Chocolate Cravings!!

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  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    These (for some reason they are 60 calories in Canada but 70 calories in the US?). Anyway, they taste exactly like the real thing and will do the job pretty well.

    It's the exchange rate.
    No it's just that it gets lost in translation. Not everything can translate directly from one language to another.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    I eat chocolate (real chocolate, not substitutes) every day, and I'm ok with that. My overall diet is very balanced and gives me the nutrients I need. I enjoy chocolate, so I eat it. No problems.
  • Fragilebird24
    Fragilebird24 Posts: 202 Member
    I buy a large bar of dark chocolate and eat a square of it when I get a chocolate craving OR, I have Lindt Lindor Truffles around, which are around 74 calories a piece!
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    Have some chocolate.
  • mistertug
    mistertug Posts: 51
    eat chocolate then ffs just track it
  • runningvegan
    runningvegan Posts: 65
    I have a fun size candy bar every afternoon. It's only 100 calories. Restricting myself completely drives me crazy, and after 2-3 days of that I end up eating ~2000 calories of chocolate. Knowing that I can have something every day seems to be working so far.
  • skyekeeper
    skyekeeper Posts: 286 Member
    I love the Dove Dark Chocolate Promise squares and they are only 42 calories a square. The Trader Joe's mini chocolate bars are very good too and they are 100 calories a bar. They say mini but don't seem like mini to me. They come in regular and dark chocolate and I prefer the dark chocolate. Super yummy and melt in your mouth!!
  • goingwithgrace
    goingwithgrace Posts: 109 Member
    Just a few squares of high quality dark chocolate usually gets me over the chocoholic hump. :) Trader Joe's has a few very good dark chocolate options. Dark chocolate has some health benefits as well.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Just make room for them. It's only 210 calories.
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    ... OP deactivated? lol sheesh.

    Anyway, I have some dark chocolate, or the Special K Chocolate Crisps.

    My protein shake is chocolate too, so that helps!
  • ijohn001
    ijohn001 Posts: 166
    in my experience... it's like coming off of an addictive drug...

    once you get through the initial craving stage... no matter how hard it is... I've even had headaches from not having it... then, after that... you're good.... no cravings, no desire for it...

    it can be hard to get there.. but, once you're there... you think twice about having it again.
  • SGSmallman
    SGSmallman Posts: 193 Member
    Just as an alternative

    Chocolate.
    If you crave chocolate, it doesn’t mean your body has a chocolate deficiency, although I think most people would prefer that. Chocolate is high in magnesium. Cravings for it often indicate that your body is deficient in magnesium, which is a common deficiency. If you’re going to eat chocolate, choose organic cocoa and mix it into a healthy smoothie, or eat a small amount of dark chocolate. Because that is unlikely enough to deal with a magnesium deficiency, it’s also important to eat other foods high in magnesium, such as nuts, seeds, fish, and leafy greens.

    Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/what-your-cravings-mean.html#ixzz2gfay8jRw

    I have 15g of dark chocolate whenever i want so long as it fits my macros and i stay under my calorie count
  • angijunbug
    angijunbug Posts: 205
    I use this! Only 10 calories & no sugar no sodium & all health benefits! Tastes awesome!
    http://www.amazon.com/Crio-Bru-Maracaibo-12-oz/dp/B008UT14VM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1380811149&sr=8-5&keywords=crio+bru
  • glitterstreet
    glitterstreet Posts: 144
    I think it is important that you do not beat yourself up about it, it's chocolate; its awesome! Does it make you happy and are you still maintaining your desired deficit? Than go for it and make room for it in your calorie budget IMO.
  • chris2267
    chris2267 Posts: 57 Member
    Chocolate is fine - just keep upping the caco %. I told myself that I could only have dark chocolate. I sit right around 72% caco. and I only need a square. That way you get the chocolate and the antioxidants. The regular milk chocolate that is in Hershey and others isn't very good for you and too much sugar.
  • ChrisS30V
    ChrisS30V Posts: 157 Member
    I'm not in weight loss mode at the moment, but I eat 30-50 grams of chocolate (granted, not anything like a Snicker's bar or Milky Way,etc., just basic dark or bittersweet squares from a bar or chips) a day and haven't found myself mysteriously putting on weight or foaming at the mouth. Like with anything else, as long as you are able to fit it into your daily plan and eat it in reasonable portions, I personally don't see a problem with it.
  • marrisu
    marrisu Posts: 11 Member
    The 60 cal double chocolate puddings, fiber one 90 cal brownies or container of dark chocolate almond milk (I think these are 110 or 120 cals) controls my cravings.
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
    If I crave it, I have it

    I can make anything fit into my day

    Me?
  • Cheeky_and_Geeky
    Cheeky_and_Geeky Posts: 984 Member
    I eat a 90 calorie chocolate fiber one bar. That seems to help my cravings & my appetite for a few hours. Also, I like dark chocolate hershey's kisses. I can eat 1 & be ok til the next day. If you think you'd eat them all, than I would not recommend that. Also those 100 calorie snack packs at Walmart have some good stuff (chocolate covered pretzels, Special K pastery crisps,etc). Make sure it's less than 100 calories. Good luck!
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    I would switch to stronger chocolate. I can get all the chocolate I need in a square of dark chocolate that has 100 calories or less, and yes, I have chocolate every day.
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