If you resolved to eat better/lose weight/count calories this year, I'm going to bet that, by now, you're figuring out which foods are really challenging for you. I can tell you what my weakness is -- cheese. I love it, and I maintain that it's not a bad thing -- it's a good source of dairy and protein. But, it also has a good bit of fat, and once I start slicing it up to put on (low-fat) crackers, I lose all conception of a serving and just keep cutting.

I know the best idea might be to just not have it in the house, but I also know that if I don't get my cheese fix, I'll want it even more and have a hard time not eating a lot when I finally get the chance. So, I bought a package of the 50% Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar by Cabot today and had a pleasant surprise -- serving sizes are printed on the packaging, like on a stick of butter, so it was easy for me to slice off a single serving, which I then shared (somewhat unhappily).

I know not everyone approves of low-fat cheeses -- personally, I prefer regular, but I don't mind it. Anyway, I checked the Cabot website, and it looks like a lot of their cheeses have the serving sizes printed on the package regardless of whether they're low-fat or not. No excuses for overindulging on the delicious, delicious dairy goodness now!

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