Fun While Dieting?

Half the Fun?

“Getting there

is half the fun!”

Not if you’re

on a diet…

The Celebration

I finally made it

I lost ten pounds

I look terrific

my clothes fit well

even a little too loosely

I have new cheekbones

a smaller waist

can tuck my shirt in

instead of needing a loose blouse

to hide my big hips

How shall I celebrate?

With a triple scoop of ice cream?

a large slice of New York cheesecake?

a big piece of lemon meringue pie?

a huge portion of chocolate mousse?

a whole box of candy?

Oh, well!

I guess I’ll have some low-fat cottage cheese

on a small piece of salt-free melba toast!

Published Books of Poetry by Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D.

Thoughts for My Weight Management Club

Wrong Century
by Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D.

If I lived in the time of
Rembrandt or Rubens or Renoir
when women had full breasts,
large buttocks and big thighs
where dimples and folds,
were considered beautiful
if I were living then
I would be much too thin

But I live in the time of
Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue magazine
and so I’m too fat


Calorie Saver
by Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D.

I’m so glad that cake was tasteless
that the filling was like glue
that the icing looked like toothpaste
I’m so glad

I’m relieved dessert was awful
that the ice cream was too sweet
that the cookies were like cardboard

I didn’t eat