Calorie Counts - Be Honest About Yours

Honesty is the best policy -- especially when it comes to calories.

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But nonetheless, many of us still have a tendency to fib. Most of us underestimate the amount of calories we've consumed and overestimate how many we've burned during a workout. But whether it's hopeful thinking or just plain dishonesty, we're not doing ourselves any good.

Next time you're doing the math, make sure the numbers add up -- consider what one portion means when you're sizing up the calories in your food, and use a calculator to figure out how much you really burned on that run.