Wouldn’t it be nice if every food item came with a label on it? If only we knew how many calories were in each home cooked meal, baked good and menu item; many of us would make much better decisions. The hardest part about dieting is trying to guess how many calories are in these types of foods. We tend to underestimate calories when we leave it up to our own guess work. We want to believe certain foods are OK to eat. Then after we talk ourselves into believing we’ve made the right choice, we expect to lose weight as if our guess was 100% accurate.
