My dad used to send me my favorite truffles every year on Valentine's Day. Then once I went away to college, he stopped. Finally, after much hinting, I received a box. A very small box. And a warning: These go straight to the thighs. Awesome!

You can't expect men to understand chocolate. Especially men who are bitter and on Atkins. Look, I have a biological need for it. I must eat it. And it's Valentine's Day for Pete's sake! END OF DISCUSSION.

So anyway, since V-day is coming up again, I thought I'd entertain the idea of calories (what are those?) and fat (what's that?) being something to keep an eye on this year. After all, I'm older, no longer much of an athlete, and would prefer not to get diabetes. So I wonder...just how unhealthy is a piece of chocolate, anyway?

Brace yourselves…

According to Godiva, the appropriate serving size of their dark chocolate truffles is 2 pieces. Um, ok. So if you eat two dark chocolate truffles, you'll set yourself back 210 calories and 14 grams of fat (9 of them saturated). But the good news is, none of it appears to be trans fat, as I don't see any hydrogenated oil in the ingredients. As Borat would say, Niiiiiiiiice.

And here's more. You can get away with three of Godiva's midnight swirl dark chocolates for about the same consequences (220 calories, 15 grams of fat). Plus, there's also a limited edition chocolate mousse set to further tantalize you away from your diet.