Cola is the big one for me. When I start feeling a bit pudgy, it's the first to go. I drink a good deal of coffee and tea, but when I worked out the calorie m

Cola is the big one for me. When I start feeling a bit pudgy, it's the first to go. I drink a good deal of coffee and tea, but when I worked out the calorie math, it's actually pretty insane how much sugar is in cola: - 250 ml (about 8 oz) of cola has 120 calories - 350 ml (about 12 oz) of tea or coffee gets 2-3 sugar cubes - 2 sugar cubes is 24 calories - Cola has 10x the calories/volume as sweetened coffee or tea - I drink 1-2 liters of coffee + tea + cola daily. So even switching from cola to sweetened tea is a big cut back. Other than that, I just do restraint at the grocery store. Usually I'll allow one chocolate bar every couple weeks. One thing that I learned when we were out in California for the summer is that the portion sizes in the US can really get you. I shot up 15 pounds (175 -> 190) in 3 months without noticeably altering my diet. After 4 months back in Germany it was gone again, without any intentional intervention.