Diet Discovery #2: Calories are wrong

Fact: The good food has more calories.
It's just not fair.
Why do lettuce, celery, and other rabbit food have virtually NO calories (even if you consume an entire truckload), while the good stuff has 200 calories per nibble (or even sniff)? I guess I knew this before, but it has really made an impression on me since I've been counting calories (since February).

Things you just take a bite of here and there...those nibbles alone can add up to your entire caloric allotment for the month!

You eat a cookie or two...you've used up most of your calories for the day.
You eat a piece of cake...you might as well not eat the rest of the week.
You go to Cracker Barrel for dinner...you should plan on not eating for a month.

Why does the good stuff add up so fast? When you only get 1200 calories a day, you'd be surprised how quick that goes. Hey, if I'm not careful, my calories could be all used up before I even get out of bed!

Take, for example, my favorite: chocolate. Should be harmless, right? It has antioxidants and I'm certain a host of other benefits, not to mention that it makes your mouth feel very happy. But one little Hershey's kiss has 22 calories! You nibble 5 of those, and you've eaten the calories in an entire bag of snack popcorn! Now, the chocolate is certainly more delicious, but the popcorn more filling.
So what do you choose?
Eat chocolate and be happy but still hungry?
Or eat popcorn and be unhappy but full?
Or eat both and be fat?

I am on a soapbox today...
I want to know WHY chocolate, cookies, cake, pie, ice cream, potato chips, cheese nachos, soft bread with butter, muffins, candy bars, pancakes, biscuits, waffles, pudding, french fries, peanut butter, Coke, and all the GOOD stuff can't have the same calories as squash, broccoli, and romaine?
Something is definitely wrong here.