Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Everything is better with the metric system

This is my weigh-day and I am 219 lbs. which is 99.3 kg.! As someone who grew up in the States, 99.3 kg. sounds so much better than 219 lbs. I'm sure that isn't the case for people who grew up using kilos routinely. Still I think there should be a special name for hitting double digits in kilos, ala Onederland. What do you guys think? Double-D? Any other ideas?

I also wanted to report that I rode my bike 28 miles last week. That is 45.06 km.! See what I mean about everything being better?

I've hit the 60 lb. down mark. As a matter of fact, I am 61 lbs. down since my highest pre-op weight. Here is a photo of me taken last summer at the Oregon Shakespearean Festival in Ashland. We saw Don Quixote, btw. Not Shakespeare, I know, but Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare and he is the father of the modern novel:



Now here's a photo of me this week, in double digits:


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17 comments:

  1. LoniceraJune 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    Absolutely wonderful Amanda! Well done you - I'm also starting to think in kg, what with it being stones in England and plain pounds in America, it's all too confusing...
    Caroline

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  2. HeatherJune 23, 2010 at 10:31 AM

    Good job! I would have to say though not everything sounds better... think Celcius. Although since it is 100 here today, maybe it would sound not so hot...

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  3. Perry JoyceJune 23, 2010 at 10:43 AM

    I agree, metric system all the way! You look great!! And 28 miles is impressive any way you slice it!!

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  4. JacquieJune 23, 2010 at 11:28 AM

    Oh boy...you are looking great in whatever system you are using! Keep it up!

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  5. JoeyJune 23, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    WOW!!!! such a big difference!

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  6. CCJune 23, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    beautiful!!
    oh and fyi last summer my brother lived in ashland, and just a few weeks ago he moved back there :-)

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  7. Pamela E. WilliamsJune 23, 2010 at 12:19 PM

    Dang 28 miles. Way to go!! You are looking great too. Keep up the good work.

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  8. AnonymousJune 23, 2010 at 1:19 PM

    I think we should say our weights in Kilo's but our weight loss should be in pounds ;-)

    You are looking amazing Amanda!!!

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  9. KristinJune 23, 2010 at 1:48 PM

    Wow, Amanda! Where did your stomach go? It's completely melted away. I really wish mine would take the hint from yours...

    I do my artichokes the same way you do - steamed with melted butter. Yummmmmm.

    Congrats on your progress, you're doing amazingly well!

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  10. CHRISTINEJune 23, 2010 at 3:25 PM

    NICE, AND 28 MILES, HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE?

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  11. Amanda KiskaJune 23, 2010 at 3:52 PM

    Christine, It took a week. Those miles were spread over the three days that I rode.

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  12. CindylewJune 23, 2010 at 6:01 PM

    You look great and 61 lbs rocks...can't wait till I'm there.

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  13. SandyJune 23, 2010 at 6:03 PM

    And 45 km sound so much further than 28 miles. I'm sorta bilingual with the metric system since I grew up with Imperial but they switched Canada in the 80's. But the old people never really embraced it so now a lot of things are posted with both-like pounds and grams, centigrade and Fahrenheit, miles and km... But still glad you are now in the One-sies

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  14. Sarah GJune 23, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    Job well done!

    ~Sarah
    http://nwanonymom.blogspot.com/

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  15. JanelleJune 23, 2010 at 6:37 PM

    You look awesome!!!

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  16. ChristineJune 24, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    Congrats on your loss! You look terrific! (And Don Quixote rocks. So do Shakespeare festivals. Sometimes battling our weight feels a bit like battling windmills, no?)
    Christine
    www.phoenixrevolution.net

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  17. Band-BabeJune 24, 2010 at 2:38 PM

    How about Underonderland? Too long? :)

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