In love with the 3 C's , suggestions ??

aminswife

I have a love affair with the 3 C's:

Chocolate
Cheese
Coffee

I don't believe in cutting out everything you love, I want to enjoy life AND be healthy.

Yes cutting down is an option, and is fine for Coffee but with Cheese and Chocolate, I really struggle...

Anyone got any ideas on how I can enjoy what I want and still not feel guilty bout it???

emgett89

What about finding low calorie things to eat your cheese and chocolate with (e.g apple with your cheese)? That way you're eating what you love, but you're also eating a relatively high volume of food over a longer period of time, without nearly as many calories (and g of fat) as you would be if you were eating just chocolate or cheese. I find that this keeps me satisfied fairly well. (Pasta was a similar vice for me-- Now I cut the calories in a dish nearly in half by adding an equal volume of broccoli.)

I also find that eating my chocolate frozen helps a little go a long way. If I eat a fun sized Snickers bar (80 cal) unfrozen, I always want more. I'm generally satisfied after just one frozen, though, since it takes so much longer to eat, making it a viable choice for a dessert treat. (Snickers work really well for this, since the filling gets quite solid-- plain chocolate probably wouldn't work as well.)

aminswife

mmmm frozen chocolate, I never thought of that....

I've tried having low calorie hot chocolate drink instead, but usually find it too watery to satisfy. My husband is a chocaholic so theres always loads of it in my house...how would popping one choccie before bed as a reward system do? would 20g of chocolate a day be bad?? At least if I leave it til just before bed, I *know* its coming, and I don't have time to go for more cos Im in bed :laugh:

See cheese for me goes on everything, even in salads I try to eat, I find them tastleless without a lot of feta or something...I would rarely eat a chunk of cheese on its own :ohwell: