Just One Pound

Hi there! You probably already know me, but let me introduce myself. I’m a pound of fat and I’m very, very happy. You might be wondering, “Why is this pound of fat so happy?”

Well, I’m happy because nobody ever wants to lose me – you see, I’m only one-pound. Everybody wants to lose five-pounds, ten-pounds or twenty-pounds. It seems like nobody wants to lose one-pound! So, I’m safe. I hang around your tummy, your arms and your chin just enjoying life.

I’m very clever too. When you’re not really watching, I get some of my other one-pound friends to move in with me. They move in slowly, a little here and a little there. You never even notice until ten, twenty or even more pounds are keeping me company and you can’t button your jeans.

I just love it when people look at the scale and say, “I only lost a pound all week!” (They think that one pound is nothing, but the truth is that I’m about the size of a large grapefruit.) They’re so discouraged all day and are telling their friends how they only lost one-pound. I’m just chuckling as other people start to believe that I’m not worth losing too.

Yep! Being a pound of fat is a good life. Nobody ever wants to lose one-pound!