Dieter’s Night Before Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all round my hips Were Fannie May candies that sneaked past my lips; Fudge brownies were stored in the freezer with care, In hopes that my thighs would forget they were there While Mama in her girdle and I in chin straps Had just settled down to sugar-borne naps; When out in the pantry there arose such a clatter - I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the kitchen I flew like a flash, Tore open the icebox, then threw up the sash; The marshmallow look of the new-fallen snow Sent thoughts of a binge to my body below; When what to my wandering eyes should appear - A marzipan Santa with eight chocolate reindeer! That huge chunk of candy - so luscious and slick, I knew in a second that I’d wind up sick; The sweet-coated Santa, those sugared reindeer... I closed my eyes tightly but still I could hear “On Pritikin, on Stillman, on weak one, on TOPS” - A Weight Watcher dropout from sugar detox; From the top of the scales to the top of the hall, Now dash away pounds - now dash away all. Dressed up in Lane Bryant from my head to nightdress, My clothes were all bulging from too much excess; My droll little mouth and my round little belly, They shook when I laughed like a bowl full of jelly. I spoke not a word but went straight to my work, Ate all of the candy then turned with a jerk… And laying a finger beside my heartburn - I gave a quick nod toward the bedroom I turned. I eased into bed, to the heavens I cry, If temptation’s removed I’ll get thin by and by… And I mumbled again as I turned for the night, In the morning I’ll starve... ’til I take that first bite! QuotaBills A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands. - Unknown My diet is like Atkins, but with the carbs. - BJ Penn Smoking cures weight problems... eventually. - Steven Wright Tears at times have all the weight of speech. - Ovid My weight is perfect for my height - which varies. - Unknown Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it. - Unknown Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may diet. - Unknown There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. - Gordon B. Hinckley I get really grinchy right up until Christmas morning. - Dan Aykroyd A balanced diet is a Cracker Jack cookie in each hand. - Joe-kster I'm on a whiskey diet. I've lost three days already. - Tommy Cooper The cardiologist's diet: - If it tastes good, spit it out. - Unknown I don't diet, I just don't eat as much as I'd like to. - Linda Evangelista Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother. - George Herbert One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. - Sophocles I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks. - Totie Fields I gotta lose weight, Edith. I hope you remembered my diuretic cottage cheese. - Archie Bunker Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. - Kin Hubbard You can't lose weight by talking about it. You have to keep your mouth shut. - Old Farmer's Almanac The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. - Jonathan Swift Mail your packages early, so the Post Office can lose them in time for Christmas. - Johnny Carson If my Valentine you won't be, I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree. - Ernest Hemingway Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa. - Bart Simpson I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller If 'ifs and buts' were 'candy and nuts', we'd have Christmas every day. - Unknown The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it. - Jackie Gleason I still have my Christmas Tree. I looked at it today. Sure enough, I couldn't see any forests. - Steven Wright No matter how carefully you stored the lights last year, they will be snarled again this Christmas. - Robert Kirby My wife is on a diet. Coconuts and bananas. She hasn't lost any weight, but she can sure climb a tree. - Henny Youngman Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere. - Colin Baker Might make a real good Christmas present for the uninformed. The book is called 'Taking America Back.' - Paul Harvey I love to go to a movie, get a Diet Coke and a barrel of popcorn, and sit there with my kids and watch a film. - William Shatner I gave my young nephew a book for Christmas. He's spent six months looking for where to put the batteries. - Milton Berle I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster. - Joe E. Lewis America is a country where half the money is spent buying food, and the other half is spent trying to lose weight. - Unknown A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. - Garrison Keillor A dark-chocolate truffle melts in my mouth, and I forget about everything else... even the fact that I'm on a diet. - Barbara Brooke The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned now to cook. - Andy Rooney Did you read about Starbucks? No more "Merry Christmas" at Starbucks. No more. Maybe we should boycott Starbucks. - Donald Trump Confidence is beautiful, no matter your size, no matter your weight. 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05-Apr-2020