Why did Lion download updates I didn't select?

A couple of days ago I checked for updates for my Lion - I was in particular looking for the Java update to fix the recently reported security issue - and selected 2 items including the Java update for downloading.  I checked the size of the items and they added up to be less than 200MB in total.  But as soon as the downloading started, the total size suddenly became 1.4G!!!  There was no obvious way for me to check exactly what I was downloading and de-select any unwanted updates.  I didn't want to stop the downloading because I did want to make sure I have the Java update.  I would be grateful for any advice on how I could avoid this in the future.  Many thanks!
(Btw, I'm a newby both to Mac and to this forum so I apologise if my question is too basic...)

Thanks very much.  I was indeed worried that I might have downloaded some dodgy stuff that I wasn't supposed to have, but your response provides some reassurance.  I still don't understand, though, why the updates menu which I accessed via System Preference, and from which I selected the updates I wanted, indicated the size of the Java update as less than 200MB when in fact it was 1.4GB.  To me, size matters given that I have a monthly downloading quota of 2GB only and I need to make sure I am not downloading anything I don't need

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