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I have lost 77 pounds.

77 pounds is the average weight of a 11-year old boy.

How Much Fuel Is That?

To lose that amount of fat would mean to burn 269,500 calories or 1,127,588 KiloJoules! That is the equivalent of 8.73 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 296 miles before running out of gas!

Let’s see how your goal would convert to other forms of fuel. 269,500 calories is equivalent to:

* 8.73 gallons of gasoline, or
* 96.34 pounds of coal, or
* 133.75 pounds of oven-dried wood, or
* 11.84 gallons of propane

This amount of energy would …

* Brew about 752 pots of coffee, or
* Light a 60-watt light bulb for 5,220 hours ( 218 days = 0.63 years)

Cutting 269,500 calories is the same as saying "no" to:

* 3,369 apples, or
* 2,695 bananas, or
* 15,853 cups of cabbage (whew!), or
* 1,859 baked potatoes, or
* 3,369 large eggs, or
* 2,246 cups of 2% milk, or
* 194 pounds of ground beef, or
* 3,098 glasses of wine, or
* 834 Snickers bars, or
* 1,123 Clif Bars ( 1,497 Luna Bars), or
* 1,939 cans of Coke, or
* 1,585 pints of Guinness beer, or
* 548 Big Macs, or
* 523 Quarter Pounders with Cheese, or
* 385 Whoppers, or
* 817 Subway 6" Oven Roasted Chicken Breast sandwiches, or
* 1,585 Taco Bell crunchy tacos, or
* 1,147 slices of pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut

What it Takes to Burn 269,500 Calories

To burn 269,500 calories, a 190 pound male would have to:

* Backpack for 446 hours (19 days) nonstop, or
* Walk for 1,033 hours (43 days) at 3 mph straight, or
* Walk 3,098 miles (1,936 kilometers), or
* Bike for 781 hours (33 days) at 10 mph, or
* Bike 7,812 miles (4,882 kilometers), or
* Play basketball nonstop for 430 hours 18 days), or
* Play billiards for 1,248 hours (52 days), or
* Go bowling for 1,041 hours (43 days), or
* Stay on the golf course for 781 hours (33 days), or
* Spend 347 hours (14 days) playing competitive football, or
* Jump rope for 328 hours (14 days) straight!

You would have to walk the length of England about 5.23 times to burn 269,500 calories.

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