1. So just what is the BIG deal about one pound? It’s just 3,500 calories, right? Image credit: Stand By, JT One pound is like 4.5 feet of hair on your head!

2. How can I lose one pound?? A 30 year old woman weighing 140 lbs would have to bicycle for 6 hours and 18 minutes… Better hire a sitter, because it’s gonna be a long ride! Image credit: Commodore Gandalf Cunningham

3. Image credit: tamburix …OR she would have to climb stairs for 6 hours and 49 minutes! That’s a tall building, huh?

4. To cut 3,500 calories, she could skip the exercise and cut 11.5 Starbucks caramel macchiatos from her diet. Ouch, does that mean no caffeine? Image credit: christopherunderwood

5. But the easiest way to lose one pound is to cut 500 calories a day! All it takes is exercise, reducing calories from your diet, or a combination of diet and exercise! It’s totally a balancing act! Image credit: Heiko Brinkmann Reducing 500 calories per day means losing a pound in one week!