NewSarah!'s Journal, 24 January 2012

Twas 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.

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1163 kcal

Fat: 39.70g | Prot: 69.62g | Carb: 125.30g.   Breakfast: campbells tomato souo, ground turkey, rice, French Fried Potatoes (Cottage Cut, Par Fried, Frozen). Lunch: rye bread, hashbrown, egg white omlette, cheddar. Snacks/Other: Coffee (1 Cream, 1 Sugar) (Medium). more...

3251 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Sitting - 1 hour, Driving - 1 hour, Housework - 2 hours, Walking (brisk) - 4/mph - 30 minutes, Desk Work - 7 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 2 hours and 35 minutes, Cardio Mix - 1 hour, Weight Training (moderate) - 25 minutes. more...