Written for RDP where Lou asks us to
get creative with the word “calorie”.
Thanks, Lou! Here’s where the prompt took me.
Are you a calorie counter?
No?
Me either!
When you grow up in a household like mine with a mother
who cooked better than any chef in any restaurant,
you don’t count calories!
Everything in moderation, that’s what I say.
Mangiamo!
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I am a carb counter because that was the way I was taught to manage my diabetes.
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And in cases such as yours, that is imperative. We must always safeguard our health. 👍🏼
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With such yummy food, balance is difficult to maintain
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You’re not kidding! That’s when we have to exercise our thumbs by using them to push ourselves away from the table! 😂
Thank you, my dear Sadje
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Yes with you all the way Nance and that’s one of my favourite Disney films 🎥 😃
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It really is a sweet one, isn’t it? Thanks so much, Ange. 🍝 ❤️
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No one in my family- including me- can cook- so yes, I am forever counting calories, and it is a disease!
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I would suck at anything that required counting calories.
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The look on my Italian grandmother’s face if you said you were too full to eat any more…😬
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I know that look and they all have the same one! 😂
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Agree!
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I knew you would!
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Yes, to moderation! 😊
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Thanks, Joy. There’s too much good food to sample to say no to anything! 😊
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Absolutely!
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