Chocolate Cravings?

I'm a chocolate lover, too. Don't deprive yourself completely, allow yourself a treat or reward every so often! Skinny Cow ice cream treats are great! Lower calorie than normal ice creams, and there are a lot of options. Also Healthy Choice premium fudge bars are 100 calories and taste amazing! Very chocolate-y.

i don't resist them *S*
every night i have a few little square of the best quality dark chocolate... (my fave is not even an expensive one, the brand is Green & Black organic dark chocolate)
i take tiny nibbles and let each nibble melt n my tongue, filling my mouth with the rich slightly sweet flavour i love.

all that pleasure (and i can make those nibbles last a good 15 minutes *L*... for just 55 calories, 3g fat and 2 mg sodium? oh yeah.. works in perfectly *S*

I really like the nature valley oats n dark chocolate granola bars. I eat them for either a snack or for breakfast if I am running late. The chocolate tastes really yummy and it is 190 cal/8 g fat/3g dietary fiber/4g protein for the 2 bars in the package. It isn't super healthy, but it is a better option for me.

Ooh, and skinny cow is good tasting too, for more of a desert chocolate

Either high quality chocolate, SAVORED, or I also like Vitamuffins and Vitabrownies - they have 100 calories each and are pretty tasty. They're not that easy to find, but luckily more grocery stores are carrying them. You heat them in the microwave or toaster, so they are warm and delicious.

Whichever, ENJOY it and don't deprive yourself - if you're like me, you'll just binge later! :P

I keep a tin of Godiva Dark Chocolate Pearls.. Love them and I just try to savor each one.

Dark chocolate almond milk.:drinker:

Try SEES lollipops!! They're absolutely amazing. The normal size are around 90 calories, but the minis are only 15 calories a piece. By the time they dissolve, the craving will likely have passed.

Here's a link:
http://www.sees.com/prod.cfm/pops_and_candies/Little_Pops

How do you resist chocolate cravings? And if you can't, what's a "healthy" option?

magnesium citrate, about 800 mg a day. I am a chocoholic, to be sure, but magnesium tames my "MUST HAVE!" into "Meh."
And it's no wonder. Chocolate is rich in magnesium among other things. So either your body is either after magnesium or sugar. See if taking some magnesium citrate for a few weeks helps at all.

Isn't the real purpose of losing weight and getting healthy, to gain control of our lives and the food we eat? Given that viewpoint, why can't you eat chocolate... IN MODERATION. Pick your fav treat, measure and weigh it out, log it in your food calorie and eat it slowly. Enjoy every molecule of chocolatey goodness. If you deprive yourself, you'[re going to go on a binge. If you allow yourself measured treats, you won't feel like you're missing anything, and won't go off your daily caloric plan.

this might sound sucky, but the only way I can resist chocolate (and sweets like cookies, cake, etc) is by throwing them away or ruining them in some way. I know it's a waste, but i have literally put soapy water on brownies so there would be NO way I would want to eat them. If I'm in a situation where I'm the only one who really doesn't want to be eating that stuff, I make the other people hide it. I'm living at home until my lease starts in september, and my sister made red velvet brownies. I ate a piece of one, and then made my mom hide them and told her I'd throw them away if i found them (I haven't found them, but I haven't looked).

I absolutely love chocolate. Sometimes, it's okay to eat a little bit every now and then, but I really just try to avoid it all together. You could ask your mom to hide the stuff after she makes it so you're not tempted?

Alternatives-
Chocolate version of 100 calorie packs
Trader Joe's 100 calorie chocolate bars
Dark chocolate [covered cherries]
Emerald Nuts Cocoa Roast Almonds (100 calorie packs)- THESE are delicious and taste like oreos to me! Highly recommend.
Goldfish Chocolate Grahams (very good as well 50 pieces have 130 calories)
Chocolate Teddy Grahams (same as goldfish but 25-30 pieces have 130)
Chocolate fiber one bars
Chocolate nature valley bars
Bear Naked Chocolate Granola (REALLY good, forget the serving size (3/4 cup?) , but it's 120 calories)
Jello Sugar Free DARK chocolate pudding is SO good
Jello Sugar Free Chocolate and Vanilla swirl pudding
Jello Mousse Temptations
Werther's Chocolate Caramels (35 calories a piece)

lol I have a big list...... i'll stop.


I go for the chocolate goldfish over the teddy grahams bc i'd rather have 50 than 25-30, but I think it's the same weight, but the teddy grahams are bigger.

ALSO- i have rationed out a hershey's chocolate bar before. i would eat 2 pieces every day (54ish calories)

ALSO you can tell your friends and family you are reducing your sugar intake. It doesn't have to mean saying you're on a diet, but talk about how you have much more energy throughout the day and feel healthier when you resist sugar.

Homemade "Chocolate" Bar
- 1 banana
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Peel and slice the banana. Put the banana and cocoa powder in a food processor, blender or mix by hand until completely combined and creamy. Cut 2 pieces of wax paper and spray both with nonstick cooking spray. Place one sheet on a cookie sheet, scoop out the chocolate mixture onto the paper, then place the second piece on top. Using a rolling pin or your fingers, spread out the chocolate until it is just a thin layer. Remove the top piece of wax paper. Freeze until solid and enjoy!
-140 calories for entire "chocolate" bar

Chocolate Ice Cream
- 1/2 frozen banana, peeled and sliced
- 2 Tbsp skim milk
- 1/4 scoop vanilla or chocolate protein powder (optional)
- 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Chill for 10 to 20 minutes or until thicker. (Or just enjoy like a milkshake or frosty)
- 100 calories for entire recipe

I hope this helps with your chocolate cravings!

I always keep chocolate mini rice cakes, and i buy the mini sixlets
comes 8 in a little plastic sleeve for 20 cal I love to let them melt in
my mouth one at a time.

try having a sugar free hot cocoa made with skim milk at night. Gives you calcium, protein, and won't hurt your diet! I am also a chocoholic, I try to substitute my desserts with FF frozen cool whip and fruit or fruit with peanut butter. Its hard though! Sometimes I would rather just have dessert and skip the meal! haha!

I'm a chocoholic. I don't deprive myself of anything that I want and I don't feel guilty for eating things that I like. You have to have control over food and not let food have control over you. When a person let food have control over them, they allow food to make them feel bad.

There's nothing wrong with eating something that you want. But, you have to have control over the amount you want.

My advice to everyone that loves chocolate is to buy your favorite chocolate treat and if it comes in mini size buy that, instead of the larger size. If you like brownies, buy a box of Little Debbie brownies or you can always buy a box of brownie mix and bake your own brownies. If it's ice cream. Buy the little cup size. It may come 12 in a pack. Whatever your chocolate favorite is, buy it.

Okay, this is what you do next. Storage candies in a plastic $1.00 container if you don't already have a container. For the brownies, if you buy the Little Debbie brownies or even off brand brownies, store them in a plastic container as well. If they are the brownies that comes two to a pack, take all the brownies out of their packages and store them in a good size ziplock bag and then put it in the storage. If you have to bake the brownies, bake it and cut it in square pieces and put the pieces in a good size ziplock bag and store it as well. For ice cream cups, you can leave it in the bag or take them out of the bag.

You be in control of your chocolate. If you want a piece of chocolate candy, go to your container and tell yourself, "I'm only having one candy." Take that one candy and leave from your container. Whatever you chocolate is, do the same thing. Tell yourself, "I'm only having one ????"

Your body may scream for more, but tell it no and stand firmly on your no. It will be hard at first, but your body will get use to it and get use to only getting one.