The Weight Loss Challenge

Co-workers brought $40 and threw it in a pot.

The pressure’s on to lose weight, now it’s getting hot.

We have until February, so that’s a little time.

But let me point out some rules with this little rhyme.

You have to weigh in weekly, the scale’s in the office on the floor.

If you gain a pound, you have to kick in a dollar more.

Every time your weight goes up, you have to kick in a little more;

Better get some discipline or your wallet will be sore.

If you gain 1.1 pounds in a week, don’t worry they’ll round up,

And you’ll be throwing two bucks into the office competition cup.

If you lose a pound in a week, that’s fair — no change, adjustment, or win,

You have to be the one who loses the most, by Feb to gather all the cash in.

And it’s not strictly what you lost in pounds, to make things fair,

Rather your losses as a percentage of your total weight, so no one has an advantage there.

Yesterday was weigh-in day, and my weight is written down.

Now I’ll stare at Christmas cookies and goodies with a sorry frown.

If I don’t celebrate by eating during the holidays don’t tell me I’m an ass —

I’m trying to get healthy, lose some weight, and take home all the cash!