Beat chocolate cravings

cask16

I know that snacking, particularly on chocolate, is undermining all the efforts in putting in through exercise - in working out consistently and most of my meals are fairly healthy.

So, any ideas please for low calorie chocolate / chocolate flavoured snacks?

Ps I've tried other sweet things e.g. Jelly and I always send up wanting chocolate !

Thanks!

nottellingit

Fudscicles!

cityruss

Eat an appropriate amount of chocolate.

kommodevaran

Chocolate doesn't undermine your weight loss efforts unless you go over your calorie goal. It doesn't interfere your nutritional goals if you're otherwise eating a well rounded diet.

If you want chocolate, chances are nothing else will satisfy you.

But does it satisfy you or does it just make you want more and more?

You have to decide for yourself.

cask16

Good points re: limits!

I'm also trying to limit my intake

Are fudgsicles available in the uk?

TeaBea

Ghiradelli dark chocolate squares - individually wrapped.

janejellyroll

I eat chocolate several times a week. It doesn't undermine my exercise, I just have to ensure that it doesn't cause me to go over my calorie limit (like any food).

I've found it helpful to eat chocolate that I find really satisfying. This way I'm okay having a smaller portion of it.

jordandills

Seconding Ghiradelli dark squares. I think the 70% dark is only 55 calories per.

I also like the stevia chocolate bars (Lily's or Trader Joe's has their own kind called Simply Lite). You have to have more control to not eat the whole bar but they are made with stevia and have a lot of fiber, so less calories and sugar than regular chocolate.

cask16

Thanks all - I'm making notes

nowine4me

jordandills wrote: »

Seconding Ghiradelli dark squares. I think the 70% dark is only 55 calories per.

I also like the stevia chocolate bars (Lily's or Trader Joe's has their own kind called Simply Lite). You have to have more control to not eat the whole bar but they are made with stevia and have a lot of fiber, so less calories and sugar than regular chocolate.

60, but who's counting? Oh right, all of us

cwolfman13

I have a couple of dark chocolate caramel cubes with sea salt most evenings for desert...

seanoxmix

I eat an insane amount of Halo Top Chocolate Ice Cream. It's the cheapest way calorie-wise for me to beat the chocolate cravings I have several times a week. Anything less than a pint of ice cream just makes me feel like snacking even more right after. A whole pint of Halo Top chocolate is only 280 calories and you don't have to be a pig and eat the whole thing like me If you haven't had it before, make sure you let it melt before you eat it. It says to let it melt for a couple of minutes, but anything less than half an hour and it'll have a weird texture. 45 minutes is better.

OregonMother

cityruss wrote: »

Eat an appropriate amount of chocolate.

^^^^This. Chocolate is part of my life. Maybe that's sad, but it's true. Work it into your plan so it doesn't end up causing a problem.

cerise_noir

Eat chocolate.

Chocolate is not hindering your progress unless you're going over your calories or just eating chocolate and nothing else (and going over your calories).

The end.

zzadsoph

Has this halo top ice cream got an alternative that's available in the U.K.

Graelwyn75

Dark chocolate. Richer and harder to overeat on it imo. I have the Lindt in various flavours.

lalepepper

Honestly the best thing I've found to kick a chocolate craving is to budget in a serving of high % cocoa dark chocolate. I get mine at Aldi in 5 packs for $1.99 - each bar is 170 cals or so and they have others in flavors like mint and chili, slightly lower cocoa %, for about 150 cals. I find even a half a bar can kick a craving as the dark chocolate is more satisfying to me than milk, which I tend to overeat.

jennybearlv

I keep a bag of Dove dark chocolate squares in the pantry. They are about 40 calories each and it's so tedious to unwrap the foil that I don't eat many at a time.

dawn423mfp

Put some cocoa powder in your coffee.

Lillymoo01

I like to add cacao powder to Greek Yogurt and berries for my chocolate hit. That or plain dark chocolate.

Strawblackcat

Whenever I start to get really strong chocolate cravings, it usually means that I'm running low in magnesium. I'll take some for a couple of days, and they typically fade away. When I do just really want some chocolate, I usually just eat some unsweetened baking chocolate. I figure that uf that doesn't satisfy me, then I must really just want sugar, rather than chocolate.

VeronicaA76

cask16 wrote: »

I know that snacking, particularly on chocolate, is undermining all the efforts in putting in through exercise - in working out consistently and most of my meals are fairly healthy.

So, any ideas please for low calorie chocolate / chocolate flavoured snacks?

Ps I've tried other sweet things e.g. Jelly and I always send up wanting chocolate !

Thanks!

I bought a small package of baking chocolate. 100% pure cocoa powder. Take one bite and I'm good. Chocolate is not sweet, sugar is.

Mojame9

cask16 wrote: »

I know that snacking, particularly on chocolate, is undermining all the efforts in putting in through exercise - in working out consistently and most of my meals are fairly healthy.

So, any ideas please for low calorie chocolate / chocolate flavoured snacks?

Ps I've tried other sweet things e.g. Jelly and I always send up wanting chocolate !

Thanks!

I just posted a pic of alternatives when you get cravings. I'm not sure how to post pictures in forum. So check out my wall.
But for chocolate cravings suggestions include dark chocolate nuts seeds fruit whole grains and greens.
Give it a try...?

Spiderpug

Cadburys highlights hot chocolate - 40 cals a cup

GottaBurnEmAll

I start every day with chocolate. I drink brewing chocolate which is ground cocoa beans you brew like coffee in a French Press. It's more like a chocolate tea than anything else. I make it stronger and have it with some liquid splenda and a splash of low fat half and half. It's nothing like hot chocolate. It's delicious and satisfies that chocolate urge very nicely.

Editing to add that at the strength I make it, it's 60 calories for the whole pot.

saraonly9913

Four Hershey Kisses. I use dark chocolate. Easy to sick on. Only 100 calories

kshama2001

If I'm eating mindlessly I can easily polish off a 450 calorie chocolate bar, but if I take 70 calories worth of chocolate chips and let them slowly dissolve in my mouth one by one I am bored with chocolate by the time I'm done with them, which can take up to 45 minutes.

I also like Ghirardelli squares. The single serve aspect of them defeats the Completion Compulsion. I also eat them really, really slowly, letting each tiny bite melt rather than chewing it.

lemurcat12

Mindful eating (a small bit of very good chocolate, something I really appreciate, currently into Chocolove Extreme Dark Chocolate) is easy for me to feel satisfied by. I also do a non sweetened brewed chocolate in a French press, often as an after dinner treat. Low cal, as GottaBurnEm says.

GottaBurnEmAll

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Mindful eating (a small bit of very good chocolate, something I really appreciate, currently into Chocolove Extreme Dark Chocolate) is easy for me to feel satisfied by. I also do a non sweetened brewed chocolate in a French press, often as an after dinner treat. Low cal, as GottaBurnEm says.

I used it as dessert on days where I don't have many calories left.

brandiuntz

I have chocolate every day. I eat high-quality chocolate I like, as anything less keeps me craving. I have a proper portion to my calories for the day. So, sometimes that's two pieces of little Dove Promises, and some days it's 1/3 or 1/2 a very good chocolate bar (whatever one serving is for that bar). I like dark chocolate a lot, and find it tastes "rich" and is easier to satisfy my cravings than milk chocolate.

jakistaki

Fudgesicles are awesome. The "no sugar added" ones are only 40 calories.