Thursday, June 24, 2010

Poetry the Weight Watchers Way

If you bite it, write it.
If you snack it, track it.
If you nibble it, scribble it.
If you drink it, ink it.
If you steal it, reveal it.
If you sneak it, leak it.
If you grab it, blab it.
If you indulge it, divulge it.
If you lick it, bic it.
If you hog it, log it.
Grab your pencil before your utensil!
Only journal on the days you want to lose weight!

I went and tracked down the above "poem" of which the most famous line is "If you bite it, write it." It has inspired many a combination of eating and writing utensil. One of the earliest combinations included a plastic fork rubber-banded to a pencil. The most recent is the pen and fork melded together by WeightWatchers' SmartOnes brand.
Of course, with the way technology moves these days, I wouldn't be surprised if someday our taste buds automatically register the food we eat and transfer it to a computer food tracker. Similar to the way the Body Bug registers the calories you burn and logs it in for you. This does seem to be counter-intuitive to the weight loss process. But maybe by making these things easier, it does make the process easier.