Here's something to help you count calories....

I dont' eat any of these mentioned things, but yeah.. if I am going to cheat or eat more calories... I'll not eat something else and "save" those calories for my treat. Being so stringent often makes loosing weight harder.

Most definately it is nearly just common sense... burn more than you eat. I don't eat any of those things mentioned, but I am a visual person. The number of calories is on everything and to the point means next to nothing... but put it with the activity to see what you have to do to get rid of that item's calories... just hits home a bit more for me. I don't have hardly any favorite sweets.. but I will go all day and not eat much so I can have my 2 slices of pizza for dinner or something like that. I'll take pizza or enchilladas over candy any day! We all have our favorites... and if you deprive yourself of them.. just makes the diet so much harde. But alter it a bit and have a treat sometimes.. and it sure helps to make it through the diet... not that I have to much sucess with diets, but at least I am not gaining!

I used to do that all the time, I ate less during the day to be able to have something sweet for dinner... :)I knew it was useless because I won't lose weight anyway, it just slowed down my metabolism, but at least I didn't go over my calorie limit so I wasn't feeling that gulity... It's true, everyone has their favourites, though it's very hard for me to believe someone could actually prefer something else rather than sweets... I guess I'm just too addicted to them and I'd rather exercise until I faint to eat some :D I envy those who can manage "moderation" :| I love extremes, you either eat as much as you want or don't eat at all. It makes you feel worse if you have just a bite of your favourite dish in my opinion...

Well , don't get me wrong.. I love cream filled cocolates like See's.. but they are just to expensive for me to eat and enjoy so I usually only splurge at christmas time when they are prominant! I love that licorice layer things where there is one layer black licorice and the next is s cream fondant or something and they layer it up like that, but that is expensive for the good stuff.. and hte cheap stuff just isn't worth the calories or the strain on my teeth! Cotton Candy is my all time favorite...love it and even have chap stick in that flavor but again... gotta be fresh or just not worth the calories and I just won't let myself get obsessed over it enough to buy a machine to make it at home!!! And chcolate covered marshmallows... love them, but again...gotta be the good stuff and Easter is the only time that comes out so... it also works to do it in line with the seasons too, I guesss!! hadn't thought about that! I just know it is hard for me to loose as I can't be as active as one needs to be to loose much, so I really have to watch it. I like things, but don't like the weight even less, so actually it isn't really hard for me to not miss some things. I have tired the thing "eat just one"... like with candy... walking at the mall and get just one piece of candy at the store... just makes me want more, gets me depressed when I know I can't have more... then I get disgusted... and all over a piece of candy, that now, I wish I hadn't eaten and didn't enjoy! Good grief.. that's the way it is but sounds horrible in writing!! Think I'll just go fill my ice tea and calm down!!!