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Twas the month after Christmas…

(33 Posts)
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…

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!

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

Rosie 👍

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

Absolutely brilliant! And so very true!

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

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

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

Love it Rosie.

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

Have you been listening in on my conversations…! 😂

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)