How do I break up with chocolate?

evelyngomez_xo

i crave it way too much

TnTWalter

how about dark chocolate? 70% cacao. Trader joe's has nice 100 calorie bars. Could be your end of day treat?

jnv7594

evelyngomez_xo wrote: »

i crave it way too much

You don't have to break up with it. You can still go on a date with it on occasion.

evelyngomez_xo

I have tried and it doesn't satisfy me as much. It makes me crave milk chocolate more lol

AllOutof_Bubblegum

Eat it within your allowance. Stop when you've hit your limit. Exercise self-restraint, it's one of the crappy things we all need to master as adults.

TnTWalter

haha. understand. it is an acquired taste.

evelyngomez_xo

That's hard for me lol I tell myself once a week and that turns into one every other day

blakerudolf42

Whenever you get that sugar craving try to substitute chocolate for a healthier, sweet option (strawberries, apple, etc.) orrrr.... Just be lactose intolerant like me!

Morgaen73

AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »

Eat it within your allowance. Stop when you've hit your limit. Exercise self-restraint, it's one of the crappy things we all need to master as adults.

This. Dont break up with chocolate, it loves you.

charmmeth

evelyngomez_xo wrote: »

That's hard for me lol I tell myself once a week and that turns into one every other day

Maybe plan a little in every day? And eat other sweet things like stawberries as blake suggests. (I love chocolate but find I crave it less now than I did.)

hncary

I fit in a treat almost everyday. Usually ice cream because I love it. I find I'm less likely to binge or crave it so much if I just allow myself to have a little every day and make plans to be able to eat it and stay within my calories. No guilt and I have a lot more success sticking to my weight loss because it doesn't feel like punishment lol

flamingblades

2 small squares of dark chocolate a day is said to be good for your heart, as long as it is at least 70% cacao.

evelyngomez_xo

Thank you all for the suggestions! I'm going to try them all and see what works best for me!

noel2fit

I eat 3 squares of 88% organic dark chocolate every night and it's working out great! Another thing I would do in the past that worked out great especially in the summer was make chocolate popsicles:

Get a popsicle mold (mine has 6 slots).
Melt down 6 servings of chocolate fondu style.
Add 3 ripe bananas (thats half a banana per serving), the melted chocolate, 1 cup water, 1 cup almond milk, in a blender or food processor (we have a $20 ninja processor from target that works great).
Pour into mold and freeze overnight.

Every day you get a popsicle that is chocolatey and sweet like a fudge pop, but has the calories of 1 square of chocolate, 1/2 a banana, and 1/6 cup of almond milk. Satisfying and a great healthy alternative!

evelyngomez_xo

Oh my goodness! My mouth got so watery lol thank you so much for sharing this!

griffinca2

I eat abt 1.5 tbs of Nestle' Dark Choc Chips after dinner most every night; I may want more (LOVE CHOCOLATE), but use self-control not to eat more. If you say "I can't have . . . . (fill in the blank)," you usually set yourself up for failure. It is better to have a small amt of something you enjoy and make it part of your eating plan--another thing, don't say "diet," which indicates a beginning and end; instead, use eating plan/life style. I have lost the weight I wanted to, now I'm working on adjusting my "maintenance" calories and trying to gain more muscle mass (not larger, just tighter and less jiggle).

dsneade

Have you tried the "It's not you, it's me" line?

zyxst

I've never done this before, but I'm willing to be the homewrecker in your relationship with chocolate.

mattyc772014

You just cannot. Even in times of desperation I need it sometimes.

professionalHobbyist

flamingblades wrote: »

2 small squares of dark chocolate a day is said to be good for your heart, as long as it is at least 70% cacao.

This!

I have some 85% dark chocolate every morning with coffee and treadmill

shrinkingletters

I don't. I have some chocolate nearly every day. This week I split up a three-pack of dark chocolate peanut butter cups (newman's own), 1/day.

s2mikey

You'll acquire the taste for 85% and then you are good to go. Trader Joes has some ridiculously awesome 85% bars that are cheap too. I eat them like....candy.

No problems, just dont hork down 2-3 bars a day.

SillyCat1975

I feel you sister, I really do... Me and chocolate having a long standing relationship... UGH.. If you guys figure it out, let me know because my brain says no and my saliva glands say YES......

disasterman

I eat chocolate all the time. I like the 72% with a glass of red wine. It's possible that craving chocolate could be caused by a magnesium deficiency. I don't think that's been proven but some people have said supplementing magnesium or being sure to include more magnesium rich foods [ http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=75 ] has helped.

orange_you_glad

Maybe this is a little drastic, but try giving up sugar completely for a while. I did this back in January, along with most carbs. It took a couple weeks for my body to adjust, and now I'm back to eating some carbs, but my sweet tooth isn't nearly as strong as it used to be. I do still eat chocolate (my nutritionist gives me 250 "pleasure calories" each day), but I find that a smaller amount is way more satisfying. Eating chocolate (or anything with sugar in it) after a meal also helps stop further cravings, since you don't get the blood sugar spike.

jgnatca

I think you need to make friends with chocolate. Not an obsessive mutually destructive relationship (think M&M's at the movies), but something reasonable and satisfying for both. I like a few Brookside chocolates in the evening.

ManiacalLaugh

Healthy Choice fudge bars = 80-100 calories a piece (they have two different serving sizes available). I haven't had the smaller, but the larger will sate the chocolate craving and are big enough to feel like a real treat.

I'm not knocking the "two or three squares of a bar" suggestion, but as a fellow choco-holic, that would only whet my appetite during certain times of the month. Inevitable binging would follow.

angf0679

Chocolate is my friend. I can't break up with my friend. I just try to have just a little a day. My boss at work brought in these 70% dark cocoa chocolate squares. I found out they were 30 calories a square. Until they were gone (all to soon) those became my little bit of chocolate a day. I would nibble on the square to make it last longer.

Elle_Bronwyn15

Don't give up anything you like to eat completely....it wont last and you will be more likely to binge when you crave it.

Eat it as a treat and in small portions

68myra

orange_you_glad wrote: »

Maybe this is a little drastic, but try giving up sugar completely for a while. I did this back in January, along with most carbs. It took a couple weeks for my body to adjust, and now I'm back to eating some carbs, but my sweet tooth isn't nearly as strong as it used to be. I do still eat chocolate (my nutritionist gives me 250 "pleasure calories" each day), but I find that a smaller amount is way more satisfying. Eating chocolate (or anything with sugar in it) after a meal also helps stop further cravings, since you don't get the blood sugar spike.

i second this. I gave up sugar AND all artificial sweeteners for several weeks, and my sweet tooth decreased dramatically. Now I sweeten with just a little bit of stevia, and 85% cocoa chocolate tastes divine!

mbaker566

chocolate is fine. don't worry about it, so long as it fits in your calorie allotment