Always craving chocolate!!

mitch16

No reason why a bit of chocolate every day can't fit into your calorie allotment. A single Lindor truffle has ~80 calories depending on the variety.

And here are 50 easy ways to burn those calories off:

Biking: 23 minutes of casual cycling
Cardio dance class: 15 minutes
Elliptical: 8 minutes
Jumping rope: 9 minutes at a moderate intensity
Lifting weights, vigorously: 15 minutes
Pilates: 24 minutes
Rowing machine: 13 minutes
Running stairs: 6 minutes
Running: 9 minutes of running at a 6 mph pace
Swimming: 15 minutes moderate intensity
Walking stairs: 11 minutes
Walking: 20 minutes of walking at a 3 mph pace
Water aerobics: 23 minutes
Yoga: 20 minutes
Zumba: 11 minutes
Basketball, shooting hoops: 20 minutes
Bowling: 30 minutes
Dancing around living room: 20 minutes
Darts: 35 minutes
Golfing, carrying clubs: 15 minutes
Ice skating, moderate: 18 minutes
Kickball: 13 minutes
Mini golf or driving range: 30 minutes
Playing catch with a football: 35 minutes
Playing Frisbee: 30 minutes
Playing soccer, casual: 13 minutes
Skiing,downhill: 10 minutes
Softball or baseball: 18 minutes
Tennis (doubles): 21 minutes
Tennis (singles): 15 minutes
Treading water, moderate effort: 23 minutes
Volleyball, recreational: 26 minutes
Water skiing: 15 minutes
Mowing the lawn: 20 minutes
Painting house: 18 minutes
Raking leaves: 23 minutes
Shoveling snow: 15 minutes
Washing the car: 20 minutes
Weeding the garden: 18 minutes
Carrying an infant: 24 minutes
Cleaning, moderate effort: 26 minutes
Cooking: 34 minutes
Doing dishes: 40 minutes
Mopping the floor: 20 minutes
Playing with children: 23 minutes
Pushing a stroller: 35 minutes
Rearranging furniture: 14 minutes
Shopping: 38 minutes
Sweeping: 23 minutes
Walking the dog, 26 minutes

(Not that I would log most of these as exercise, but you get the idea...)

Rosie5151

I crave chocolate and was having a square of dark chocolate after my nightly meal. But I recently found Swiss Miss diet hot cocoa. 25 calories in a cup! It has a great chocolate flavor. Some nights I even indulge and put a mashmellow in it. It takes any edge off I'm having.
Its low enough cals and quite filling!
Good luck!

erinb419

Incorporate cocoa powder, especially in yogurt. If you must eat a chocolate block, eat 70% dark chocolate. Ghiradelli chocolate squares are the perfect portion size.

dbmata

ghiradelli chocolate is low quality. tsk tsk.

Shalvia62

I keep Kisses in the freezer. I usually have 4-5 every evening as a snack. Satisfies my chocolate cravings for about 25-30 calories each. Moderation is the key.

Mischievous_Rascal

You need more magnesium in your diet. Eat more nuts. Or eat the chocolate if you have a good grip on the portion control thing.

highthomas

Increase your vegetable intake like broccoli and other greens. Try to have a cup of vegetables with your meals at least once a day. It will curb the cravings for sweets to a great degree. I am a baking and pastry chef and temptation is always around. I still eat sweets(if they fit into my macros), but the cravings are not as bad. Fruit is a good sweet substitute as well.

odilia1996

I am Swiss... So I totally understand that! There is no way I could live without chocolate. But I am a big fruit fan, so I use that as a substitute. However, that doesn't prevent me from eating a piece from time to time.

SoDamnHungry

I have chocolate pretty much every day. I'm definitely a chocolate lover. Go ahead and eat some if you can fit it into your calorie goals. I'll have a mini bar after lunch if I really need one, and frequently as a bedtime snack.

agal129

Buy small, individually wrapped portions of chocolate candy ( I like ghirardelli squares, dark chocolate reese's, dove promises, hershey's nuggets) and allow yourself one or two at the end of the day. Don't just quickly gobble them down though. Allow them to melt in your mouth and sit there a little bit, maybe with your eyes closed. I find this helps to get over the craving with only one or two small pieces.