Now that the election is over, some campaign reporters are finding it difficult to adjust to the suddenly fatter, heftier, unemployed versions of their former selves.
Yes, the post-campaign return to “normal” life can be quite daunting, especially for those used to the frenetic pace and 24/7 gorge fest of the presidential campaign.
Time’s Karen Tumulty, who covered the Obama campaign, put the gut-busting experience in perspective:
“So what are we talking about?” Tumulty writes. “Seven full meals plus multiple snacks? 50,000 calories? And the only real exercise I got all day was unloading my bag from the plane, our weird little ritual at the end of the day.”
“Three meals a day itself is quite a culture shock after this,” she adds.
Ah yes, the American campaign trail. The only trail with the dubious distinction of leaving you fatter, lazier, and more pathetically out-of-shape the longer you’ve been running on it.