Tomorrow, so it’s said, is another brand new day.
Well, I weighed myself this morning
with a stab of deep dismay.
I’m starting on a diet and I’ve got a useful book
so I’ll copy down some recipes
that won’t be hard to cook.
I’m resolute, determined, and I’m going to succeed,
for this ring around my middle
comes from laziness and greed.
For breakfast I’ll have porridge, an egg or maybe two,
some fruit, of course, and coffee
and that might see me through
‘til somewhere round mid-morning, and maybe then I’ll snack
on a biscuit from Weight-Watchers
and a very small Big Mac.
For lunch I’ll be quite hungry so I’ll need to use control:
I’ll only have some salad
and a small bite of cream roll.
By three o’clock I’m starving on any given day,
and head off up the High Street
to the Eat-Your-Fill Buffet.
But tomorrow I’ll be dieting; I won’t be going there ~
I’ll try that new Patisserie
that’s opened on the Square!
A contest entry
- New Years Unresolution by SomeonesToySoldier.
600 points, ended January 1, 6 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - The Never Ending Rhyme Pre-Writes Allowed Contest by piccola.
700 points, ended February 14, 34 entries
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I love the weight watcher cook books they are really good. Thank you for sharing it was a pleasure to read.
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Well Done!
Just the way I like my steaks.
A perfectly punchy ode to the "paunch" we all try to rid ourselves of. If only. [lol] Thanks for a delicious write.
Write On!
jIM -
is thier any deathly dinkum?
can you tell me how to make it?
right write. and kind words
liked it
you have expressed and penned nicely.
go on
good luck
keep up the good work
by
the poet of hearts and beautiful words
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I absolutely loved this. It cracked me up for two reasons.
1. I need to be dieting, have been walking, ate Whopper Combo for lunch while out shopping today.( it was my treat for eating only two thick slices of meatloaf at dinner last night instead of my usual three.) LOL!
2. It reminded me of a series of books I read about a female bounty hunter and her sidekick who went on an all meat diet.She carried loads of bacon and chops in her purse, having dogs following her around. She cracked me up too.
I rally enjoyed reading your poem. It's good. -
ah dieting, i have been on a million, tomorrow i will start my diet with a whole buffalo, then maybe a dozen eggs for afters, with bread dipped in the yolks, then i will wait for a few minuts to rest my brain then have some weetabix, notmany just thre 48 pack boxes. and ten i will explode
a good poem.
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woah whats goin on just read a poem about gourmet cook fish with lots a butter now dietin poems ...is someone try ta tell me somethin was that beached whale the Kids were referrin to the otha day, me, ..na ..I'm just a bit cuddley and beside eat no food see no food and hear no food ...are a bunch of monkeys ...cheer up ..food is cool ...straving yaself is fer rabbits gr8 poem by the way loved the side dishes Macdonalds is my favorite health food
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This was hilarious. I really enjoyed this. And the rhymes work so well too. This was a great entry.
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WHY?
That new patisserie is lovelier than the old one. Your poem might explain some more thing as sweet as wet chocolate cakes of the USA dessert kitchen!
THNX all the more....
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Great diet!
Sounds like the diet I'm on, see food. When I see food I eat it
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LOL ... I hope you're in our group "Healthy Choices" ... sounds like a write that should be entered there. Cheer everyone up.
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I think as long as you're eating from a good cross section of the four major food groups (Candy, Chips, Cakes and Custards) you should do alright. Dwelling too long in any one category could be detrimental to your health though.
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Nice one.
It's a pity you can't diet on humorous verse, it'd keep you nice and light, and stop you being grumpy; I could live off a diet of this kind of thing and wouldn't give a damn if it made me dumpy, I'd at least be happy!
Loved it, it made me grin like the Cheshire cat.
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I love the humour expressed here. Most dieters may well be just as you describe, I don't know as I've never had to diet beyond the "see food and eat it" variety. Your rhythm, rhyme and flow adds to the enjoyment for those who read aloud. Great poem.
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Once again another change of tribal function. You have no set stream of thought. It changes and the style changes with each new ideal. I am lovin' it. I don't know how I have missed you for so long. Now we have this dieting poem that is so different than the other pieces I have perused. You are the real deal, a poet. So many mouth words and they are the same, you don't play that game. Great piece, I will look at more as time permits. RC
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