Losing weight does not have to be boring and neither does reading about it!  That’s one of the reasons I like to write weight-loss poetry. It’s great to take a subject that has traditionally been written about in a rather drab, dry way and insert some entertainment into it!

This picture was taken prior to the start of my weight-loss program. As you can see, I spent way too much time on the couch! I weighed about 281 pounds at that time.
This picture was taken prior to the start of my weight-loss program. As you can see, I spent way too much time on the couch! I weighed about 281 pounds at that time.

In my upcoming weight-loss book, No Salads Required! How I Lost 159 Pounds without Salads, Celery, Sit-Ups or Surgery and How You Can Too! I have included seventeen poems just for the fun of it! I put in some humor too!  Of course, I also have included a step by step explanation of my weight-loss program, suggested meals, and all sorts of practical advice on how to reach your weight-loss goals.  I really worked hard to make the book so much fun to read that people will enjoy it whether they need to lose weight or not!

The book will be available from Amazon.com and other stores in late summer or early fall of 2015, but in the meantime I have decided to occasionally include some special weight-loss poems in my blog that my readers will only get to see here, and today is one of those days! In light of my mission to make fitness much more fun I have written a poem on that very topic just for you. Here it is:

Fitness Can Be Fun

There really used to be a time

When I could not believe

That fitness could be any fun

It looked like pain to me!

But, one day I discovered

An exercise I liked.

I took up fitness walking

And it changed my life!

For one thing it was easy

Just one step, then another

It’s a great way to start shrinking,

As I soon discovered.

I just did it every day

Mile after mile

And the more the weight came off

The more it made me smile!

Then, just for variety

I started lifting weights.

That helped tone some muscles

And I thought that was great.

Then one day I decided

To explore somewhere new,

So Mom and I burned calories,

Walking all around the zoo.

Now I also have a treadmill

And a fitness bike I use

While listening to music

So I can stay amused.

I think the secret to getting fit each day

Is to pick exercise you like,

So it feels more like play.

It’s also nice to have someone

To work out with you.

It’s great for your body

And for your friendship too!