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    • My Threapist Said
  • ANGER
    • Anger
    • Sailing Lullaby
  • CHRONIC PAIN: Coping with
    • From This Perspective
    • Stillness, Stay
  • CLUTTER
    • The Art of Throwing Away
    • The Irony of Abundance
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    • Compassion
    • With Every Compassionate Tear
  • CONFLICT & RESOLUTION
    • •Two Creatures
    • When
  • COURAGE
    • The First Word on Courage
  • CREATIVITY
    • Artist's Plea to the People
    • A Story of a Gifted Child
  • DARKNESS
    • And the Darkness Spoke...
  • DEATH & MEMORIALS
    • Death Never Comes...
    • I Left for a While
    • A New Sun
    • A True Genteman
    • You Left So Soon
  • DEPRESSION
    • Deeply Pressed
      • Translation in Slovenian
  • DOUBT
    • Doubt
    • Only One Thing
  • EMOTIONS
    • The Guest House
    • Who's Fault Is it, Really?
  • EMPOWERMENT
    • No Longer Room for Stones
      • Translation in Spanish
  • ENCOURAGEMENT
    • You Can
  • ENVY
    • Envy
    • Lady Lila
  • FEAR & ANXIETY
    • Fear
    • I Had to Kill IT
    • An SOS
  • FITNESS & WELL-BEING
    • First I Must Wait
  • GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION
    • For My Beautiful Teacher
    • How Can I Thank Thee
    • Thank God for Friends
    • Thank You My Baby
    • You Helped Me Rise
  • GRIEF: Comforting Grief
    • Comfort
    • Today I Allowed Myself to Cry
  • GROWING OLDER & AGING
    • Relinquishment
    • The Value of Silver
  • GROWTH & SELF-DICOVERY
    • For the First Time
    • A Half of Me
  • GUILT
    • Bad Thought, Bad Thought
    • There's a Bug in My Bed
    • A Woman with a Basket
  • HEARTBREAK & LONGING
    • Gazed Into the Depth
    • I Miss You God
  • HOPE
    • Hope
    • Hopes Up High
    • Only From Here
  • HUMOR: Funny Poems
    • Ahead of Fashion
    • I Ate Too Many of These
    • Unfair War
  • INSPIRATION
    • Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee
    • Will You As Well Forsake Me
  • INTUITION
    • Almighty Gut Feeling
    • The Journey
  • JOY
    • About the Joy
    • Prince of Joy
  • LIFE
    • I Choose Passion & Life
    • The Essence of Life
    • Our Life Is a Wheel
  • LOVE
    • Dust
    • The Good-Morrow
    • In the Arms of a Lover
    • Linger
    • Love
    • On a Meadow We Kissed
    • What Love IS NOT
  • LOVING YOURSELF
    • I Added One More Person
    • I Can Love Myself, But...
  • PASSION & PURPOSE
    • Painting My Own Wings
    • Passion
  • PERFECTIONISM
    • Overthinking
  • PROACTIVITY
    • In My Desire for Satisfaction
    • From a Nation of Accusers to...
    • Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda
  • PROCRASTINATION
    • I Have an Enemy
    • Procrastination & Depression
  • PTSD
    • Frozen
    • Suddenly It's Then
  • REGRET
    • Regret (O.W.B.)
    • Regret (S.R.)
    • Sending Wounds to Angels
  • SADNESS & SORROW
    • In the Sadness of my Soul
    • Sadness
    • The Uses of Sorrow
  • SELF-ESTEEM & SELF-WORTH
    • Know Your Value
    • Oh, No! Said Big O.
    • The Only Way to Be Strong
    • Phenomenal Woman
    • A Wish
  • SELF-MASTERY
    • How Did I Learn
  • SHAME: Healing & Resilience
    • Hidden Tears
    • Love After Love
  • SPIRITUAL POEMS
    • From the Playgrounds of My Soul
    • 'TORN' to Serve
  • STAGNATION & STILLNESS
    • To Lose a Day
  • TIME
    • The Fairest Man I Know
    • Tomorrow
  • TOXIC PEOPLE & RELATIONSHIPS
    • The Blamer
    • He Takes My Life Away, And I...
    • Testimony of The Deceptive Lady Driver
  • TRAUMA BONDING & STOCHOLM SYNDROME
    • Breaking the Discrimination Decree
    • Stockholm Syndrome
  • TRUST
    • In Search of Trust
  • VULNERABILITY & CONNECTION
    • A Second Half of the Question
    • Tabula Rasa—A Clean Slate
  • THE HEALING POWER OF POETRY
  • CONTACT & SUBMITTING POEMS
  • BOOKS
    • A Thin Book of 'Fat' Poems
    • Two Creatures
  • HOME
  • ALL CHAPTERS A-Z
  • ALL POEMS A-Z
  • IN POLISH (Wiersze w j. polskim)
    • Idź Spać Mówi Głos Rozsądku
    • Komar
    • Odeszłaś Tak Szybko
    • Wpatrzona w Głębię
    • Wysyłam Troski Aniołom
    • Z Sercem Pełnym Wdzięczności
  • ABUSE: Healing from
    • As My Vision Keeps Improving
    • Death of a Lover
    • I Saw a Silhouette of a Girl
    • Invisible Me
    • Moving Forward
    • Our Life Once Lived
  • ACCEPTANCE
    • If Perfect I Could Be
    • My Wounds and Feelings
    • My Uniqueness
  • ADDICTION
    • Addiction
    • Drugs Are for Mugs
    • My Threapist Said
  • ANGER
    • Anger
    • Sailing Lullaby
  • CHRONIC PAIN: Coping with
    • From This Perspective
    • Stillness, Stay
  • CLUTTER
    • The Art of Throwing Away
    • The Irony of Abundance
  • COMPASSION & SELF-COMPASSION
    • Compassion
    • With Every Compassionate Tear
  • CONFLICT & RESOLUTION
    • •Two Creatures
    • When
  • COURAGE
    • The First Word on Courage
  • CREATIVITY
    • Artist's Plea to the People
    • A Story of a Gifted Child
  • DARKNESS
    • And the Darkness Spoke...
  • DEATH & MEMORIALS
    • Death Never Comes...
    • I Left for a While
    • A New Sun
    • A True Genteman
    • You Left So Soon
  • DEPRESSION
    • Deeply Pressed
      • Translation in Slovenian
  • DOUBT
    • Doubt
    • Only One Thing
  • EMOTIONS
    • The Guest House
    • Who's Fault Is it, Really?
  • EMPOWERMENT
    • No Longer Room for Stones
      • Translation in Spanish
  • ENCOURAGEMENT
    • You Can
  • ENVY
    • Envy
    • Lady Lila
  • FEAR & ANXIETY
    • Fear
    • I Had to Kill IT
    • An SOS
  • FITNESS & WELL-BEING
    • First I Must Wait
  • GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION
    • For My Beautiful Teacher
    • How Can I Thank Thee
    • Thank God for Friends
    • Thank You My Baby
    • You Helped Me Rise
  • GRIEF: Comforting Grief
    • Comfort
    • Today I Allowed Myself to Cry
  • GROWING OLDER & AGING
    • Relinquishment
    • The Value of Silver
  • GROWTH & SELF-DICOVERY
    • For the First Time
    • A Half of Me
  • GUILT
    • Bad Thought, Bad Thought
    • There's a Bug in My Bed
    • A Woman with a Basket
  • HEARTBREAK & LONGING
    • Gazed Into the Depth
    • I Miss You God
  • HOPE
    • Hope
    • Hopes Up High
    • Only From Here
  • HUMOR: Funny Poems
    • Ahead of Fashion
    • I Ate Too Many of These
    • Unfair War
  • INSPIRATION
    • Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee
    • Will You As Well Forsake Me
  • INTUITION
    • Almighty Gut Feeling
    • The Journey
  • JOY
    • About the Joy
    • Prince of Joy
  • LIFE
    • I Choose Passion & Life
    • The Essence of Life
    • Our Life Is a Wheel
  • LOVE
    • Dust
    • The Good-Morrow
    • In the Arms of a Lover
    • Linger
    • Love
    • On a Meadow We Kissed
    • What Love IS NOT
  • LOVING YOURSELF
    • I Added One More Person
    • I Can Love Myself, But...
  • PASSION & PURPOSE
    • Painting My Own Wings
    • Passion
  • PERFECTIONISM
    • Overthinking
  • PROACTIVITY
    • In My Desire for Satisfaction
    • From a Nation of Accusers to...
    • Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda
  • PROCRASTINATION
    • I Have an Enemy
    • Procrastination & Depression
  • PTSD
    • Frozen
    • Suddenly It's Then
  • REGRET
    • Regret (O.W.B.)
    • Regret (S.R.)
    • Sending Wounds to Angels
  • SADNESS & SORROW
    • In the Sadness of my Soul
    • Sadness
    • The Uses of Sorrow
  • SELF-ESTEEM & SELF-WORTH
    • Know Your Value
    • Oh, No! Said Big O.
    • The Only Way to Be Strong
    • Phenomenal Woman
    • A Wish
  • SELF-MASTERY
    • How Did I Learn
  • SHAME: Healing & Resilience
    • Hidden Tears
    • Love After Love
  • SPIRITUAL POEMS
    • From the Playgrounds of My Soul
    • 'TORN' to Serve
  • STAGNATION & STILLNESS
    • To Lose a Day
  • TIME
    • The Fairest Man I Know
    • Tomorrow
  • TOXIC PEOPLE & RELATIONSHIPS
    • The Blamer
    • He Takes My Life Away, And I...
    • Testimony of The Deceptive Lady Driver
  • TRAUMA BONDING & STOCHOLM SYNDROME
    • Breaking the Discrimination Decree
    • Stockholm Syndrome
  • TRUST
    • In Search of Trust
  • VULNERABILITY & CONNECTION
    • A Second Half of the Question
    • Tabula Rasa—A Clean Slate
  • THE HEALING POWER OF POETRY
  • CONTACT & SUBMITTING POEMS
  • BOOKS
    • A Thin Book of 'Fat' Poems
    • Two Creatures
The Healing Poems

The Healing Poems

Poems about Fitness

POEMS ABOUT FITNESS, WELL-BEING, GETTING IN SHAPE, WEIGHT LOSS & DIET
In this chapter, humor takes center stage as the challenges of fitness and dieting are approached with a lighthearted twist. These playful poems poke fun at the ups and downs of the weight loss journey, bringing laughter to moments of temptation, struggle, and triumph. With witty lines and relatable scenarios, we are encouraged to laugh at ourselves while staying motivated to reach our goals. Behind the humor, there’s always a gentle reminder to stay kind to oneself along the way.
FIRST I MUST WAIT humorously explores the tendency to put life on hold while waiting to achieve the "perfect" shape. As the verses unfold, a deeper reflection emerges: what is truly being avoided? The poem cleverly pokes fun at the excuses we make, all while hinting at a larger fear of stepping into a new, more fulfilled version of ourselves.
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MY THERAPIST SAID...  Psychotherapy takes time and patience, but the hero of this poem lacks both and insists on speeding up the process. In a playful twist, he takes his therapist’s advice to "get to the bottom" quite literally—starting with the fridge. The poem’s lighthearted tone highlights the absurdity of misunderstood guidance, leaving readers amused by his unintended "growth".

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LILA, the character you see on the cover of this book, appeared in my mind, bringing lightness and laughter to a heavy, daunting process of trying to get in shape. Her journey, shared in A Thin Book of Fat Poems, transformed my path to health and a better life.
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    • Idź Spać Mówi Głos Rozsądku
    • Komar
    • Odeszłaś Tak Szybko
    • Wpatrzona w Głębię
    • Wysyłam Troski Aniołom
    • Z Sercem Pełnym Wdzięczności
  • ABUSE: Healing from
    • As My Vision Keeps Improving
    • Death of a Lover
    • I Saw a Silhouette of a Girl
    • Invisible Me
    • Moving Forward
    • Our Life Once Lived
  • ACCEPTANCE
    • If Perfect I Could Be
    • My Wounds and Feelings
    • My Uniqueness
  • ADDICTION
    • Addiction
    • Drugs Are for Mugs
    • My Threapist Said
  • ANGER
    • Anger
    • Sailing Lullaby
  • CHRONIC PAIN: Coping with
    • From This Perspective
    • Stillness, Stay
  • CLUTTER
    • The Art of Throwing Away
    • The Irony of Abundance
  • COMPASSION & SELF-COMPASSION
    • Compassion
    • With Every Compassionate Tear
  • CONFLICT & RESOLUTION
    • •Two Creatures
    • When
  • COURAGE
    • The First Word on Courage
  • CREATIVITY
    • Artist's Plea to the People
    • A Story of a Gifted Child
  • DARKNESS
    • And the Darkness Spoke...
  • DEATH & MEMORIALS
    • Death Never Comes...
    • I Left for a While
    • A New Sun
    • A True Genteman
    • You Left So Soon
  • DEPRESSION
    • Deeply Pressed
      • Translation in Slovenian
  • DOUBT
    • Doubt
    • Only One Thing
  • EMOTIONS
    • The Guest House
    • Who's Fault Is it, Really?
  • EMPOWERMENT
    • No Longer Room for Stones
      • Translation in Spanish
  • ENCOURAGEMENT
    • You Can
  • ENVY
    • Envy
    • Lady Lila
  • FEAR & ANXIETY
    • Fear
    • I Had to Kill IT
    • An SOS
  • FITNESS & WELL-BEING
    • First I Must Wait
  • GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION
    • For My Beautiful Teacher
    • How Can I Thank Thee
    • Thank God for Friends
    • Thank You My Baby
    • You Helped Me Rise
  • GRIEF: Comforting Grief
    • Comfort
    • Today I Allowed Myself to Cry
  • GROWING OLDER & AGING
    • Relinquishment
    • The Value of Silver
  • GROWTH & SELF-DICOVERY
    • For the First Time
    • A Half of Me
  • GUILT
    • Bad Thought, Bad Thought
    • There's a Bug in My Bed
    • A Woman with a Basket
  • HEARTBREAK & LONGING
    • Gazed Into the Depth
    • I Miss You God
  • HOPE
    • Hope
    • Hopes Up High
    • Only From Here
  • HUMOR: Funny Poems
    • Ahead of Fashion
    • I Ate Too Many of These
    • Unfair War
  • INSPIRATION
    • Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee
    • Will You As Well Forsake Me
  • INTUITION
    • Almighty Gut Feeling
    • The Journey
  • JOY
    • About the Joy
    • Prince of Joy
  • LIFE
    • I Choose Passion & Life
    • The Essence of Life
    • Our Life Is a Wheel
  • LOVE
    • Dust
    • The Good-Morrow
    • In the Arms of a Lover
    • Linger
    • Love
    • On a Meadow We Kissed
    • What Love IS NOT
  • LOVING YOURSELF
    • I Added One More Person
    • I Can Love Myself, But...
  • PASSION & PURPOSE
    • Painting My Own Wings
    • Passion
  • PERFECTIONISM
    • Overthinking
  • PROACTIVITY
    • In My Desire for Satisfaction
    • From a Nation of Accusers to...
    • Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda
  • PROCRASTINATION
    • I Have an Enemy
    • Procrastination & Depression
  • PTSD
    • Frozen
    • Suddenly It's Then
  • REGRET
    • Regret (O.W.B.)
    • Regret (S.R.)
    • Sending Wounds to Angels
  • SADNESS & SORROW
    • In the Sadness of my Soul
    • Sadness
    • The Uses of Sorrow
  • SELF-ESTEEM & SELF-WORTH
    • Know Your Value
    • Oh, No! Said Big O.
    • The Only Way to Be Strong
    • Phenomenal Woman
    • A Wish
  • SELF-MASTERY
    • How Did I Learn
  • SHAME: Healing & Resilience
    • Hidden Tears
    • Love After Love
  • SPIRITUAL POEMS
    • From the Playgrounds of My Soul
    • 'TORN' to Serve
  • STAGNATION & STILLNESS
    • To Lose a Day
  • TIME
    • The Fairest Man I Know
    • Tomorrow
  • TOXIC PEOPLE & RELATIONSHIPS
    • The Blamer
    • He Takes My Life Away, And I...
    • Testimony of The Deceptive Lady Driver
  • TRAUMA BONDING & STOCHOLM SYNDROME
    • Breaking the Discrimination Decree
    • Stockholm Syndrome
  • TRUST
    • In Search of Trust
  • VULNERABILITY & CONNECTION
    • A Second Half of the Question
    • Tabula Rasa—A Clean Slate
  • THE HEALING POWER OF POETRY
  • CONTACT & SUBMITTING POEMS
  • BOOKS
    • A Thin Book of 'Fat' Poems
    • Two Creatures

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