Now that our two-week Transatlantic cruise is over, the “fun” starts, and I can hardly weight — please note, this is neither a typographical nor a spell-check error. After 41 scheduled meals (and a few unscheduled ones) on a cruise ship, there is an inevitability that comes with being home.
It’s that four-letter word again. Diet.
According to a sign that caught my eye as I rolled towards yet another dining room, the average cruise passenger gains 12 pounds during a cruise of two weeks. Or was it one week?
To put it in context, I bring up that suitcase my wife stuffed with wine — bonjour, we were in France — and assorted unknown substances of brick-density poundage. That was the suitcase so heavy it barely made it onto the scales at the airport. The suitcase that tipped the scales at 49.6 pounds, a golf shirt or two shy of costing another $50 for excess baggage.
According to cruise research, I can take 25% of the weigh of that suitcase and apply it to my midriff…plus assorted other anatomical areas.
Bring on the salad.