The Week After Christmas
 

'Twas the week 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 marvelous 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!

The lady in charge of the Weight Watcher meeting read this last night. Everyone got a real kick out of it.

My Aunt has already lost 3 pounds on WW! I've been home with Gracie Leigh so I'll have to start next week.

It's fun, isn't it?

That's cute, Judy!! Only one problem.....We're still celebrating Christmas!!! My family is suppose to be here a noon today! I'm so tired of cleaning and being ready for another party that I could scream!! I just keep telling myself.....This is the last one!!!!! This is the last one!!!!

That was cute..... i feel your pain... i remember back in March, i lost 47 lbs in a month and a half...

Did you post somewhere else about how the party went? If not...you know nosey me....how the party go?:)

Haley -

How did you lose that much in such a short time?

For one i had my baby but that was like only 10lbs, i wish i had a 40 lbs kid:D
It's called shocking your system...
For two months all i ate was:

Breakfast 1-cup of Cherrio's with skim milk
Lunch 1- hot dog, no bun nothing !
Dinner - steamed Veggies and 1/2 chicken breast.
black coffee
tons of water..

It wasn't to good of a diet, but it worked, i cut out all whites, and mostly all other foods.. i'm still doing my WW but i only do 16 points a day, my weight is a steady 112 lbs.

Oh my...I think the last time I was 112 was in 7th grade...

I was 123lbs when i got pregnant, i'm very active now, with a full time job and a 10 month old, i just watch everything i eat and i chew, chew my food.. i don't get a chance to sit down a have a meal, can't even remember the last time i did that, i usually don't eat breakfast or lunch, and dinner is sometimes 8:00 at night and is usually a WW frozen dinner or a lean cuisine. i hate all fast foods, can't stomach them and that's whats all around me where i live, sorry but i wouldn't even feed my dog that stuff, the guys buy fast food stuff were i work and i can't even watch them eat it... sometimes i'll get a slice of plain pizza for lunch or some soup but that's about it... not to much of an eater i guess...

That's not such a bad diet - I've seen much less healthy ones. If you threw in some
fruit, and substituted the hot dog for a healthy protein, you'd be eating a fairly healthy diet.

I still haven't gotten myself to WW. I may not be ready. My lowest points was 18/day at the end when I got tired of trying to reach my goal. Maybe I'll go over Friday.

The hot dogs were Hebrew hot dogs all natural, the reason i kept the fruit out of the diet when i started i didn't want any sugar.. i do eat fuit now... but very little, i try and stock up on veggies & chicken.. but there are only so many ways you can cook chicken... getting sick of eating it... :(