Wanna Try?!

I actually decided I needed to give up chocolate completely for a while because it has been triggering major binges for me since mid December, I'm on day 3 of no chocolate and I had binging thoughts the almost the whole day on the first day, day three today I finally feel back to normal. I'm going to avoid it until I feel a little safer mentally with being able to handle it, then add in sweet treats that aren't chocolate, then see about adding chocolate back in reasonable amounts after that, geez, I sound so pathetic. But I'm serious, major binges.

Chocolate isn't really a problem for me, but this will probably help some other people.

ONe thing I've found, even 57lbs later, is that I am not giving up chocolate. Good luck!

I was off chocolate for many months at a time, and it wasn't too hard to stay away, even though I used to need that square of the dark stuff every day.

What I started doing now is add a teaspoon unsweetened chocolate powder to my morning smoothie or nut butter and banana sandwich on wholegrain rye. It makes for a pretty decadent start to the day, with very few extra calories.

But then I'm the sort of freak who can eat unsweetened baking chocolate or raw cacao beans and think she's getting a major treat

There ought to be a law against such pacts :laugh:

On the other hand, mortal sacrifice is best made with supportive peers.

All the best.

Not really, there are cookies in the kitchen. Chocolate isn't a bad thing and if I try to restrict it, I'll just want it more and that just sets me up for failure.

ETA: What exactly is it supposed to help anyway?

ETA, part 2: I just glanced at your diary and it seems for several days you usually have 300-400 cals left a day, if I were you, I'd eat MOAR chocolate. LOL :drinker:

how 'bout this challenge:

The 90/10 Challenge.

Every day, make 90% of your food good, clean, healthy whole foods and then 10% of whatever you want. If that's chocolate, then go nuts! as long as the junk is 10% or less you're good to go!

it's not about depriving yourself of things you enjoy, but fixing everything else AROUND those things!

how 'bout this challenge:

The 90/10 Challenge.

Every day, make 90% of your food good, clean, healthy whole foods and then 10% of whatever you want. If that's chocolate, then go nuts! as long as the junk is 10% or less you're good to go!

it's not about depriving yourself of things you enjoy, but fixing everything else AROUND those things!

But I thought if you want to be elite you can't eat stuff like that?

lmao.

I say just make yourself accountable for what you eat. If certain foods trigger overeating - then limit/get rid of those. Find what works for you. Some people are able to mix more than 10% of junk food into their diets and be successful while others are unable to eat "clean" due to their budgets.

The key is working with what you got and learning portion control and what works with you - your body, your mentality, your schedule, etc.

how 'bout this challenge:

The 90/10 Challenge.

Every day, make 90% of your food good, clean, healthy whole foods and then 10% of whatever you want. If that's chocolate, then go nuts! as long as the junk is 10% or less you're good to go!

it's not about depriving yourself of things you enjoy, but fixing everything else AROUND those things!

But I thought if you want to be elite you can't eat stuff like that?

hmm... interesting point... OP, are you looking to be elite? Or are you looking to get in better shape and enjoy your life while cutting down a bit on the bad stuff?

how 'bout this challenge:

The 90/10 Challenge.

Every day, make 90% of your food good, clean, healthy whole foods and then 10% of whatever you want. If that's chocolate, then go nuts! as long as the junk is 10% or less you're good to go!

it's not about depriving yourself of things you enjoy, but fixing everything else AROUND those things!

is your 90%/10% split based on science?

if so, do you have supporting documents for it?

or did you just make up those numbers?

Okay haven't had chocolate since 2011.

i haven't had chocolate since yesterday.

can we not hijack the girl's thread? come on people grow up.

Op, on topic, I would never give up chocolate. I have it every day and it fits perfectly into my macros. If you like chocolate, I don't suggest you give it up. For weight loss to be maintainable, it also has to be sustainable, and you can be as elite as you like and have chocolate, too.

If you like chocolate, I don't suggest you give it up. For weight loss to be maintainable, it also has to be sustainable, and you can be as elite as you like and have chocolate, too.

This.