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A Song for Weight Loss
Most of my friends know about my weight struggles. My yo-yo dieting and my constant journey of losing, gaining and trying to maintain a healthy weight. I’m always trying new things to achieve my goals. I know, I know – it should be simple: Eat less, exercise more and voila. The weight will come off.
But alas, it’s not always so easy. I’ve tried many things. Dieting. Exercise. Nutritionist. Weight Watchers. Support groups. And more.
And then today I was talking the problem over with a group of online friends who form a small support group of women who are challenged in the area of overeating. And that’s when it hit me. Maybe I could write lyrics to a song. So I sat down for a few hours this morning and this is the result.
To the tune of Abie Rotenberg’s “With One Word” (from the Journeys 4 CD).
This, That, Just, and Only
Lyrics By Miriam Hendeles
If only once
I taste the nosh
At this new fleishig joint
I’ll make it work
I’ll count it in
To fit my daily points.
If this one glance
Would end right here
And I could make it stop
The food would not be calling me
The topic i could drop.
If that one lick
Would finally be
The thing that did the trick
If only that would be the end
To all my nibbling shtick.
If just one bite
Would end up as
The stuff that filled my hole
But sadly it will lead to more
It won’t help heal my soul.
Now this one sec
I find out that
The glance, licks and bites
Are there to tempt me,
they’re not real
They’re just a test to fight.
They’re just a test to fight.
So this one hour
I’ll allot
To move beyond the now
To look ahead, to know I can
Resist this, I know how.
And this one day
I ask HaShem
To guide me in my choice
I’ll rise above, I’ll do what’s right
I’ll heed my grownup voice
With this in mind
We help ourselves
Achieve our lofty goals
Of health and weight loss
Love and cheer
In body and our souls.
