Well, Women’s Health has done it again. They are the same folks who previously sent me an email telling me that I could become “perfect in just eight weeks”. Today, their focus is on dropping “stubborn pounds”…hmmm…that requires some reflection.

To be honest I am naïve as it applies to pounds. I did not realize they could possess an attribute such as “stubborn”. When I think of pounds as able to possess attributes I must say I do not really see my pounds as being “stubborn”, but instead would be more inclined to label them as “amiable”.

Amiable is defined by my old friend Webster as:
1 pleasing, admirable
2 a: generally agreeable; b: being friendly, sociable, and congenial

My pounds are pleasing. Indeed, they originate from me eating pleasing things. I think that others’ likewise view their pounds as amiable – surely, that is where the term “pleasingly plump” came from.

My pounds are admirable, particularly as they flow over the waistlines of my clothes with a level of pride and self-assertiveness. It is admirable that they display themselves with such confidence.

My pounds are generally agreeable as well. They don’t mind that I try to stuff them into those clothes I used to wear when I had fewer pounds. When necessary they will blow a seam, but for the most part they generally agree to flow out over or under the restrictive item. My pounds are not the type to put up a fuss and feel a need to assert their dominance; they are cool with just hangin’ out.

And finally, my pounds are definitely friendly, sociable, and congenial. They are quick to welcome and embrace new pounds and the more I acquire the more sociable I become in tight spaces. There simply is just more to love.

I think I will email Women’s Health to ask when they will be addressing “amiable pounds” in their emails…yep, I’ll get right on that – right after I have some waffles for breakfast. 😉

Day one hundred and thirty-nine of the new forty – obla di obla da

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