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Tinycoons, weightloss and some sizeplay math
14 years ago
Well I meant to do this a week ago today when I had just lost my 50th pound (22,7 kilos) after 27 weeks, but it works just as well today having lost my 52nd pound (23,6 kilos) after 28 weeks. I figured to math it all out - what would that mean to a tinycoon!
I'm portrayed at different sizes, so we'll treat those separately. My real height is 6 ft 5 in (~2 meters) barefoot, and my current weight as of today is 248 pounds (112,7 kilos), so we'll treat those as baselines for the math to come. Also worth noting are my primary goal and secondary goal - to continue losing 2 pounds a week as I have been for a while (primary) or at least 1 pound a week (secondary), in which case I'll have lost exactly 100 pounds (primary) or about 75-76 pounds (secondary) by the one-year mark on Monday, August 1. I'll just use the primary goal in the math as a best case scenario.
The size artists seem to like to draw me most at if I don't make a special point of emphasizing a few inches tall, is about 10 inches (~25,4 centimeters). That is a size that maps well to being a living insole for most folk, it is a size that allows for a rather broad range of servitude including fetching and carrying cans of soda and other labors... and conveniently, it is also the size for me at which my weight in pounds at full size would map directly to the same number in grams while shrunk.
There are 2,2 pounds per kilogram. There are 1000 grams per kilo. That means there are 454,5 grams per pound. When you change height or length, you also change volume and thus mass with the third power of your linear change. The cube root of 454,5 is 7,69. 6 ft 5 in tall is 77 inches, which divided by 7,69 is roughly 10 inches. At 10 inches, my weight in grams should be 248, the same as my current weight in pounds at full size. Checking my math:
248 grams * 7.69^3 = 112779,6 grams / 454,5 grams per pound = 248,1 pounds. Close enough.
Incidentally, there are 28,4 grams per ounce, so at 10 inches tall I'd weigh 8,7 ounces, or just over half a pound. That is one cup of water in a plastic solo cup, less than the weight of a single can of soda. That should help my fellow non-metric people put it in perspective.
If I meet my continuing weight loss goals, that would work out to losing another 48 grams at this height. 200 grams is only 7 ounces! That is generally the default weight of a steak at most restaurants unless you are ordering a rib-eye or a filet mignon. It is also just slightly under the weight of a Nintendo DSi, or about equal to one and a half iPhone 3GS's.
The size I usually specify is 3 inches tall. At that size, I fit comfortably and conveniently underneath the arch of your toes! Or at least under your arch, if you're a kid. Around that size is the realistic limit of interaction with the godlike big folk, when they can still hear you most of the time and you can still do things for them that will be meaningful, like providing footrubs and other services that will still be felt and enjoyed.
77 inches / 3 inches = 25,67 ;
112779,6 grams at full height / 25,67^3 = 6,7 grams.
Math check: 6,7 grams * (10 in/3 in)^3 = 248,1 grams. Close enough.
This is much, much lighter! It is just under a quarter of an ounce and is almost exactly the weight of one regular tootsie roll, or one and a half Hershey's kisses.
If I meet my goals, that works out to losing another 1,3 grams at this height. Doesn't sound like much but it's still about a fifth of my weight! The result, 5,4 grams, is just under the weight of a US quarter dollar coin, or about one and a half sheets of notebook paper!
(Diversion and example: You didn't think paper was that heavy, did you? Notebook paper is a low quality paper, 16 lb bond weight. That means that 500 sheets of 17 in * 22 in notebook paper stock is 16 lbs. That works out to 4 reams, 500 sheets each, of familiar 8.5 in * 11 in paper, weighing 4 pounds per ream. Each sheet, then, is 0,008 pounds * 454,5 grams per pound = 3,6 grams per sheet of notebook paper, or 5,4 grams for one and a half sheets. :D)
I realize this is all crazy nerdy but it is fun to me, and I do feel good about losing so much weight so far. ^.^
I'm portrayed at different sizes, so we'll treat those separately. My real height is 6 ft 5 in (~2 meters) barefoot, and my current weight as of today is 248 pounds (112,7 kilos), so we'll treat those as baselines for the math to come. Also worth noting are my primary goal and secondary goal - to continue losing 2 pounds a week as I have been for a while (primary) or at least 1 pound a week (secondary), in which case I'll have lost exactly 100 pounds (primary) or about 75-76 pounds (secondary) by the one-year mark on Monday, August 1. I'll just use the primary goal in the math as a best case scenario.
The size artists seem to like to draw me most at if I don't make a special point of emphasizing a few inches tall, is about 10 inches (~25,4 centimeters). That is a size that maps well to being a living insole for most folk, it is a size that allows for a rather broad range of servitude including fetching and carrying cans of soda and other labors... and conveniently, it is also the size for me at which my weight in pounds at full size would map directly to the same number in grams while shrunk.
There are 2,2 pounds per kilogram. There are 1000 grams per kilo. That means there are 454,5 grams per pound. When you change height or length, you also change volume and thus mass with the third power of your linear change. The cube root of 454,5 is 7,69. 6 ft 5 in tall is 77 inches, which divided by 7,69 is roughly 10 inches. At 10 inches, my weight in grams should be 248, the same as my current weight in pounds at full size. Checking my math:
248 grams * 7.69^3 = 112779,6 grams / 454,5 grams per pound = 248,1 pounds. Close enough.
Incidentally, there are 28,4 grams per ounce, so at 10 inches tall I'd weigh 8,7 ounces, or just over half a pound. That is one cup of water in a plastic solo cup, less than the weight of a single can of soda. That should help my fellow non-metric people put it in perspective.
If I meet my continuing weight loss goals, that would work out to losing another 48 grams at this height. 200 grams is only 7 ounces! That is generally the default weight of a steak at most restaurants unless you are ordering a rib-eye or a filet mignon. It is also just slightly under the weight of a Nintendo DSi, or about equal to one and a half iPhone 3GS's.
The size I usually specify is 3 inches tall. At that size, I fit comfortably and conveniently underneath the arch of your toes! Or at least under your arch, if you're a kid. Around that size is the realistic limit of interaction with the godlike big folk, when they can still hear you most of the time and you can still do things for them that will be meaningful, like providing footrubs and other services that will still be felt and enjoyed.
77 inches / 3 inches = 25,67 ;
112779,6 grams at full height / 25,67^3 = 6,7 grams.
Math check: 6,7 grams * (10 in/3 in)^3 = 248,1 grams. Close enough.
This is much, much lighter! It is just under a quarter of an ounce and is almost exactly the weight of one regular tootsie roll, or one and a half Hershey's kisses.
If I meet my goals, that works out to losing another 1,3 grams at this height. Doesn't sound like much but it's still about a fifth of my weight! The result, 5,4 grams, is just under the weight of a US quarter dollar coin, or about one and a half sheets of notebook paper!
(Diversion and example: You didn't think paper was that heavy, did you? Notebook paper is a low quality paper, 16 lb bond weight. That means that 500 sheets of 17 in * 22 in notebook paper stock is 16 lbs. That works out to 4 reams, 500 sheets each, of familiar 8.5 in * 11 in paper, weighing 4 pounds per ream. Each sheet, then, is 0,008 pounds * 454,5 grams per pound = 3,6 grams per sheet of notebook paper, or 5,4 grams for one and a half sheets. :D)
I realize this is all crazy nerdy but it is fun to me, and I do feel good about losing so much weight so far. ^.^
I'm not obsessed with weight and all, I'm not talking about a real diet, I just need to remember myself I need to eat a bit less than I usually do
Now I want a €0,67 beer....
I do have a standing offer that if anyone can actually shrink me to a tiny size in real life, I will become their slave for the rest of my life... :3