How do I break up with chocolate?

how about dark chocolate? 70% cacao. Trader joe's has nice 100 calorie bars. Could be your end of day treat?

haha. understand. it is an acquired taste.

Whenever you get that sugar craving try to substitute chocolate for a healthier, sweet option (strawberries, apple, etc.) orrrr.... Just be lactose intolerant like me!

evelyngomez_xo wrote: »

That's hard for me lol I tell myself once a week and that turns into one every other day

Maybe plan a little in every day? And eat other sweet things like stawberries as blake suggests. (I love chocolate but find I crave it less now than I did.)

2 small squares of dark chocolate a day is said to be good for your heart, as long as it is at least 70% cacao.

I eat 3 squares of 88% organic dark chocolate every night and it's working out great! Another thing I would do in the past that worked out great especially in the summer was make chocolate popsicles:

Get a popsicle mold (mine has 6 slots).
Melt down 6 servings of chocolate fondu style.
Add 3 ripe bananas (thats half a banana per serving), the melted chocolate, 1 cup water, 1 cup almond milk, in a blender or food processor (we have a $20 ninja processor from target that works great).
Pour into mold and freeze overnight.

Every day you get a popsicle that is chocolatey and sweet like a fudge pop, but has the calories of 1 square of chocolate, 1/2 a banana, and 1/6 cup of almond milk. Satisfying and a great healthy alternative!

I eat abt 1.5 tbs of Nestle' Dark Choc Chips after dinner most every night; I may want more (LOVE CHOCOLATE), but use self-control not to eat more. If you say "I can't have . . . . (fill in the blank)," you usually set yourself up for failure. It is better to have a small amt of something you enjoy and make it part of your eating plan--another thing, don't say "diet," which indicates a beginning and end; instead, use eating plan/life style. I have lost the weight I wanted to, now I'm working on adjusting my "maintenance" calories and trying to gain more muscle mass (not larger, just tighter and less jiggle).

I've never done this before, but I'm willing to be the homewrecker in your relationship with chocolate.

flamingblades wrote: »

2 small squares of dark chocolate a day is said to be good for your heart, as long as it is at least 70% cacao.

This!

I have some 85% dark chocolate every morning with coffee and treadmill

You'll acquire the taste for 85% and then you are good to go. Trader Joes has some ridiculously awesome 85% bars that are cheap too. I eat them like....candy.

No problems, just dont hork down 2-3 bars a day.

I eat chocolate all the time. I like the 72% with a glass of red wine. It's possible that craving chocolate could be caused by a magnesium deficiency. I don't think that's been proven but some people have said supplementing magnesium or being sure to include more magnesium rich foods [ http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=75 ] has helped.

I think you need to make friends with chocolate. Not an obsessive mutually destructive relationship (think M&M's at the movies), but something reasonable and satisfying for both. I like a few Brookside chocolates in the evening.

Chocolate is my friend. I can't break up with my friend. I just try to have just a little a day. My boss at work brought in these 70% dark cocoa chocolate squares. I found out they were 30 calories a square. Until they were gone (all to soon) those became my little bit of chocolate a day. I would nibble on the square to make it last longer.

orange_you_glad wrote: »

Maybe this is a little drastic, but try giving up sugar completely for a while. I did this back in January, along with most carbs. It took a couple weeks for my body to adjust, and now I'm back to eating some carbs, but my sweet tooth isn't nearly as strong as it used to be. I do still eat chocolate (my nutritionist gives me 250 "pleasure calories" each day), but I find that a smaller amount is way more satisfying. Eating chocolate (or anything with sugar in it) after a meal also helps stop further cravings, since you don't get the blood sugar spike.

i second this. I gave up sugar AND all artificial sweeteners for several weeks, and my sweet tooth decreased dramatically. Now I sweeten with just a little bit of stevia, and 85% cocoa chocolate tastes divine!