I JUST WANT SOME CHOCOLAAAAAATE

I just had a Quest Double Chocolate Chunk protein bar for breakfast. 160 cal, 20g protein, 16g fiber, 1g sugar. totally guilt free, and it will be awhile before I want chocolate or sweets again.

Uhm hello, you forgot to add a big scoop of delicious peanut butter on top of it!

Dudes, just have a small piece of chocolate. A Dove Promise is 44 calories, what's the big deal?

You're right, there's nothing inherently wrong with eating a small piece of chocolate, if you just eat the one piece and that's it. However, hear out my logic for why you shouldn't eat it right now.

Of course cheats are okay. We'd probably go insane without them. But a cheat shouldn't be used as a flimsy justification to give up on the thing you're trying to accomplish (presumably weight loss). The cheat should be a reward, a treat for yourself, something you EARN. If you just give up and have a "cheat" every time your willpower is low, you'll never get to where you want to be. If you can get through tonight with no chocolate, that's a win for you. If tomorrow you eat nice and clean and maybe do a workout, then REWARD yourself with the chocolate.

Does that make sense?

No, it doesn't make sense. It's not "cheating" when I eat chocolate. It fits in my calorie goals, it's delicious. It is actually helping me reach my goal to lose weight, just like the salad I ate before the chocolate. See- I eat things I like, stay at my calorie goal, and lose weight! I work out to be strong, I eat to fuel my workout. I am not a dog, I don't need to reward myself with food. That is so weird to me.

ETA: I agree with others that planning is key! So...plan for some chocolate tomorrow

^^^^ This. Exactly.

I'm a chocoholic, so I can sympathize.

You want chocolate.
You've probably planned ahead and allowed for a "treat" or two in your diet plan, right?

Alrighty!

Get out your best placemat.
Set it on your table.
Light a candle..
Put your one piece of chocolate on a lovely china plate.
Make yourself a cup of hot tea.
Pour it into your nicest (warmed up) china cup.

Sit down.

Slowly sip the tea, nibble the chocolate.
Savor it.
Dab your lips with a nice cloth napkin.

(drinking something hot with a dessert will extend the appreciation and the experience)

If you're going to do it, make the most of the experience.
Plan ahead.
Ditch the guilt.

:drinker:

^^^ And this.

Also, to all the people in here saying, "Just eat chocolate" -- isn't that kind of a defeatist attitude in a forum called General Diet and Weight LOSS Help?

Not really. Not at all, I'd say. There's nothing defeatist about realizing you want something and then eating it. I hate the idea of "cheat" days or meals or treats, because that really sets you up to believe certain foods are evil and dangerous and you have to RESIST!! or you'll get fat again, which is an unhealthy relationship to have with food.

You want chocolate? Cool. Plan for it, eat it, log it, move on with your life. I eat chocolate all the time. I eat a lot of junk, actually. But I know my TDEE, my calorie goals and my macros, and I haven't had a single no loss week since I started losing. Balance is more important than ANYTHING else in weight loss. It'll never stay off otherwise.

I'm going to repost this since apparently some people missed when I wrote it the first time:

"Of course cheats are okay. We'd probably go insane without them. But a cheat shouldn't be used as a flimsy justification to give up on the thing you're trying to accomplish (presumably weight loss). The cheat should be a reward, a treat for yourself, something you EARN. If you just give up and have a "cheat" every time your willpower is low, you'll never get to where you want to be. If you can get through tonight with no chocolate, that's a win for you. If tomorrow you eat nice and clean and maybe do a workout, then REWARD yourself with the chocolate.

Does that make sense?"

I agree that cheats are vital. I'm probably going to have a cheat meal fairly soon (read: sometime in the next couple of weeks) because I feel myself craving things a lot lately. But cheating as a reward? I disagree. Food rewards can become a trap. Now, I will admit that when I hit my first goal of 10 pounds lost, I'll be buying myself a sushi tray (about 200 calories), but the reward I'm *really* looking forward to is my new riding helmet. That means my horseback riding lessons are right around the corner!

No, in my opinion it's terrific that she's resisting the chocolate. If it were me, I'd resist the chocolate till it wasn't a craving any longer and, if I had the room in my daily plan, I'd have the piece of chocolate and log it. It kind of what (I think it was you) someone mentioned about craving chocolate a little less next time. What I've also done, for myself, is get protein bars with chocolate in them. I don't have them every day and they allow me to eat chocolate without pumping in completely empty calories, since they are part of my meals. Since one of my biggest weaknesses is chocolate, I think it helps keep my cravings at bay (and I don't binge on chocolate ice cream with caramel sauce).

peace out ya'll, i'm off to go to work so i can post gifs on someone's thread so i can be an *kitten* too!

You must be new. Give it a few months and you'll be doing it too.

Why though? Why can't people just help each other instead of putting them down? Never understood it...

I've totally missed people putting people down and people being *kitten* in this thread. Have some posts been deleted?

No, they haven't. They're all there. :laugh:

For some chocolate is a gateway drug (some meaning me)
if I indulge I will eventually be found in an alley with my head inside an empty bucket of fried chicken surrounded by the bones and several empty boxes of Pepperidge farm cakes
it is not pretty
I use Dannon light and fit Greek yogurt either the vanilla flavor or the toasted coconut flavor and add in some unsweetened chocolate powder if the need is strong
and I have gotten much better
of course I am diabetic so I should not have sweets at all
if you can fit it in and you are able to do so without overindulging then make it fit
and enjoy it

Get out your best placemat.
Set it on your table.
Light a candle..
Put your one piece of chocolate on a lovely china plate.
Make yourself a cup of hot tea.
Pour it into your nicest (warmed up) china cup.

Did you know that The Republic of Tea makes a fabulous double dark chocolate mate tea? It's so AWESOME.

if you want it that bad then you should have some! just have 1 bit as appose to the whole bar!
telling yourself no will make the craving worse and you'll end up binging!

I make brownies using pureed black beans. Good for when I'm craving brownies.

when i crave chocolate, (IM A SWEET FREAK) --- I drink swssmiss diet hot chocolate--- 25 CALS OF HOT COCO YUM

Any diet where you aren't allowed to have ____ item is an over restrictive diet that is doomed to failure for most people, trust me I'd know I've tried, lost weight and quit diets like those and gained the weight back.

Fitness pal is different, you can have chocolate, pizza, candy and all of the yummy things you grew to love and crave. The only catch is that you have to record what you eat and make smarter choices if your close to going over or have gone over. I'm sure when you have a chocolate craving you might go through a giant bag of m&m's without thinking about the calories, but with fitness pal you might only have a fun sized portion instead, smarter choices.

I think my weakness is pizza and outback steakhouse. I went to both this week and over ate a bit. That's ok, but I need to stick to my goal even more now and make sure I earn back some of the calories I over spent. Before I started this diet, I'd do outback and pizza like this, but add it two more days of that without cutting back or working out. Great diet, much smarter for life long weight loss.

Have your chocolate and enjoy it+++