Diets

Can you imagine my surprise 
When I woke up with thunder thighs

I looked in my mirror and
It gave me back a knowing grin

Hard and heavy the diet days
And all of my sweet tooth chocolate craves

Knowing what's  in front of me
Makes this fat boy wanna scream

So I check out the internet
To find the perfect diet yet

        Lets see......

Urine injections from a pregnant babe
That seems to be the latest craze

How about this bubble wrap
I just might be down with that

Who is there to really say
Which pill and how many I should take

One that sympathizes with the way I feel
While feeding me pint size starvation meals

Here's one guaranteed to clean my clock
While the next ten days I'm on the toilet docked

This is funny...try and eat more sensibly
That's like a foreign language to me

Get your daily exercise
Obviously written by some wise guy

Goes to prove just what I've heard
On the internet don't believe every word

How about the Himalayan soft cheese wrap
The secrets in the cheese to squeeze off the fat

Or I could go the Hollywood way
Have it sucked out and back to eating in one day

There are so many options here
It's hard to know which way to steer

As my options all expand
Think I'll just go buy elastic waist band pants

And learn to enjoy in my own eyes
The fact that I have thunder thighs
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Turner Avatar
August 3, 2016 at 10:45 AM
I'm getting a little fluffy in my old age but it's because I can no longer be active. I still eat the same things I have always eaten. But hell, I'm single, who cares? I'll bet I can still bench 250. Love the humor Mike. Just keep writing, please?
Hoffman Avatar
August 3, 2016 at 8:41 AM
Lol, this poem is a riot Mike! I personally don't suffer from "thunder thighs" but am getting batwings so have to do more arm curls!:)
Hauser  Avatar
August 3, 2016 at 8:50 AM
I'm not overweight myself but still tonk I could lose about 10 lbs...it's all in the mind!
Allison Avatar
August 3, 2016 at 7:54 AM
Reading this makes me so glad I'm quite petite and have never been on a diet in my life lol:-) hugs Jan xx
Hauser  Avatar
August 3, 2016 at 8:24 AM
Here in America we ALL think we're fat! Hollywood has ruined us! Lol!
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