Weight Loss

Weight Loss seems to be an ongoing project of mine and every time I start I claim ... "This time it is for real." Well guess what... I'm still overweight. At this very moment I know tons of people on some sort of weight loss program and are battling the bulge. Some times the motivation is tough and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel, so I have two things to share. One thing is this website where you can track and log things.. Love it.. www.fitday.com. The other is I don't know how many times I hear from people that they only lost one pound. To me it is better than gaining one :) but if you struggle with the one pound loss, then here is a poem for you.

Only One Pound

Hello! Do you know me? If you don't, you should. I'm a pound of fat. And I am the happiest pound of fat that you would ever want to meet.

Want to know why? It's because no one ever wants to lose me; I'm ONLY ONE POUND, just a pound!

Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds, or fifteen pounds, but never only one.

So I just stick around and happily keep you fat. Then I add to myself, ever so slyly, so that you never seem to notice it. That is until I've grown to ten, twenty, thirty or even more pounds in weight.

Yes, it's fun being ONLY ONE POUND OF FAT, left to do as I please.





So, when you weigh in, keep right on saying, "Oh, I only lost one pound." (As if that were such a terrible thing) For you see, if you do this, you'll encourage others to keep me around because they'll think I'm not worth losing.

And, I love being around you – your arms, your legs, your chin, your hips and every part of you.

Happy Days!!! After all, I'm ONLY ONE POUND OF FAT!!!


So next time you just loose one pound think of this poem. As for me.. this time it is for real. By the Summer of 2008 I will be wearing a swimsuit drinking Margarita's by the pool.