The calories don't count when . . . . .

[Pedal Wench]

Isn't the cocoa bean a vegetable?

And, chocolate is brown. Mushrooms are brown. Mushrooms are a vegetable with very few calories. Obviously, then, chocolate is a vegetable with very few calories!

For me, the calories don't count... the day before a long ride (carbo-loading) the day of the long ride (glycogen replenishing), or the day after (recovery!)