BATTLE OF THE BULGE

BATTLE OF THE BULGE
By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron

 When it comes to food,
I long for resistance –
Stuffing to stuff holes
For Psychic subsistence
Endangers physical substance.

I’m forced to keep grub
At a dastardly distance, 
Plus emend my daily existence.

Food and I have a Con-coexistence:
Victuals cause me hunger 
With perpetual persistence –
That ever-gnawing craving 
For fattening ingredients.

Attempting to outdistance 
Tempting incidents,
I exercise with
Herculean consistence …
Pacing work-outs 
With rest-time’s assistance.

Plus I follow a diet
Of mere subsistence –
An intermittent abstinence
Like bare-bones existence. 

To Just say NO
To food’s insistence,
I’ve formed a few
Helpful hints.

For instance:
1- Store only
Resistible supplements.

2- Avoid eating at restaurants
For general sustenance.

3- Buy nourishment
Wth healthful contents …
Stuff that sticks
To my inTENTS,
NOT my fundaments!

I’ve found
Keeping ’round
Non-tempting nutrients
Makes a BULGE difference
In my appearance … 
And life’s experience. 

The perennial struggle
With FAT in my middle
Is an ongoing 
Battle of the Bulge.

Winning the battle
Is my unresolved riddle.
Ever ‘twill be
If I fiddle with food’s
That make me indulge.

But knowing things
Could be worse,
Thank God I deal
With Dio-besies,
Not a worse curse!