But instead of eating the entire candy bar, break off a few squares, count the calories, and enjoy it.

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Plug in a particular activity (running, skating, gardening, etc.), your weight and the amount of time you plan to do the exercise, and voila: you get a count of the calories you'll burn.

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The calorie count also includes a conversion chart telling you the equivalent calories in particular servings of food.

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While makers typically don't test for the calorie count, most assume calories are equivalent to nonbeer candy.

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Every meal away from home increases an adult's average daily calorie count by about 135 calories, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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The calories in a gooey cookie don't count if it's called a Nutri-Grain cereal bar.

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The rest of us go to restaurants to splurge, not to count calories.

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Spirits, meanwhile, contain more than six times the calories of beer, and when mixed with a soft drink, the calorie-count soars even higher.

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