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Twas the month after Christmas…

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RosiesMawagain Tue 06-Jan-26 17:04:00

I'm sure plenty can relate to this at the moment!! Not just me.... 🙈😂

Was the month after Christmas and all through the house, nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The stuffing I'd nibbled, the turkey I'd taste, the yummies I'd eaten gone straight to my waist. The wine and the mince pies, the bread and the cheese..... I should have just said, "no thank you, please." ... So as I dressed myself in my husbands old shirt, I couldn't believe my bottom and belly - the gi......rth! I said to myself, as only I can, "you can't spend the year disguised as a man!" So away with the last of the sour-cream dip, get rid of the fruitcake, every cracker and chip. Every last bit of food that I like must be banished 'til all the additional ounces have vanished. I won't have a cookie, not even a lick, instead I'll chew on a long celery stick. I won't have Irish coffees, or chocolates, or pie..... I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry: "I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore - but isn't that what January's for?" Unable to giggle, no longer a riot, Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!

For those who are affected by this poem, you can ring the special diet helpline on the following number: 808080028 (Ate Nothing, Ate Nothing, Ate Nothing, Nothing to Ate)

Grannybags Tue 06-Jan-26 17:06:59

Have you been listening in on my conversations…! 😂

Magenta8 Tue 06-Jan-26 17:11:02

Love it Rosie.

AGAA4 Tue 06-Jan-26 17:13:59

Made me laugh but so true! January can be so unforgiving

skunkhair63 Tue 06-Jan-26 17:22:58

Absolutely brilliant! And so very true!

crazyH Tue 06-Jan-26 17:35:40

Rosie 👍

Allira Tue 06-Jan-26 17:36:59

😂

So much to eat up and I can't bear waste.

808080028 - I've made a note!

GrannyGravy13 Tue 06-Jan-26 17:43:24

I was determined to do dry January as usual.

Have decided on damp January far too depressing to go without chocolate, cake, biscuits and wine…

Scribbles Tue 06-Jan-26 17:59:50

🤣🤣🤣

SueDonim Tue 06-Jan-26 19:11:20

You’ve caught me with a packet of Hula Hoops in one hand and a can of Irn Bru (FF!) in the other, RosiesMaw. blush blush

pably15 Tue 06-Jan-26 19:15:41

oh That's brilliant, we all have good intentions, we just can't see those nibbles go to waste...or go to WAIST...

Millie22 Tue 06-Jan-26 19:17:27

I bought some cream cakes today and I'm not bothered.

We need treats in January! 🍰

Cossy Tue 06-Jan-26 19:29:26

Very funny and awfully clever and me!

Aely Tue 06-Jan-26 20:30:23

Cracking a smile and having a giggle. Excellent!

Bukkie Tue 06-Jan-26 20:34:37

Brilliant!

foxie48 Tue 06-Jan-26 21:09:34

Love it! thanks for posting!

Romola Tue 06-Jan-26 23:30:16

Just adding my voice to the chorus of laughter. Thank you Rosie, lucky us on GNet to have you.

Wyllow3 Tue 06-Jan-26 23:59:25

☺️

kittylester Wed 07-Jan-26 02:00:56

Fabulous, Maw wine

Aveline Wed 07-Jan-26 07:41:22

Excellent. I'll definitely stick to a diet but, unfortunately, a packet of Florentines fell into my basket at Marks yesterday. It would be wasteful not to eat them...

TillyTrotter Wed 07-Jan-26 08:00:17

Your poem is so funny Maw and will be my Mantra for January 😊
I’ll be scrambling for celery and carrots and rushing past the biscuit and cake aisles.

AuntieE Wed 07-Jan-26 14:02:45

Allow me to recommend shovelling snow off your pavement thrice daily, as an aid to losing weight.

leeds22 Wed 07-Jan-26 14:21:38

Still got the Christmas cake to eat up - can't let DH have it all.

knspol Wed 07-Jan-26 14:54:06

Just read this while eating a huge slice of Christmas cake and drinking a milky coffee. Oh dear, never mind!

Foxyferret Wed 07-Jan-26 15:44:15

Resolutions should start on 1st February as we all have goodies left over in January.