Chocolate

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  • dkabambe
    dkabambe Posts: 544 Member
    edited November 2016
    I'm a man and definitely give a damn - just can't kick my chocolate habit! I've tried cutting it out completely (lasted 22 days!), switching to dark chocolate, limiting my amounts, not caring as long as within calories and other strategies but nothing has stuck so far.

    I have successfully reduced intake of everything else I've wanted to, (e.g. cigarettes, coffee/caffeine, alcohol, cakes etc), but just can't seem to do it with chocolate. The only success I've had is that I'm not bothered about hot chocolate or mochas any more (though winter may change that!)

    Going to give the incorporating idea that @VeganRaptor suggests a go - not done that yet so fingers crossed.

    NB: It's for health rather than weight (calorie) reasons I'm trying to reduce my intake!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I'm able to control my chocolate intake. 1 square of 86% cocoa is 63 calories, and one cluster of Brach's milk chocolate and peanut clusters is also about 60 calories. If I need about-ish 60 calories to get to my calorie goal for a day, I decide which one I want. Then I have 1.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,338 Member
    Oishii wrote: »
    I'm awful with Dairy Milk, but I can restrain myself with 85% and absolutely love the 100% from Montezuma.

    I'm the same, give me a block of decent milk chocolate and I'll scarf the lot, but a small piece of high cocoa dark chocolate will satisfy me.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    vnb_208 wrote: »
    If i have a chocolate craving either 1 fudge pop which is 40 calories, or 1 square of ghirardelli chocolate, if you buy the bags the squares are individually wrapped around 70 calories. I've been pretty successful *former chocoholic" before my journey i ate a whole fun size bag of chocolates practically every day!
    This is me too. I get the Ghiradelli mini's which are more like 40 cals each and USUALLY one is plenty. They also happen to be on sale at Target right now.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    I buy the small pack of Hershey's kisses. Some times I can eat 2 or 3 other times I eat the whole pack which is 210 calories. I don't usually have a supply at home. I only get the small packet once a week when I go to the grocery store.

    I couldn't cut anything out.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    The funny thing is, I use chocolate to keep myself from overeating desserts*. It's one of the things that tastes rich enough that I hit my limit quickly and am satisfied.

    * We're talking chocolate cake, brownie, pie, mousse, etc. Does not include chocolate bars or candy. Those I find completely unsatisfying.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    shredcamps wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    I tried. I freaked out and binged on it after a couple of weeks. Now I leave about 200-300 calories at the end of my day to enjoy my chocolate (or ice cream). Knowing I can have it every day seems to keep the binging in check.

    wow. i could easily save 300 cal's for a decent chicken breast, but for me to waste it on chocolate would be a crime.

    is it gender based? most men dont give a damn about chocolate.

    Calling @Carlos_421...
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    shredcamps wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    I tried. I freaked out and binged on it after a couple of weeks. Now I leave about 200-300 calories at the end of my day to enjoy my chocolate (or ice cream). Knowing I can have it every day seems to keep the binging in check.

    wow. i could easily save 300 cal's for a decent chicken breast, but for me to waste it on chocolate would be a crime.

    is it gender based? most men dont give a kitten about chocolate.

    Can't tell if serious...

    You realize that saving those 300 calories for the end of the day likely means that the first part of the day was full of lower calorie, nutrient dense foods (including chicken breast) in order to stay full without using too many calories? It does for me at least.
    And wasting them? How is using them for what they've been saved for a waste?
    You don't get bonus points for not eating delicious things or for eating another chicken breast after you've already had enough protein for the day.
    A moderately active person can get all of their macro/micronutrient needs met and still have plenty of calories leftover for "discretionary spending."
    Myself, I prefer to leave 400-500 calories for the end of the day so I can have milk with my Oreos (270 Cals for the six packs which I buy in bulk from Sam's).

    And a gender thing?
    Ain't no woman likes chocolate more than me. Men may not wax poetic about it or have periods but don't come between me and my oreos, m&ms, Hershey kisses, Twix, chocolate cake, Reese's, double chocolate chip cookies, fudge brownies, chocolate fudge pop tarts, etc. if you value your life.

    I knew you'd come through. Thanks, @Carlos_421! ;)
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    shredcamps wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    I tried. I freaked out and binged on it after a couple of weeks. Now I leave about 200-300 calories at the end of my day to enjoy my chocolate (or ice cream). Knowing I can have it every day seems to keep the binging in check.

    wow. i could easily save 300 cal's for a decent chicken breast, but for me to waste it on chocolate would be a crime.

    is it gender based? most men dont give a kitten about chocolate.

    Can't tell if serious...

    You realize that saving those 300 calories for the end of the day likely means that the first part of the day was full of lower calorie, nutrient dense foods (including chicken breast) in order to stay full without using too many calories? It does for me at least.
    And wasting them? How is using them for what they've been saved for a waste?
    You don't get bonus points for not eating delicious things or for eating another chicken breast after you've already had enough protein for the day.
    A moderately active person can get all of their macro/micronutrient needs met and still have plenty of calories leftover for "discretionary spending."
    Myself, I prefer to leave 400-500 calories for the end of the day so I can have milk with my Oreos (270 Cals for the six packs which I buy in bulk from Sam's).

    And a gender thing?
    Ain't no woman likes chocolate more than me. Men may not wax poetic about it or have periods but don't come between me and my oreos, m&ms, Hershey kisses, Twix, chocolate cake, Reese's, double chocolate chip cookies, fudge brownies, chocolate fudge pop tarts, etc. if you value your life.

    I knew you'd come through. Thanks, @Carlos_421! ;)

    Yup! Saw your bat signal. Got here as fast as I could.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    chocolate_owl wrote: »
    shredcamps wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    I tried. I freaked out and binged on it after a couple of weeks. Now I leave about 200-300 calories at the end of my day to enjoy my chocolate (or ice cream). Knowing I can have it every day seems to keep the binging in check.

    wow. i could easily save 300 cal's for a decent chicken breast, but for me to waste it on chocolate would be a crime.

    is it gender based? most men dont give a damn about chocolate.

    A chicken breast is dinner. It gets me to my protein macro. Once that macro has been met and I've gotten a decent amount of fruits and veggies in, leftover calories are discretionary. Most days I have 200 to "spend" on whatever I want, usually a glass of wine and a piece of chocolate, but sometimes ice cream or Cheez-Its or whatever else I'm craving.

    My husband loves chocolate just as much as I do, my dad always kept fun-size candy bars around the house, and the men I work with devour the brownies I bake as soon as I bring them in, so I think there's plenty of men who give a damn about chocolate...

    All of this.

    Perplexed at the idea that at the end of the day, when looking for something to fill up those extra 300 calories, that a person would choose a chicken breast.
  • mygrl4meee
    mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
    I will tell you what I recently started doing. I said no candy,sweets ect for 7 days. I was eating it daily. I made it 6 days. Forgot about church thanksgiving dinner and I gave in... I had apple pie, a swirl bread with frosting. . I don't know what it was but something I would never buy and small brownie.. This is no more than I would typically do.. So then I say again no more but this its only 3 days cause of thanksgiving. . I plan on continuing with this kind of thinking.. My hope is my overall calories will come down.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    I use to eat M&M peanuts by the handful as a snack out of one of those big 3.5# bags from Costco w/o regard to the calories.

    Now I just buy a small package of individually wrapped Ghiardelli chocolate squares, which weigh 15g/.5oz and containing about 60-70 cals each, an sometimes end dinner w/1 or 2, depending on how many cals are remaining in my diet for the day.

    They're great for impluse and portion control.
  • catgerm
    catgerm Posts: 44 Member
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    I eat like 500 cals of this per day.

    I'm thinking of cutting back too, but I love it so much!

    I don't feel deprived, so maybe it's helping?
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