1. What does a pound look like? There are approximately 1600 Q-tips® in 1 pound.

2. What would it take for a 34 year old mom that weighs 155 pounds to lose one pound? http://www.flickr.com/photos/taktor/757116330/ Well… she would have to wash cars for 664 minutes or 11 hours. Wow! I wonder how many cars she could wash in that amount of time?

3. Or… She might try to iron for 1328 minutes. Can you say, “No thank you?” http://www.flickr.com/photos/designade/5880969086/sizes/o/in/photostream/

4. Or she could not eat 14 bagels with cream cheese a week. http://www.flickr.com/photos/awinner/3227270981/sizes/l/in/photostream/

5. If you want to lose 1 pound a week… You must expend 500 calories a day for 7 days. How you do this is up to you. You can work out every day, eat less calories or even better a combination of both, however… http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2594767344/sizes/l/in/photostream/ The power belongs to you. YOU CAN DO IT! http://www.flickr.com/photos/maggotronix/4407419352/sizes/l/in/photostream/