Diet is a four-letter word

Four letter word!
Four letter word!
Four letter word!
Gotcha to wondering, eh? Its diet and a word most people don’t mind, they just mind doing it.
Dropped 13 pounds by not eating a lot but think a bunch of it found its way back since the kids have been here. Sure did feel good to get in a pair of britches that I’ve not been able to get in for a while; even the pleats came back.
Tis most difficult to do lunch without having something fried or excessively fattening especially if you eat out every day like yours truly.
Oh, salads are great but not worth a flip unless they have several dollops of blue cheese (Marie’s™) over the top.
Special K™ has sure been a life saver as it is eaten twice on some days and not a lot of it at that (with 2% milk).
Not made a midnight raid to the freezer for Blue Bell™ since, but have rediscovered the chocolate bar Crunch™ and Chunky™ if you remember it; I love chocolate.

Soup helps a lot and the cup tortilla soup and salad from El Toro has been eaten sometimes three times a week. Fortunately the one on Bayway does not have blue cheese so just the soup will do.
Bottle water sure helps and it helps with the exercise of numerous trips to the head.
Aquafina™ bottle water has been the drink of choice even if it comes out of the tap.
They say it is purified using their state of the art HydRO-7™ system. Reckon that is a big word for hose pipe?
While talking to the granddaughters from Pennsylvania (soon to be 11 and 13), told them that foods from white all go to the rear end. Foods like rice, bread, potato, pasta and anything made with flour. You wouldn’t believe the look I received.
Anyway, if you want to lose weight, don’t eat so much and watch what you eat not merely looking at it when you stick the fork in it. Cutting back helps as well as laying off the fried foods and out of places like Dairy Queen™ and Fuddruckers™.
Another thing, if it tastes good, spit it out.
Bon Appetite!
Charlie A. Farrar is author of many columns of homespun Georgia thoughts, that have appeared in local newspapers. He has published a book with some of the best, “Two Cents Worth.” To purchase a copy, send $12.95 to NEWSpaper, PO Box 405, Highlands, TX 77562.