A French Ballade: About Being Fat

When I found out I was obese I cried It's a lie that your jolly when your fat I lost count of how many times I tried To follow this exercise plan or that Walking in place, and push-ups on the mat Yet regardless of that I am still round In spite of that even my bones are fat Gotta keep trying to get my weight down I'm continually dissatisfied I've given up hope and thus the combat I have surrendered completely my pride They say eat complex carbs but avoid fat Follow the rules, you'll be glad you did that Truly I understand how this will sound But I'm the person they are looking at Gotta keep trying to get my weight down Thank you to the Canadian Food Guide And for all that on line peer to peer chat There can be a downside and an upside All in all there is an easy format Do a bit of this and a bit of that Then sooner or later you aren't so round Eventually you won't be so fat Gotta keep trying to get my weight down One day at a time is where it is at All that is needed is to move around And congratulate yours truly for that Gotta keep trying to get my weight down Notes ▼ This follows the rules for a French Ballade but I must admit it was a challenge. The Rules: ababbcbC ababbcbC ababbcbC bcbC. All a's must rhyme Ditto b's and c's C is repeated word by word it is a refrain It must also rhyme with the c's Each line should have 10 syllables Previous Versions: (1) In the beginning I cried Then I began to wonder Is it true I am wide My step is like thunder My butt does often blunder Knocking things around My pants do I sunder Gotta get my weight down In a word I'm fat It is sad but true I just sat and sat Then a thought came through And I knew what I had to do Groove on the sound Get down on the mat Gotta get my weight down Exercise my butt off Gotta get grooving These pounds I must doff To myself I have some proving That I can be improving I'm tired of being round I need to get moving Gotta get my weight down I am tired of being round Gotta get my weight down (2) I have corrected the rhyming scheme but the syllable count is still off. The numbers are the current number of syllables in each line, the letters of course are the rhyming scheme a          In the beginning I cried          7 b          It's true I am fat          6 a          Its not like I haven't tried          7 b          I've done this exercise and that          8 b          Running in place and down on the mat          9 c          Yet despite it all I am still round          9 b          I am the wife of Jack Spratt          7 C          Gonna keep trying to get my weight down          10                   a          I would always backslide          6 b          I would give up the combat          7 a          I had lost all of my pride          7 b          They say eat this don't eat that          7 b          Make sure everything is nonfat          8 c          Truly I know how this will sound          8 b          But I'm the one they are looking at          9 C          Gonna keep trying to get my weight down          10                   a          Thank goodness for the Food Guide          7 b          And for Online chitchat          6 a          That is the upside          5 b          It is an easy format          7 b          Just do a little of this and that          9 c          And one day you won't be so round          8 b          One day soon you won't be so fat          8 C          Gonna keep trying to get my weight down          10                   b          One day at a time is where it is at          10 c          All I need to do is move around          9 b          And give my back a pat          6 C          Gonna keep trying to get my weight down          10