to get the panics…

@HKG a human leg - gruesome and amazing well done!!!

Has anyone actually lost an Elephant’s Penis??!??

Me!!!! How blummin' exciting is that?!

Thanks for the new thread, lovely @FlorenceNightshade

@DBatteryBand wow well done!!!! The coveted Elephants Penis crown is yours 🥳

Just what I've always dreamed of. An elephant penis crown!

I’ve got a few alternatives from my life for you-

4lbs -.my little rabbit
6lbs -.my bigger rabbit
9lbs -.my cat
16lbs -.my little fluff ball dog
2 stones - my friend’s toddler
3.5 stones -.my lean Labrador
4.5 stones - our rescue lab when it arrived (fat)
100 stones - my 17 hand horse (this will have to be a group effort!)

Ooh thanks @Gingercar I’m in between Labradors! I’ll need to work out how many rabbits that is!

Anyone watching the itv news about anorexics buying WLIs? I’m surprised (a) that an anorexic needs an appetite suppressant and (b) that they get through the checks pharmacies do. I’ve used five different pharmacies over the last six months and they’ve all been very strict on wanting photos and proof of various documents before I could order.

I’ll try to balance a bunny on a dog for you.

Im approaching first Labrador. I tried to pick him up the other day and struggled. It’s sobering. Because he is just about my halfway point.

@Gingercar i haven’t seen it but I know people will always try to manipulate any system to get what they want. It’s sad because it’s so dangerous and is pretty preventable like you say!

Ive see a few videos on Instagram of women holding bags of flour or sugar to represent what they’ve lost. They all struggle to hold it, it’s amazing to think we just lugged it around without thinking.

Ive lost a human leg! It can’t be right, can it? A human leg is 3 stones?? Really?

thanks for starting the new thread!

Just managed to catch up glad I found the new thread!!

some amazing achievements!!!

just plodding on here!!

Come on now @Seahorsesplendour I’m pretty damn sure that Mays Seahorse is amazed at how well you’ve done and what you’ve achieved for her since then!!!

Plodding or not progress is progress (or bunnies are bunnies, that’s how I’m going to measure EVERYTHING from now on!)

Elephants heart plus an ostrich egg 6 weeks ago now.
I’ve regained the ostrich egg and need to work on that; but I’ve a holiday first where my focus will be to not gain any more!

Wow. I’m still only in toddler territory, but still, what was I carrying round with me for all those years?

Thank you for the new thread Florence.

I've lost a microwave!

Things that only make sense on this thread!!! Congrats @SutekhsEars 👍

@HereIGoOnceMore i think all of us know that picking up a toddler that doesn’t want to move is an actual dead weight!!! Well done 🥳

Well done @MyScaredCat

Wow can’t believe we are already on thread 7! I’ve been MIA for a few months, it’s just been a manic time but have occasionally lurked and have been pretty impressed with the progress you fine lot have made. I’ve now lost a microwave so still plodding but getting there.

My next target is the elephant penis I think. I’m recording in kg. Need to do the maths.
plus taking a week off as away thus weekend and I’m normally suffering some SE after jabbing.
so we will see how I cope with a week off

@WhynotJanet loosing a microwave is great progress too well done!

@SignedUpAgain have you had a week off before? I’ve stretched it to 10 days between doses before and been absolutely fine. I’m thinking about doing that again to maintain so be interested to know how you get on. I hope you’re in the Elephant Penis gang soon 🤣🤣

I’ve lost a cinder block.
Out of curiosity I tried lifting a 15kg weight at the gym last weekend, wow, that’s a lot of extra weight I was carrying round! Still need to lose the same again …., but thrilled to be firmly in 12 stone range.

Also, what is a cinder block? I’m imagining the biggest crunchie ever 😂