Reply
Mon 12 Jan, 2004 03:50 pm
'Twas the month after Christmas,
When all through the house,
Nothing would fit me, Not even a blouse!
The cookies I'd nibbled, The eggnog
I'd taste... At the holiday parties, Had gone to my waist! I
Remember the marvelous meals all prepared:
The gravies and sauces,
The beef "nicely rared".
The wine and the rum balls, The bread and the cheese,
And the way I NEVER said, "No, thank you, please.
" As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt,
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt,
I said to myself (as only I can),
"You can't spend a winter disguised as a MAN"!
So---away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip!
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished,
'Til all of the additional "ounces" have vanished!
I won't have a cookie, Not even a lick!
I'll want only to chew, On a celery stick!
I won't have hot biscuits, Or corn bread or pie,
I'll munch on a carrot, And quietly cry.
I'm hungry...I'm lonesome...and life is a bore!
But isn't that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, No longer a riot!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD DIET!
THIS JUST IN........
RESPECTED SCIENTISTS HAVE JUST PROVED THAT MODERATE EXERCISE CONSISTING OF A 30 MINUTE PER DAY WALK, WILL KEEP US FROM PILING ON MORE POUNDS..
Great poem! Exercise does help keep the pounds at bay. When your dieting, don't forget to pamper yourself!
ALAS, i did not write it.