New Dress, Two Sizes Too Small
Once I hone my figure, this will fit me like a glove.
Not one curve will be awry. I’ll be in shape for love.
I’ll put myself in training and walk a mile a day.
I’ll pack up all my cake pans and stow them all away.
I’ll give up chips and chocolate and concentrate on kale,
and after just a month or two, be skinny as a rail.
I have such fine convictions. I know I’ll reach my goal,
and to celebrate, I think I’ll have another roll!
Prompt words are awry, hone, train, figure and glove. Dress image by Sharon McCutcheon. Cinnamon roll image by Dilyara Garifullina, both on Unsplash.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
That’s me!
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Guys do exactly the same thing.
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We’re not as different as we think.
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What a great poem about the desire to lose a little weight and fit into a dress! I’ve just taken back to the treadmill myself. The problem is writing exercises the brain the rest of the body just seems to get bigger and bigger!
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I gained 5 lbs while in the states..Gotta work on that pronto.
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The States is no place for dieting is it lol
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Right. And staying with someone else it’s hard to stick to your own eating plan.
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Agreed, I’m glad I’m the chef. I get to ensure the diet is as healthy as it can be.
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HA~! I was just thinking this morning that if I had a BIGGER butt like some folks have and a smaller GUT, then my pants would not fall down as often, and I would not need suspenders or a very tight belt….to each their own~!
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haha! Ok, tomorrow. We start tomorrow…
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It’s a deal.
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Cute poem that made me smile. But I think this line: “I’ll be in shape for love” tells us there’s a deeper message here.
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And what is that message, Michael? Sometimes there are messages even I don’t see.
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The message I got was that we should go ahead and eat what we want (being mindful of our health or course) and not allowing our waistline or appearance be a roadblock to thoughts of our being ‘lovable’, or of finding love. Being ‘in shape for love’ is just being human and being kind.
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Also that we progress and fall back, progress and fall back. I just had a donut, for example, and it didn’t taste 1/10th as good as I thought it would.
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Oh but to again fit into our beautiful clothes of years ago.
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Ah yes. I still have my wedding dress. I have no idea whether i’d fit in it but guess not.
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Hahaha I have been trying to fit into a dress for 7 years. Don’t know if I should just throw it away at this point!
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When I began my interim fast a year ago, I had a pair of two or three sizes too-small capris that I hung in my bathroom on the towel rack and tried to try on every few days. At first I couldn’t even pull them up unzipped, but pound by pound I could pull them up farther and after four months I could pull them up without unzipping them. Coincidentally, I’m wearing them now. Don’t throw your dress away. Just hang it somewhere prominent where you can see it every day and use it as a goal and as you lose weight, try it on now and then.
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That’s a wonderful idea thank you. I didn’t think of that. I had better take it out my wardrobe and put it somewhere visible 🙂
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And try it on frequently. It’s an immediate reward once you can even barely get into it.
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Good fun
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Sounds only too familiar…
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Maybe I will take your idea..stop eating too much .Ha!
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Good luck..
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