{"id":365,"date":"2009-04-03T14:24:33","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T14:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/04\/the-weight-loss-haiku-challeng.html"},"modified":"2009-04-03T14:24:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T14:24:33","slug":"the-weight-loss-haiku-challeng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/04\/the-weight-loss-haiku-challeng.html","title":{"rendered":"The Weight Loss HAIKU Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Haiku, a traditional form of Japanese poetry, is a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. In Japanese, this convention is a must, but in English, which has variation in the length of syllables, this can sometimes be difficult.
\nIn other words, do your best.
\nWeight Loss Haikus help to melt away the pounds, because your mind is so occupied with the 5, 7, 5 thing, there’s absolutely no room for food to enter the picture. And, dig it, thinking is an energy consuming activity!
\n1 hour of thinking, sitting or standing burns 110 calories!
\nHere follows one of my favorite Weight Loss Haikus (by me :). I worked for hours and hours and melted at least 1\/4 pound of excess weight on this one!
\nCelery and dip
\nOver my lips. A clean crunch.
\nLike Eating Water
\nPlease comment and post your Weight Loss Haikus below!
\nHow many calories did you burn thinking?
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\nSpread the POETIC word … NOT the icing,
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