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.

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Elaine Perrin

Date: 10/23/2019 5:25:00 AM

Loved this! It made me smile ;-) x

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 10/30/2019 12:00:00 AM

Hello Elaine … taking off weight and keeping it off is a challenge. I'm pleased you got a smile with this limerick - Lindsay

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 9/6/2019 2:24:00 PM

Hello Lindsay Laurie, GREAT JOB!! Girl! Keep going till you get to place you want to be. Have a nice day my friend.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 9/10/2019 1:06:00 PM

You are so welcome. Have a nice day my friend.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 9/7/2019 11:16:00 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

Rico Leffanta

Date: 8/29/2019 2:56:00 PM

Food lovers need only to enlist in the military to lose weight! Aloha! Rico

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/29/2019 6:09:00 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

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 8/26/2019 11:33:00 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.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/29/2019 8:31:00 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

Panagiota Romios

Date: 8/23/2019 10:34:00 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

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/24/2019 6:38:00 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

Janice Canerdy

Date: 8/22/2019 7:37:00 AM

Good one, Lindsay! Reminds me I NEED to go on a diet! Janice

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/24/2019 6:34:00 PM

G'day Janice - I hope you have better luck than this limerick's tale - Lindsay

Elizabeth Kinch

Date: 8/21/2019 2:00:00 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!

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/24/2019 6:32:00 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

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 8/17/2019 6:30:00 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.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2019 8:55:00 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

Nette Onclaud

Date: 8/14/2019 4:04:00 PM

what an achievement, lindsay... a fun read which i can use for breaking those calories... huggs

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:40:00 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

Charles Messina

Date: 8/13/2019 6:57:00 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

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:35:00 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

Ann Foster

Date: 8/12/2019 7:43:00 PM

this was great... I get it first hand also... Excellent. Ann

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:31:00 PM

Hello Ann … what took weeks to put on takes months to take off. Thank you Ann - Lindsay

Ralph Sergi

Date: 8/10/2019 2:57:00 PM

Very Good, Lindsay! Diets have a need. They are the resolutions you forget every year!

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:28:00 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

Suzanne Delaney

Date: 8/9/2019 7:41:00 PM

That’s hilarious ,Lindsay: You are a born comedian. I’ll have to share this with my diet group. Lol SuZ

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2019 8:51:00 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

Panagiota Romios

Date: 8/8/2019 8:36:00 PM

A good belly laugh on this one. Panagiota

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:25:00 PM

G'day Panagiota … and how much weight did you lose with a belly laugh? Catch you soon Panagiota - Lindsay

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/8/2019 7:43:00 PM

haha.What the heck did you do wrong?

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:23:00 PM

Hello Andrea … but McDonalds advertised as being low on calories. Obviously not low enough - thanks Andrea - Lindsay

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/8/2019 7:43:00 PM

this is VERY good , by the way.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/8/2019 3:08:00 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

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:20:00 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

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/7/2019 10:43:00 PM

I loved this Lindsay! I had to laugh. How many of us feel this way? Millions I would say! Very good! xxoo

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:15:00 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

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/7/2019 9:46:00 PM

Lindsay, this is a CLASSIC!! It's going right into my FAVEs. Laughing all the way there... Best always, Gershon

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:09:00 PM

Thank you once again Gershon. I think there might have been some Kentucky fried chicken involved that wasn't admitted to - Lindsay

Robert L. Hinshaw

Date: 8/7/2019 7:19:00 PM

Hang in there Lindsay - they say the last l5 are the hardest to lose. Great lim! - Bob

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:04:00 PM

G'day Bob … and then it becomes 20 and so on, but why get stressed out - thanks Mate - Lindsay

Jan Allison

Date: 8/7/2019 6:40:00 PM

made me smile Lindsay!:-) hugs jan xx

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/14/2019 11:00:00 PM

G'day Jan … not into diets myself. Reminds me of a starvation plan - thank you Jan - Lindsay