a Silent cry we all share…
This was sent to me so I cannot take credit… but this is the truth all the same..
It was the month after Christmas,
and all through the house,
Nothing would fit me,
not even a blouse.The cookies I’d nibbled,
the chocolate 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 summer, 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.-unknown
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Tracking..
LOL!!!
I am battling more being back at work – I think its cos it depresses me being there
Laura’s last blog post..First Day of School
Laura – perhaps a career change is on the cards for you this year.. we should never do anything that doesn’t make you happy at least 40% of the time.. its soul breaking.. 2009 is the year we should all shine.. so polish off your disco ball and dust off the ABBA LP and lets get your groove on
i am so chuffed- i didn’t pick up any weight over christmas… but i still have a lot to lose that i picked up last year!
angel’s last blog post..Oh Am I Getting Old Or What…
Great poem – i can relate.
January is a sucky month
Being Brazen’s last blog post..Silly pedestrians, plant killing and inspiration
My folks bought me bathroom scales for Christmas…were they trying to tell me something like…You’re FAT!!
buffy’s last blog post..Russell S.Crow
Hahahaha
It’s a little depressing too though.
Hmm…
I feel guilty about the crunchie sitting in my lunch box now.