Saturday, August 29, 2020

how to lose weight

i've tried every diet under the sun
in an attempt
to lose a few pounds.

no meat,
only meat.

no sugar, no processed foods.
nothing out of a bag
or box.

fish and vegetables.
no bread.

a lot of  bread.
the paleo diet,

the Mediterranean diet.
the liquid diet.

the solid food diet.
i was on Jenny Craig
more times than

Mr. Craig.

the Atkins diet.  i joined
the metrical for lunch bunch.

i did yoga, i ran, i walked.
i drank water
until it was coming out of
my ears.

i lifted weights. i rowed, 
i bought a treadmill.

i joined fitness centers.
i ate tofu
and drank soy milk.

nothing worked for every long.

the only thing that seemed to work
was to stop eating.

and the only way to achieve
that was to go through
a horrific relationship breakup.

so that's my plan. fall in love.
break up.

poof goes ten or twenty pounds.




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