Fig Newton's Law of Dieting

One of Newton's Law of motion reads that for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. Or something like that ... I didn't pay too much attention in physics class. In the case of my diet adventure, there are certainly actions and lessons learned. Here are a couple.

Action: Got lots of fruits and vegetables at the grocery store after work last night
Con: 2/3 cup of peas is 70 calories?!? (groan) I feel like vegetables should count as zero calories. In fact, I should get extra calories as a reward for eating the damn things!
Pro: I know I am eating healthy snacks and some of the fruit actually helps curb my sweet tooth, which is good seeing I have a half-eaten bag of Twizzlers staring at me from the top shelf of my pantry.

Action: I saved enough calories for some low fat ice cream for dessert
Con: For the first time in my life I actually measured out ice cream. Not in the form of how many scoops I was going to be eating. I literally crammed as much Edy's slow-churned cookie dough into that 1/2 cup measuring cup (130 calories) and then carefully trickled a tablespoon of chocolate syrup (50 calories) on top to make sure the chocolate was evenly distributed. I licked the spoon to make sure I got my calories worth.
Pro: I have learned to budget my calories wisely during the day enough to be able to have dessert.
Unexpected Pro: I made sure to savor it, and it actually tasted better knowing I could only have a certain amount. When I have more, I didn't take time to taste all the flavors.
Another Unexpected Pro: It was enough for me!

Action: I didn't go over 1,400 calories yesterday
Con: I am starving.
Pro: None. I am starving.

Forget Isaac Newton. I would kill for a Fig Newton right about now.