Dieting

This year my belly started to grow,
So my goal was lose ten pounds or so,
After no bread or ales,
I then stood on the scales -
There’s only fifteen more pounds to go.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Perrin Avatar
October 23, 2019 at 5:25 AM
Loved this! It made me smile ;-) x
Laurie Avatar
October 30, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Hello Elaine … taking off weight and keeping it off is a challenge. I'm pleased you got a smile with this limerick - Lindsay
De Beaulieu Avatar
September 6, 2019 at 2:24 PM
Hello Lindsay Laurie, GREAT JOB!! Girl! Keep going till you get to place you want to be. Have a nice day my friend.
De Beaulieu Avatar
September 10, 2019 at 1:06 PM
You are so welcome. Have a nice day my friend.
Laurie Avatar
September 7, 2019 at 11:16 PM
Hello Darlene … it's so easy to put on weight, but to take it off is a real battle and a half. Thanks for reading and putting up a comment Darlene - Lindsay
Leffanta Avatar
August 29, 2019 at 2:56 PM
Food lovers need only to enlist in the military to lose weight! Aloha! Rico
Laurie Avatar
August 29, 2019 at 6:09 PM
G'day Rico … because of the exercise or because of the food? I believe it used to be both. Not sure now - thanks Rico - Lindsay
Babcock Avatar
August 26, 2019 at 11:33 AM
That is what I am trying to do but darn it is hard to lose those pounds. Found out need a knee replacement so been freaking out. love phyl.
Laurie Avatar
August 29, 2019 at 8:31 PM
Hello Phyllis … oh dear, a knee replacement. I can understand you not enjoying the thought of it. The older we get, the harder it appears to keep that weight off - thank you Phyllis - Lindsay
Romios Avatar
August 23, 2019 at 10:34 AM
Eating well is the best way to lose weight. Dieting when addicted to some foods is difficult. I am encouraged to gain weight? I am not thin. I went from a 16 to a 7' decades ago. You can do it, too Panagiota
Laurie Avatar
August 24, 2019 at 6:38 PM
G'day Panagiota … Thankfully, personally I don't have a weight problem. I don't frequent fast food outlets or drink sugary drinks either so surely that helps. I enjoy veggies, fruit, and nuts - thank you Panagiota - Lindsay
Canerdy Avatar
August 22, 2019 at 7:37 AM
Good one, Lindsay! Reminds me I NEED to go on a diet! Janice
Laurie Avatar
August 24, 2019 at 6:34 PM
G'day Janice - I hope you have better luck than this limerick's tale - Lindsay
Kinch  Avatar
August 21, 2019 at 2:00 AM
Ha ha ha I've been doing well on my diet but since I've broken my wrist I think I've put on what I lost. I'll have to start again once I've got rid of the cast and can get out exercising again!
Laurie Avatar
August 24, 2019 at 6:32 PM
Thank you Elizabeth for reading and putting up a comment - dieting can be a very frustrating thing with what's on offer these days - Lindsay
Proxenos Avatar
August 17, 2019 at 6:30 AM
Great Lindsey, well done hubby is also on a diet - has 20 kilos to lose - has lost eight - I have been the same weight (plus 4 kilos) since I left school, many moons ago! Good luck with losing the balance, Hugs, Jennifer.
Laurie Avatar
August 19, 2019 at 8:55 PM
Hello Jennifer … I'm like you; I never seem to put weigh on, but many who need to lose weight find it much harder than putting it on - catch you Jennifer - Lindsay
Onclaud Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 4:04 PM
what an achievement, lindsay... a fun read which i can use for breaking those calories... huggs
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:40 PM
Hello nette … you have to have will power nette, and that doesn't mean when you see McDonalds you say I will eat that - good luck nette - Lindsay
Messina Avatar
August 13, 2019 at 6:57 AM
G'day Lindsay, why is it that as we age it is so easy to put on a few extra pounds and so hard to lose them (lol) Love this! Charlie
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:35 PM
G'day Charles … perhaps as we get older Charles we need more comfort food and we lose the desire to take away the result of it - thanks Charles - Lindsay
Foster Avatar
August 12, 2019 at 7:43 PM
this was great... I get it first hand also... Excellent. Ann
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:31 PM
Hello Ann … what took weeks to put on takes months to take off. Thank you Ann - Lindsay
Sergi Avatar
August 10, 2019 at 2:57 PM
Very Good, Lindsay! Diets have a need. They are the resolutions you forget every year!
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:28 PM
G'day Ralph … a resolution is mostly dream made harder by the variety of delicious food enticing us nearly everywhere we go - thank you Ralph - Lindsay
Delaney Avatar
August 9, 2019 at 7:41 PM
That’s hilarious ,Lindsay: You are a born comedian. I’ll have to share this with my diet group. Lol SuZ
Laurie Avatar
August 19, 2019 at 8:51 PM
Hello Suzanne … dunno about a comedian, but like of us I like to enjoy a laugh. I hope your diet group enjoyed it - Lindsay
Romios Avatar
August 8, 2019 at 8:36 PM
A good belly laugh on this one. Panagiota
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:25 PM
G'day Panagiota … and how much weight did you lose with a belly laugh? Catch you soon Panagiota - Lindsay
Dietrich Avatar
August 8, 2019 at 7:43 PM
this is VERY good , by the way.
Dietrich Avatar
August 8, 2019 at 7:43 PM
haha.What the heck did you do wrong?
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:23 PM
Hello Andrea … but McDonalds advertised as being low on calories. Obviously not low enough - thanks Andrea - Lindsay
Cunningham Avatar
August 8, 2019 at 3:08 AM
Why is all the nice food so full of calories, who wants to chomp on lettuce leaves and carrots, that's bunny food lol
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:20 PM
G'day Tom … you're dead right Mate. Food producing companies have dupes us into hanging out for salt, sugar, and fat without something to go with them. Lettuce can be okay for a side salad but not too much - thanks Tom - Lindsay
Marcum Wong Avatar
August 7, 2019 at 10:43 PM
I loved this Lindsay! I had to laugh. How many of us feel this way? Millions I would say! Very good! xxoo
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:15 PM
Hello Connie … the modern lifestyle doesn't allow for the time needed for not only health food but exercise as well. Thank you Connie - Lindsay
Wolf Avatar
August 7, 2019 at 9:46 PM
Lindsay, this is a CLASSIC!! It's going right into my FAVEs. Laughing all the way there... Best always, Gershon
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:09 PM
Thank you once again Gershon. I think there might have been some Kentucky fried chicken involved that wasn't admitted to - Lindsay
Hinshaw Avatar
August 7, 2019 at 7:19 PM
Hang in there Lindsay - they say the last l5 are the hardest to lose. Great lim! - Bob
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:04 PM
G'day Bob … and then it becomes 20 and so on, but why get stressed out - thanks Mate - Lindsay
Allison Avatar
August 7, 2019 at 6:40 PM
made me smile Lindsay!:-) hugs jan xx
Laurie Avatar
August 14, 2019 at 11:00 PM
G'day Jan … not into diets myself. Reminds me of a starvation plan - thank you Jan - Lindsay
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