This post is part of my ongoing “Get Fit” series – an effort to lose a little weight and save money by not eating out.

I almost relapsed last night.

See the unbaked cookies in the photo to the left? I took that last night around 9:30 pm. The oven was heated and I could all but taste the cookies. Before putting them in the oven I took a moment to look at the calories on the back of the package.

The serving size was two cookies and totaled 170 calories. I had six cookies (hey, they are small) ready to go in the oven and that would have been a quick 510 calories. I stopped for a moment to think about what I was about to do and ended up throwing the entire package away. As a replacement I had a few peanut butter crackers (saltine crackers and peanut butter) to curb the craving for food.

One month ago I wouldn’t have thought twice about eating these “little” cookies. Heck, I may have even cooked more.

And as a reminder, I’m only trying to lose seven pounds, but eating healthy has never been a huge strong point for me. Thanks for reading and understanding that by writing about this it helps me hold myself accountable.