Ode To January

nudgie
nudgie Member Posts: 1,478 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
'Twas the month after Christmas, and 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.

When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).

I'd remember the marvellous meals I'd prepared; The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,

The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese And the way I'd 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 I only 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 'Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won't have a cookie - not even a lick.
I'll want only to chew on a long 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!

Comments

  • dianetavegia
    dianetavegia Member Posts: 1,942 Member
    That's so cute!
    Did you write it? I'm going to send it to a friend who is dieting and would like to credit you, if you did!

    Diane
  • nudgie
    nudgie Member Posts: 1,478 Member

    That's so cute!
    Did you write it? I'm going to send it to a friend who is dieting and would like to credit you, if you did!

    Diane

    Unfortunately
    I did not write it :(
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
    nudgie said:

    Unfortunately
    I did not write it :(

    Ha Ha!
    That's great Nudgie, I loved it! had me laughing! thanks for that!

    Hugsss!
    ~Donna
  • ann2008
    ann2008 Member Posts: 118
    Ode to January
    How cute!