Diet Time

Merika · 01-12-2006, 09:59 AM

'Twas the month after Christmas and all through the house
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
The stuffing I'd nibbled, the turkey I'd taste
The yummies I'd eaten gone straight to my waist.
The wine and the mince pies,
The bread and the cheese
I should have just said, "No thank you, please."
So as I dressed myself in my boyfriend's old shirt,
I couldn't believe my bottom and belly- the girth!
I said to myself, as only I can,
"You can't spend the year disguised as a man!"
So away with the last of the sour-cream dip,
Get rid of the fruitcake, every cracker and chip.
Every last bit of food that I like must be
banished
'Til all the additional ounces have vanished.
I won't have a cookie, not even a lick.
Instead I'll chew on a long celery stick.
I won't have Irish coffees, or chocolates, or pie,
I'll munch on a carrot and quietly I'll cry:
"I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore-
But isn't that what January's for?"
Unable to giggle, no longer a riot,
Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!

For those who are affected by this poem you can ring the special
diet helpline on the following number:

80-8080-028 (Ate Nothing - Ate Nothing, Ate Nothing -
Nothing to Ate)!

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We just started the big 'family' diet. The kids are ok with drinking the flavored bottle water....but we still don't like the taste of any fat free stuff. It all tastes like plastic. I'm going to look around for some good menus that don't taste like crap. :?

Luba · 04-01-2006, 11:30 AM

I can't believe I missed that...that was great!!!

Merika · 04-01-2006, 12:09 PM

We actually stuck to the family diet resolution this year and everyone lost weight. Chloe did the best at 40+ pounds lost. It was SO HARD for her....but doing it as a family really helped. Jackson and I both lost a little over 10 pounds a piece....but we cheated when Chloe wasn't home.

Vautrin · 04-01-2006, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Merika

but we cheated when Chloe wasn't home.

On the diet, or on the scale?

Merika · 04-01-2006, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Vautrin

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Originally Posted by Merika

but we cheated when Chloe wasn't home.

On the diet, or on the scale?

On the diet. We had hidden candy bars and other things. We knew the only way we could help her is to not eat snacks in front of her. She's OK with it now and considers staying on a diet easy....but it sure was hard for her to get on it and stick to it initially. She is 5'8" and weighed close to 200 pounds.

Ayla was the one who suggested we try helping her by making it a family diet! It was a great idea. Me nagging her about it wasn't working AT ALL....so I asked for Ayla's advice since she too went thru some weight problems as a teenage girl.

Vautrin · 04-01-2006, 12:31 PM

Indeed, doing things together makes it a lot easier. I have no issue at all with my weight, no matter how much or how little I eat. However, that does not mean that it holds true for others as well.

And of course, people do get judged by their weight, which is not helping them at all. But luckily the diet was a success for Chloe.