Four pounds, 1.5 ounces of Godiva Chocolates

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  • hockra
    hockra Posts: 43 Member
    Way to Go. Your story is honest and represents one of the most important results of using MFP. While eating what we want, we are learning "how" to do it. When telling someone about MFP the other day, they asked, "so what are you allowed to eat." It was nice to reply, you can eat anything you want. (Of course, we learn what NOT to do, and that's important too). I sincerely appreciate your story and wish you well on your journey. You can do it!
  • penelepurr
    penelepurr Posts: 204 Member
    you made me smile :) a truly amazing story, you and all of your siblings!!! congrats on deserving your fix ;)
  • D0ry
    D0ry Posts: 59 Member
    Mr. R., if I hadn't just eaten a few squares of chocolate right when I started reading this post (e.g. the chocolate taste was and is still in my mouth), I would have probably drowned while reading how passionate you described this golden box and it's content :love:

    I can imagine how that treat tasted after you know you've earned it!! I bet it tasted better than always, right? Honestly, the only thing I can't imagine is how I, in your place, would stop at four pieces... but, as you said, it's a marathon - of losing weight and also of learning to live healthier. And you seem to be running with a really great pace :)

    Congratulations and keep up winning and earning all the prizes you aim for! :smile:
  • sparklelioness
    sparklelioness Posts: 600 Member
    Great post :) you definitely have earned it. You've Also reminded me that i have a Godiva rewards card and that i havent gone there in like a year. I think this sunday I'll go get a few pieces. :)
  • TheFinalThird
    TheFinalThird Posts: 315 Member
    Mr. R., if I hadn't just eaten a few squares of chocolate right when I started reading this post (e.g. the chocolate taste was and is still in my mouth), I would have probably drowned while reading how passionate you described this golden box and it's content :love:

    I can imagine how that treat tasted after you know you've earned it!! I bet it tasted better than always, right? Honestly, the only thing I can't imagine is how I, in your place, would stop at four pieces... but, as you said, it's a marathon - of losing weight and also of learning to live healthier. And you seem to be running with a really great pace :)

    Congratulations and keep up winning and earning all the prizes you aim for! :smile:

    A number of people have asked about my chocolate consumption experience. I put my office telephone on rollover status so that I wouldn't have to take any telephone calls. I closed my office door. I turned off my computer monitor. I wanted to live totally in the experience for the five or ten minutes that this would last. The first piece was a white chocolate starfish with raspberry jelly inside each of the five legs. Normally, I'd pop it in my mouth, chew a few times and swallow. This time, I bit off one leg at a time and let the white chocolate and raspberry melt together on my tongue in a puddle of sweet light yumminess. I repeated this for each of the legs until the starfish went to Davey Jones locker. Next, I moved to a dark chocolate "shield" that was filled with smoky, buttery caramel inside. The contrast between the slightly bitter dark chocolate and the previous white chocolate was exactly what I was looking for. Third up was a white chocolate oval that contained a white chocolate soft center. It was silky smooth had a very light, very sweet vanilla flavor. Finally, I finished with a milk chocolate "oyster" that contained a semisoft hazelnut cream. I can still feel the individual granules of nutty hazelnut on my tongue as the creamy hazelnut filling melted away. When I was finished, I sat there for a minute or two, allow my toes to uncurl, and unlike other activities that cause the same effect, did NOT need a shower afterward. When it was all over, I really and truly did not crave or even think about having a fifth chocolate. The experience was THAT rewarding. Then, I got dressed, raided her fridge, told her I'd call her in the... wait... NO... I opened my office door, unforwarded the phone, and finished drafting a set of interrogatories before driving home for my 41 minute exercise walk through the neighborhood later that afternoon.
  • Whisperinghorse
    Whisperinghorse Posts: 202 Member
    *Stands up and applauds.
  • beansprouts
    beansprouts Posts: 410 Member
    LOL....Imagine...rewarding one's self with 4lbs of Godiva Chocolates for losing 25 lbs of excess body weight...Did your wife laugh?
  • kcoftx
    kcoftx Posts: 765 Member
    I allow myself up to 2 small pieces a day if I want it but no more than that. That's my self-imposed limitation. It has worked well for me and I now don't eat it but a few times a week. It's a far cry from the bags I used to indulge in. I still haven't bought Almond Roca because I don't trust that I can stop at 1 to 2 pieces. I no longer eat even a full bar of chocolate at one time. I like just a little to savor. Yes, I savor it more now than I did when I chomped it down by the handful.

    (I have the fitbit ultra too...lol).

    I mostly now eat Hershey Bliss Dark Chocolate. It's the first Dark Chocolate I have ever liked.
  • hockra
    hockra Posts: 43 Member
    Terrific! Your words describe the experience so well that I feel like I was the one with the chocolates. I could taste every sweet sensation. Like you, now I go on with the day. Thank you for the update!
  • pen_thief
    pen_thief Posts: 78 Member
    If you were not a lawyer, you could have been a writer :)
    I have been trying to do the same thing. Incorporate things that I'm craving, but limit myself.
    Yesterday it didn't go so well, but I am trying to recalibrate today.
  • tuffytuffy1
    tuffytuffy1 Posts: 920 Member
    Your story rocks. I love it. And you have the gift of writing, which we lawyers definitely need to persuade our opponents and judges that we have the only reasonable position ;) Good for you, keep up the amazing work!
  • ktsmom430
    ktsmom430 Posts: 1,100 Member
    You are an excellent story teller. Hurrah for you for rewarding yourselt!
    After about 2 months of diligent logging in on MFP, I was reading a post here about not denying yourself on your fitness journey. So many allow themselves the small rewards, and I really like that.
    Ever since reading that post, as my last "food?" of the day, I have rewarded myself each night with one of two things. Most often, for me, it is a single dark chocolate Dove Promise with caramel and sea salt, and once a week, I have a Godiva milk salted toffee caramel. Pre-MFP, I was a milk chocolate only addict. Now, I almost prefer the dark choclate:happy:
    Thank you sir, for your story. You have brought a smile to many today!
  • ladyark
    ladyark Posts: 1,101 Member
    First off i want to tell you to send me some of your Godiva please lol. I absolutely love it. 3 months ago i would eat any kind of chocolate even tho Godiva is my favorite. Since i started this health journey 3 months ago i Never Ever touch the junk chocolate. If i am going to enjoy a piece of chocolate you better believe it will be a damn fine piece and well worth the splurge. I eat a piece a few times a week. I bought 8 pieces on the 8th this month and still have 5 left!!! ( i hope so at least, havent opened the gold box in a week lol )

    So i say know your limits , fit it in where you can and enjoy every mouthwatering bite of it. You are doing great
  • TheFinalThird
    TheFinalThird Posts: 315 Member
    Now if you'll excuse me, I am going to take five minutes to close the door to my office, visually admire the contents of my new gift, pick out four pieces (no more, and no less), record my 190 calories on MFP, and savor each delectable morsel.

    I'm six days into the great Godiva experiment. After selecting my precious allotment of four pieces (duly recorded in MFP when consumed) I counted nineteen empty slots in my 4 pound box. That means I'm averaging 3.17 pieces per day. So far, so good!

    Scott R.
  • paulvt65
    paulvt65 Posts: 73 Member
    That means I'm averaging 3.17 pieces per day. So far, so good!

    Scott R.

    Top man!
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    I love this.

    Thank you for sharing.
  • EricNCSU
    EricNCSU Posts: 699 Member
    The best part was "Picking out four, and only four.." That right there is what will help you win this marathon!

    Yes, this... indulgence with a healthy dash of self control. NICE!

    I prefer different brands, but the idea is the same! Nicely done sir. *tip of the hat*

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