When you decide to stick to a certain diet, you face restrictions on the choice of products that you can consume. Sometimes saying no to certain foods can be quite an uphill psychological task.

When counting calories, you can basically eat any product, the main thing to remember is to stay within the daily calorie intake. Psychologically, this method is easier, because you are not focused on prohibitions, but are driven by other motivations.

Like what? Let’s say you are facing the choice of what to eat: a plate of salad with tomatoes and cucumbers or candy. Let’s count.

Let’s say there is a plate with a salad with tomatoes and cucumbers in front of you. The total weight of the dish is 10.58 oz. Let’s count the calorie content of the dish provided there is an equal amount of tomatoes and cucumbers.

Calorie content of tomatoes — 22 cal for 3.5 oz, so 5.2 oz contains 33 cal.
Calorie content of cucumbers — 15 cal for 3.5 oz, so 5.2 oz contains 22.5 cal.

It means the total calorie content of this salad is 55.5 cal per portion.

Now let’s count the calorie content of one milk chocolate candy that weighs 1.05 oz.

Calorie content of milk chocolate candy — 535 cal for 3.5 oz.

It means one candy that weighs 1.05 oz contains 160.5 cal.

Practice shows that when a person is hungry and their task is not to eat more calories per day than planned, between a large portion of vegetable salad and candy, they will choose a salad, knowing that candy won’t satisfy their hunger.

But the bonus is that you won’t exceed the daily norm of intake of calories even if you choose candy.

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