Chocolate Lovers?

Eat the chocolate you love in peace. Don't be hating yourself for eating delicious chocolate. Just make it fit into your daily calories and that's it. ENJOY IT WITHOUT THE HATE!!

I have a piece of chocolate every day. Most of the candy companies have packages with individually wrapped pieces 40-60 calories each approximately. Work it into your calorie allotment every day. No need for any guilt. It is all about moderation and sustainability.

Not hating yourself for eating a certain food type can only come from you, don't label foods good and bad eat what you want as long as it fits

Just eat it. I have chocolate every day. Chocolate milk, caffe mochas, chocolate squares, chocolate KashI bar, etc.

I eat dark chocolate every day, one or two squares of Lindt 85% or 90% cocoa. On days that I don't have enough calories to eat the Lindt then I have two squares of unsweetened cocoa with 1 tablespoon of almond butter. Don't deprive yourself of everything or you'll end up going off your goal. Just fit it in to your calorie allowance.

Work on your mental relationship with food. The foods you eat should not determine how you feel about yourself.

I'm going to choose to assume that you meant "without hating myself" as hyperbole and not literally. If it was literal, yes, please seek some help for that.

I'm a fellow chocolate lover and I have some basically every day. What I've done is allowed myself to become a chocolate snob. I buy only the best quality chocolate I can get my hands on -- heck, I can afford it, 'cause I'm eating it so slowly. One square of a really, really good chocolate bar is maybe 50-60 calories, and I just plan that into my day. It makes me feel more satisfied than an entire cheap candy bar used to.

Buy high cocoa percentage dark chocolate: It's both healthier and tastes more satisfying. Lindt and such is fine for supermarket chocolate if that's what's available. Sooner or later, you may want to "graduate" from Lindt to the better stuff -- here are some examples.

Quality over quantity, that's my motto.

Hi, Segacs. Thanks for the chocolate info. I'll look into it. Sounds yummy.

DeirdreWoodwardSanders wrote: »

MikaykayRachel wrote: »

What are some good ways I can eat my chocolate without hating myself?

Understanding how calories work is the first step towards developing a relationship towards food that allows you to eat all types of food without feeling guilty or bad.

Here's a link to an awesome post: Calorie Counting 101.

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Once you know what your TDEE is and you start accurately counting calories, you will see how very easy it is to fit what you want to eat into your day.

This! I eat chocolate, candy, ice cream, etc daily. As long as it fits in my goals, I'm good, and sometimes, I will allow myself to go over if it's something particularly special.

For example, my friend is the best baker, she made a flourless chocolate cake for an event I was working, and I knew it was going to be out of my goals, but it's not something I can get regularly, so I asked her for a small piece, and enjoyed every bite.

The next day, I just cut my calorie consumption by a 100 or so calories, to kind of make up for it.

Remember that this is something you are striving to maintain for life.

MikaykayRachel wrote: »

What are some good ways I can eat my chocolate without hating myself?

Put chocolate on food scale, weigh chocolate, log chocolate, open mouth, put chocolate in, and slowly chew and savor the taste.

segacs wrote: »

What I've done is allowed myself to become a chocolate snob. I buy only the best quality chocolate I can get my hands on -- heck, I can afford it, 'cause I'm eating it so slowly. One square of a really, really good chocolate bar is maybe 50-60 calories, and I just plan that into my day. It makes me feel more satisfied than an entire cheap candy bar used to.

Buy high cocoa percentage dark chocolate: It's both healthier and tastes more satisfying. Lindt and such is fine for supermarket chocolate if that's what's available. Sooner or later, you may want to "graduate" from Lindt to the better stuff -- here are some examples.

Quality over quantity, that's my motto.

This is what I do, so IMO, it's great advice.

If I want chocolate, I have what I call "fancy chocolate," and make sure I enjoy it immensely. What I think is a waste is eating something with lots of calories that I don't end up enjoying (perhaps because I feel bad later or perhaps because it's really just not that good). But really, really good chocolate is not a bad thing to fit into your calories.* I am lucky because there's a lunch place here (with excellent sandwiches and soup, though sadly pricey, and with a calorie count to boot) that also has a whole wall of amazing chocolates both local and from around the world, many in 40 gram sizes. I like to go pick up something from there when feeling like some chocolate.

*(Neither is ice cream, IMO, or good cheese or an excellent restaurant meal, but I digress.)

Hershey kisses are what I've been eating for dessert. Some days I can only fit 2 pieces in, other days much more. Normally 2-3 pieces hits the spot

It sounds horrible and still has chocolate in it but I made some black bean brownies the other day, they were really good and at least I was getting some good things in with my chocolate!

MikaykayRachel wrote: »

LessthanKris wrote: »

It sounds horrible and still has chocolate in it but I made some black bean brownies the other day, they were really good and at least I was getting some good things in with my chocolate!

My mama makes those! But since I don't live with mommy and I don't have a recipe for them, I can't make them.

Do you even internet?
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