Andrea Dietrich Poet Ode

Regarding My Calories Aka Crap

How faithfully my calories I count.
Believe me, I have counted them
since age fifteen. Oh, the amount
of food for decades I had!
But after each new decade - CRAP!
Metabolism slows down. Things get bad.
I recalculate calories or exercise more.
Otherwise, I fatten. THAT I deplore!

Oct. 6, 2020 
For John Lawless' The Crap Shoot #2 Poetry Contest

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John Watt October 19, 2020 at 8:26 PM Happy to see this as a winner. So many of us can relate.

Sam Kauffman October 16, 2020 at 3:29 PM Right with you standing at that infernal scale Andrea! Oh the delicious treats I have passed up and missed. Sigh. But I do "deplore" the alternative! Congratulations on your win. Really fun! Hope you are recovering from you fall. Let me know how you are doing. Sending prayers for healing.

Linda Alice Fowler October 16, 2020 at 5:58 AM Ha! Cute Andrea. Congratulations on the win! Linda

Victor Buhagiar October 6, 2020 at 11:10 PM Try the Keto diet. I never diet. I prefer to die fat. ~~ Andrea Dietrich October 7, 2020 at 10:54 AM I have to have variety, Victor. Keto is actually good for preventing cancer though. I think it's similar to Atkins which I did for a few years. But Atkins only "maintained" me at a certain weight and I never dropped to a really slim size even eating mostly protein. I just was not meant to be a super slim girl. Unless I want to be starving all the time.

John Watt October 6, 2020 at 4:49 PM Andrea, you really put the DIET in Dietrich! My COVID year has been a year of growth, if you know what I mean. Great write, I hope it's a winner ~ John Andrea Dietrich October 7, 2020 at 10:56 AM haha, a year of growth. I think I put on three pounds. Not horrible, but still it's disconcerting to me. My metabolism must be changing as I have not been eating any differently from before

Silent One October 6, 2020 at 2:44 PM Very important for health and for managing weight.. nice write for this contest Andrea Dietrich October 6, 2020 at 3:08 PM only thing that has worked for me over the years. But you have to add in every little thing or soon you are in fat zone!

Vijay Pandit October 6, 2020 at 2:37 PM Endless struggle for many--well said, Andrea.

Jack Horne October 6, 2020 at 12:22 PM a heartfelt one here, I know, my friend - although you really don't look overweight at all Andrea Dietrich October 6, 2020 at 3:09 PM yeah, not really overweight but not that really nice slim build I wish I had!