whale mode

So after a month of avoiding the scale like it was a dangly wasp nest - I'm adulting again. And explain to me why - after eating chicken breast, veg, and brown rice for lunch (home cooked, mind you) - that handful of potato chips and bit of dip for dinner caused the thing which shall not be named to redline this morning? My body hangs on to carbs like Smaug hangs on to gold. Husband ate several pieces of candy and I think he scarfed a container of ice cream. Two chocolate covered cherries and a handful of ruffles and I'm up a dress size. I am forced to lament the cold truth that I cannot even TASTE the sweet things remeniscent of Christmas past - without scale breaking consequences. Sorry heart. You just get to be sad. The rest of the body can't go into whale mode just because a chocolate covered cherry really does make one feel better.