Unchecked songs are being synced over to my iPod (Nano and Touch)

Hi everyone, I had to restore my Nano, and I had to move all the songs back over.. I noticed that when it synced, it moved ALL the songs over..
even the ones that are UNCHECKED in the Itunes library.. on the Touch ( an old iphone 3) it is over the limit so I can't even sync it ..if I pull an album over.. same thing the ENTIRE track list is pulled with it..
I am using iTunes 10.. any suggestions?? (besides a hammer?? )

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