chocolate

marysabetournay

I gave in to chocolate today! grrr am pissed off at myself....how to resist yor favorite junkfood?? am such a wuss when i see those tiny chocolates just calling for me!!

orlybayu

It happens. Don't beat yourself up about it. Just keep trying. I personally just don't eat them. The longer you go without it, the easier it gets (of course after the first few days). I once gave myself a day to eat whatever I wanted, and the foods didn't taste as good as I thought they would. Cravings are always tastier than the treat (and the guilt). Maybe try to keep yourself busy, drink some water, find a healthier alternative, and sometimes just let yourself have some!

need2belean

Did you just give into chocolate as in a little bit or did you binge? Having small treats fit into your daily calorie goal is a good idea.

YosemiteSlamAK

I eat two small pieces of chocolate everyday as part of my heart health plan. It helps me not eat a bunch of other unhealthy things throughout the day or binging and eating a bag of candy or a whole cake.

JeromeBarry1

Those tiny chocolates, Kisses are 25 calories, Snickers Mini are 45 calories, Ghirardelli 86% cocao squares are 60 calories, etc, are not going to be the ruination of your weight loss plans if you can simply manage to control portions. My wife's cousin started her effort to use mfp only last week. She included a small number of Kraft caramels each day and stayed within her calorie budget every day. That's worthy of commendation. This life is not a short-term punishment. It's the discovery of new habits that will last the rest of your life, and we all want to know that there will be some delightful treats in our life.

Ready2Rock206

Why would I give up chocolate? Or any of my favorite foods? That's ridiculous - and a recipe for disaster as you've experienced. Find a way to make them fit your calories and enjoy life. Weight loss isn't meant to be a punishment.

Wynterbourne

I don't give up anything. If I'm craving something, I work it in. If I had to tell myself, “you can never have xyz again” I'd fail. Plain and simple.

kommodevaran

It sounds like you're setting yourself up for failure, in the classic way:
Deeming something you like off limits, for whatever reason (toxic, fattening, indulgence).
Keeping foods you have trouble moderating, within arms reach.
Building a halo around said forbidden food, and thus working up an intense craving for it.
Hating yourself for not being able to resist.
Keep eating to ease negative emotions/remove temptations/because you've already broken the rule.
Possibly also undereating and/or forcing yourself to eat boring/strange food and/or at an awkward schedule.

Just being aware of this pattern should be enough to break it and find a more effective strategy.

malibu927

I don’t resist; I work it into my calories

Adc7225

I didn't give up chocolate or bacon! I did however change what chocolate I ate and how I ate it. No supermarket, drugstore chocolate - boutique chocolate only. Now before you compare the price there are some pluses - of course it is higher, resulting in less, it takes effort to get, resulting in not indulging in it as often, for me it wasn't as bad for me due to issues with food dyes and preservatives. I would serve it on a saucer like dessert and make it an event. For me this helped me from indulging in holiday treats for several years, I would/could have something to really look forward to.

Now, I do keep dark chocolate around, because I don't care for it but it hits the spot when you are craving something - these are not anything special, I get the Ghiradelli dark chocolate squares from Costco.

LiftHeavyThings27105

As so many have stated, you are setting yourself up for failure. If you tell yourself that you can not have this or that, you are going to want this or that. And, when you finally do enjoy this or that, you are going to feel like you have failed. BS.

Food is fuel. Food is necessary to survive. Nothing more. Well, for me. It takes a bit of 'training' to get to that point. A healthy relationship with food is super important and not at all easy to have. Food is front and center of soooo many things.....

I LOVE Taco Bell. Yes....that nasty, disgusting horrible food. But I love it. So, every now and again I just go. And I get two or three things.....and I know that all told I just enjoyed about 1,400 Calories. I just make sure that doing this fits for the day. It almost never does. I do not schedule that visit. It just kinda happens. So, if I go over that day's Caloric Intake (and, totally screw up the macros for that day) I do not worry. I look at things from the perspective of one week. So, 2,200 Calories a day x seven days is 15,400 Calories. Somehow, pretty sure that 1,400 Calories is NOT going to mess up that one week. And, you know what.....if it does, somehow I will still survive.

Enjoy life. If that means that you have some chocolate every now and again, then so be it! Shoot, have a piece for me and tell me how good it was.

Someone else stated this....and I think that it is super important (I will say that I have been going through this process for the last six months and have really made huge gains)......but pay attention to habits. There is a trigger, then there is your reaction and then you take some sort of action. Recognizing all of this is the most important. Work on that. Love yourself when you do see that the pattern is in play at the moment. That is a win. You might still be taking the "wrong" action (whatever that might mean) but you are seeing that you are in said pattern. Soon you will be able to re-channel your energy...as you will see the trigger when it happens. That is cool.

Anyway, enjoy. Enjoy life. We are here only once, right?

lorrpb

When I started I got individually wrapped Ghiardelli squares. It was the best way to limit my intake. Then the store stopped carrying them. Now I buy the large bars and break off one square per day. It works now because I got used to the singles first.

quiksylver296

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

Why would I give up chocolate? Or any of my favorite foods? That's ridiculous - and a recipe for disaster as you've experienced. Find a way to make them fit your calories and enjoy life. Weight loss isn't meant to be a punishment.

Exactly this.

RodaRose

What works for some people is to get chocolate /cacao powder to add to milk, yogurt, oatmeal.
You could make chocolate pudding with bananas or avocado or something similar.

TeaBea

need2belean wrote: »

Did you just give into chocolate as in a little bit or did you binge? Having small treats fit into your daily calorie goal is a good idea.

This^

Complete elimination always seems to back fire for me. Besides.....moderation is good practice for when you get to maintenance.

missysippy930

Work it in to your calorie allotment each day.
I have a Dove promise dark chocolate caramel with sea salt as a treat everyday.
One piece = 38 calories.
Don't deny yourself, learn to moderate all foods, especially the ones you love.

NorthCascades

I have half a chocolate bar as part of my breakfast every morning. Chop it up into pieces and mix it into my yogurt. It's good stuff.

LearningToFly13

I eat a small amount of chocolate most days

marysabetournay

thank you all for the advice, will work into my plan and enjoy small pieces of dark chocolate, which i love!