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The sign of a true jones -- when you'll actually jump through hoops for the object of your affection.

Maybe Lola has the right idea about doing a little inspired cardio before decadence. Some folks also advise to just go for a walk etc. before indulging in something you may not need or really want.

Courtesy of the July/August Fitness magazine, here are some ice cream statistics:

1896

Year the first ice-cream cone was produced

23

Billions of dollars in annual ice cream and frozen dessert sales in the U.S.

273

Calories in one cup vanilla ice cream

380

Calories in one cup cookie-dough ice cream

45

Minutes you'd have to bike to burn off that cookie-dough ice cream

21

Quarts of ice cream the average person eats per year

301

Number of runners at last year's Walnut Beach Festival Ice Cream Run 5K in Milford, Connecticut (free cones for all!)