Monday, February 28, 2011

My Jar of Rocks

I love having visual reminders of things. I just like having something tangible that I can see - probably the reason for all of my notebooks and why I do so well keeping up with my food journal.

I've been thinking about ways I could make my weight loss tangible so that I can not only see my progress but have a reminder out and about in my apartment to always be mindful.

So I came up with this:




It's just a gallon size mason jar that I bought at a craft store filled with decorative rocks. There were many different styles and options to choose from for the glass jar so I just picked what would look good in my apartment. Same goes for the rocks. The craft store had tons of different rocks and beads - all with different colors and sizes and levels of sparkle.

I want to lose 40 pounds so I filled the jar with 400 rocks. Each rock represents .1 lb so every Thursday when I weigh myself, I will take out the appropriate number of rocks from the jar until the jar is empty!

I've also been toying with the idea of doing the opposite- you know, filling an empty jar with the pounds I lose. We'll see.

The jar sits on the breakfast bar that separates my kitchen from the living area - I chose colors that match my decor so to the naked eye, it's just a nice decorative piece. But when I go into the kitchen to cook something, it's sitting right smack dab in front of me. A nice little reminder that what I do in the kitchen will affect how many wonderful rocks I get to take out at WI - because I do NOT want to add anymore to it.

And speaking of WI - it was today. I lost .8 lbs so that means:



I got to take 8 out!

33 comments:

  1. This is a great idea!!! my mother and I are going to the craft store tomorrow so we can make our own!! Thanks for the idea.

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  2. Love this idea! Thank you for sharing. :)

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  3. This is a great idea, but aren't there 16 ounces in a pound, not 10?

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  4. I'm guessing each rock doesn't represent an ounce, it respresents a tenth of a pound, which is how most digital home scales read.

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  5. This is a great idea. I think I'm going to try it myself.

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  6. i got this from pinterest. Awesome idea. I am going to get this stuff today. :)

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  7. just coming over from pinterest. I would move the rocks from Lbs to lose to a jar of Lost Lbs. So you could watch one go down and the other go up.

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  8. This is GENIUS!! Thanks for sharing your idea. :)

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  9. Suggestion for the dual jars.
    Keep the jar of pounds to lose
    where ever you weigh. And the
    pounds lost in the kitchen prominently
    Displayed for that midnight inspiration
    to leave the frig alone.

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    1. that's a great idea!! A jar of pretty rocks in the bathroom where the scale is. . .and a jar of pretty rocks in the kitchen ♥

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    2. I like that idea..I stay up late and I'm always prowling the kitchen.

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  10. This is a really awesome idea. I've been looking for ways to stay motivated and this looks like a great option!

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  11. wwonderful idea! Thanks for sharing!

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  12. What a great idea. I am going to make one tonight. I actually have the materials laying around my house. Thanks for the idea.

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  13. this is great! Thanks for sharing!

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  14. What a great idea!
    Found you on Pinterest.
    Thanks!

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  15. Love this too!! I'm going to do it!

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  16. Wow - thanks guys!!

    Yes, each rock is only a tenth of a pound because my scale reads in increments of .2

    When you get everything ready let me know what your jars look like - and good luck :)

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  17. I am so going to do this tonight i really think that this will help me.. :)

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  18. Love this idea! Thanks for posting it! :)

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  19. AWESOME IDEA! I am going to make my own...thank you!!

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  20. I was led to this post by another blog on pinterest- I put my own spin on it and you can see it here: http://journeyoflifetamijo.blogspot.com/2012/03/accountability.html

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  21. Great idea! I just started running and I will put a new rock in after every time I go out running. I am a nail polish maniac so I will color every rock with a different polish before putting it in the jar.

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  22. I love this idea! I actually made my own, just a little bit different from yours, and posted about it on my blog. Feel free to check it out.

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  23. Thankyou for sharing this!!!!!! I love this idea!! :)

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  24. From a distance (or without my glasses...) the pretty rocks look like spring-ish M & M's!

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    1. And everyone knows M & Ms are NEVER a bad idea :)

      Thanks for stopping by!

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  25. I'm going to try this. Too bad I have to start w/1300 rocks! Lol! Just kidding... but not really. Lol!

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    1. No matter how many rocks just think of how awesome it'll be when you empty your jar!! GOOD LUCK :)

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