Calorie Denial

Are you in calorie denial?
I am...
     Today after the gym, Paul and I visited Starbucks. Because of the energy that I used weightlifting, I felt that I deserved something tasty (read: carbs). I got my favorite seasonal treat, a pumpkin scone. Knowing it was high in calorie, I chose just a cup of coffee to pair it with. It was a bit too sweet for me, so I ended up feeding about half of it to Paul.
     When I came home, I googled the calories in said scone. 500. Thats correct, you read that right, 500 freakin' calories in one scone. Which means just eating half tacked on a whopping 250 cals to my day. Thats a mini meal! If I had eaten the whole scone plus my coffee it would be more than my regular meals! I would have felt so much fuller if I had eaten 250 calories in grilled ahi and brown rice with asparagus! (which was last nights 300 cal dinner btw) Instead, I got a sugar rush and my stomach felt achey and empty.
     The idea of "calorie denial" came from me realizing that I had been eating whole pumpkin scones a few times a week for years, thinking that they had about 350 calories. Now I wonder, how many other food choices have I undershot it my daily calorie total? Underestimating calories by over 500 could have resulted in the seeming impossibility of my weight-loss.
     Lesson learned? Read everything, portion everything, be honest with myself and the reality of what I'm eating. If I'm putting in so much effort, I might as well give it 100%!