Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.

The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste.
All the holiday parties had gone to my waiste.

When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).

I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,

The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, plelase."

As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
And prepared once again to do battle with the dirt....

I said to myself, as I only can
"You can't spend a winter disquised 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
Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won't have a cookie...not even a lick.
I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.

I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie
I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I'm hungry, Ionesome, and life is a bore...
But isn't that what January is for?

Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!