:Black November
When I was a young turkey, new to the coop,
My big brother Mike took me out on the stoop,
Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow,
And he told me there was something that I had to know;
His look and his tone I will always remember,
When he told me of the horrors of..... Black November;
"Come about August, now listen to me,
Each day you'll get six meals instead of just three,
"And soon you'll be thick, where once you were thin,
And you'll grow a big rubbery thing under your chin;
"And then one morning, when you're warm in your bed,
In'll burst the farmer's wife, and hack off your head;
"Then she'll pluck out all your feathers so you're bald 'n pink,
And scoop out all your insides and leave ya lyin' in the sink;
"And then comes the worst part!" he said not bluffing,
"She'll spread your cheeks and pack your rear with stuffing".
Well, the rest of his words were too grim to repeat,
I sat on the stoop like a winged piece of meat,
And decided on the spot that to avoid being cooked,
I'd have to lay low and remain overlooked;
I began a new diet of nuts and granola,
High-roughage salads, juice and diet cola;
And as they ate pastries, chocolates and crepes,
I stayed in my room doing Jane Fonda tapes;
I maintained my weight of two pounds and a half,
And tried not to notice when the bigger birds laughed;
But 'twas I who was laughing, under my breath,
As they chomped and they chewed, ever closer to death;
And sure enough when Black November rolled around,
I was the last turkey left in the entire compound;
So now I'm a pet in the farmer's wife's lap;
I haven't a worry! , so I eat and I nap;
She held me today, while sewing and humming,
And smiled at me and said: "Christmas is coming..."
. I know there are people out there who can keep a package of cookies in the house for weeks and have just one or two a day (my dad is one of those people).
Other wise I'll be gaining and losing the same 5-10 lbs. for the rest of my life and that's just not healthy.
. I read some of your post in the last few weeks and it seems like maybe you are just feeling a little down right now (DH and dog walking laws). You can shake this thing. I know it's hard but you have to give yourself a little attitude adjustment every now and then. I know I do 
. Try to think of things in a different way. Sometimes we forget about our fortunes (or blessings). It helps me sometimes to not think about what I don't have (or am not happy about) and try to think about what I do have (and am happy about). I think you'll find that we all have more blessings than we realize 
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from salads before I figured out what ingredient was causing this 
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(raw onion and cookie free)
. Bad idea. Now the egg mcmuffin and a lowfat milk aren't too bad calorie wise but this always sets me up for a bad day, foodwise. I don't even want to say what I had for lunch 
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. Low cal dinner for me tonight.