Sitting at the bar with your friends having a cocktail or two and watching your favorite sporting event can make for a fun afternoon or evening. The problem is that just a few drinks can add up to 500 or 600 calories, and if you order food as well, you could reach the 1,500- to 2,000-calorie range in no time. Plus, drinking reduces our inhibitions and awareness, so we tend to order and eat more, and bar food is notoriously high in calories.

Eating healthfully isn't easy, so recently DietDetective.com asked more than 300 people what makes it difficult for them to eat better. Here are the obstacles mentioned most often and how to overcome them.

According to an article published in a recent issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, people don't really understand the nutritional information or health claims on food packaging labels very well.