You can tell you're counting calories when...

when you realise the obsessiveness is ridiculously over the top, not sustainable for life, and really rather silly in the grand scheme of things.

When you look at your naturally skinny boyfriend and realise he has remained slim and happy by not attempting to alter his natural body weight and by eating what he enjoys, when he is hungry, in control and in balance. Then you realise how stupid it is to be counting every single calorie instead of following your body's natural signals and using a bit of common sense.

This...
My DH weighs 108 lbs at 5'7", BUT he hardly ever snacks, almost never eats chocolate, and burns a lot of calories in nervous energy, while I chill out and relax on the couch! So after over 40 years of marriage, I am trying hard to stop us being the comic postcard couple. But I am learning to control my urge to eat biscuit after biscuit, but just one and eat it slowly, and to eat the food I really enjoy, not wasting my calorie allowance on chocolates or cakes that do not hit the spot... there are now several tins waiting for my DH to eat them up. And yes, I do read the labels, and have realised that pastry and pasta are full of cals, so cocktail sausages are better than sausage rolls!

...your husband sends you texts that read "I had a 300mL blah blah brand OJ" and " I found this womens breakfast cereal that you might like and the side panels says it has xxx kilojoules...is that ok or too high for you?" or "can we fit a rice dish in tonight with our calorie amounts..?"

...your daughter sends you texts that read "Dad just had a small bucket of hot chips but I ate half of them so log only half" and "Dad wants to know how many calories he has left and can he have a takeaway coffee..?." when my hubby and kids are out without me on the holidays.

Oh gosh I can't stop laughing....thanks everybody.

You are so used to drinking fat free milk, drinking the full fat version, 8 g fat/8 oz tastes like butter.

You skip adding cheese to your sandwich, because it's not worth the calories if you can't taste it.
You put your sprinkle of cheese on the outside of your burrito so you can taste it.
You think lettuce 'tacos' are the greatest thing since sliced bread and don't understand why
everyone doesn't think they are amazing.

You use mustard on your salad instead of the packaged honey mustard dressing, or skip dressing at all.

You contemplate bringing cauliflower or other veggie that has been riced to sub for actual rice, to a family gathering
serving Gumbo. Then decide to skip eating rice at all there.

You gasp at the stupidity of a comment heard at said gathering
something along the lines of the punch wasn't sweet enough because sugar wasn't added to it,
this is Hawaiian Punch, why would you add sugar?

Looking at the Red Velvet Gooey Butter cake gives you the shudders.

You can't remember the last time you drank orange juice, because it seems like empty calories compared to the much more satisfying calories of an actual orange or clementine. I actually stopped buying it for a few months, but i load up on fruit.

You prefer eating 1 whole carrot than counting baby carrots because it's easier to log and remember.

You spend so much time in the produce section that your other half goes through the whole store, and is ready to go,
when he comes back you are only in aisle 2 or 3. (produce is aisle 1)
can't count how often that happens to me.

you tell your kids you made brownies.
they ask if they are bean brownies, or reg. choc. brownies
(they were reg. brownies)
then 1 kids says, aww. I like bean brownies lol.
I've converted my kids ha ha.
they were also disappointed when I stopped buying fiber one
(the traditional kind)
and they love raisin bran almost as much as I do.

You quit going out to eat, after you realize there is nothing low cal.

^ this