You lost a pound of this?

You want to shoot yourself.  You've been "good" all week, and you step on the scale, expecting to see a drop of at least four pounds.

You're shocked and dismayed to see what the scale reveals:  you've lost just one measly pound this week.

Okay, before you give up and drown your sorrows in a tub of ice cream, take a look at this:

This disgusting handful is a pound of human fat--lard--rendered from a body during a surgical procedure.  This is what a pound of fat looks like! 

You lost one whole pound of this from your body?  Congratulations!