With the arrival of Passover in two weeks, many Jews are in a frantic rush to use up bread, crackers, pasta, flour and other products that are considered chametz, or leavened grain products prohibited during the holiday.
So meals are often carbohydrate heavy, and desserts — cakes, cookies, pies, brownies — are plentiful.
It's not a good time to be watching one's weight, though one psychological advantage is that the arrival of Passover seems almost like a dietary cleansing. Chametz doesn't have its normal appeal after a couple of weeks of excess.
But after going eight days without them, these carbs will invariably be very much desired once Passover ends.