the cost of cape-eating

Why is it so much easier to put on weight than it is to take it off?  Of course unhealthy eating is more enjoyable than healthy eating, but still. 

I left for the Cape on Tuesday and weighed 123.6.  I returned on Saturday afternoon weighing 128.2.  That’s 4.6 pounds.  If I starved myself I bet I couldn’t lose that much in four days.

Today I begin my starvation diet.  At least it is by comparison to the fried clams, french fries, lobster rolls, chicken with skin, and the strawberry rhubarb pies I’ve been feasting on.

I wonder how long it’ll be before I’m back to my pre-Cape weight?  More than four days, I’m sure.