2. If you drink a diet soda and eat a candy bar, they will cancel each other out.

3. Calories don't count if you eat with someone and you both eat the same amount.

4. Food taken for medicinal purposes does not count.

5. If you fatten up everyone around you, you'll look thinner.

6. Snacks consumed while watching a movie do not count, as they are part of the entertainment.

7. Pies of cookies contain no calories. The process of breaking causes a calorie leakage.

8. Late night snacks have no calories. The refrigerator light is no strong enough for the calories to see their way into the calorie counter.