I accomplished this one earlier this week. Of course as soon as the 30 days were up I had some chocolate.
As I wrap this one up I think it’s important to review why I did it and what I’ve learned from the experience.
I set this as a goal because I was just eating chocolate all the time mindlessly. It was out of control. The goal has given me more mindfulness and I hope going forward to eat chocolate in moderation.
Something else I’ve learned is that because of my weakness for chocolate I should not have it in my home or on my person in any quantities. A piece of chocolate is one thing. A bag is another. I don’t have enough control to put it in the freezer and take it out one piece at a time.
So if someone offers me a piece of chocolate or it is available, I may take one. But not a whole bowl of it, not a whole bag, and not a box of it. If I buy it I will have to do so one mini bar at a time or 2 or 3 pieces at a time at Sees.
Maybe I will have more control on this one in the future, but for now that’s how it has to be. 3 years ago
I’m at Day 27 already? Hopefully the rest of this will be a piece of cake. But not chocolate cake. ;) 3 years ago
I think what I really want from this goal is to be more mindful of how I consume chocolate and other sweets. For a while there I was swallowing it without giving it a second thought. I think this goal is helping me be more mindful in my candy and sweets eating habits. 3 years ago
I’m at 12 days without chocolate. It seems to be getting slightly easier. Chocolate continues to be everywhere including “chocolate a day” advent calendars. I’m now more fascinated than freaked out by it. I’m not sure but I think the addiction is starting to lose its grip on me ever so slightly. I’ve got a long ways to go though. 3 years ago
This one got off to a rough start. I had to start over a couple times. But I’m on Day 6 now and continuing on. 3 years ago
I bought chocolate. A bag full of small chocolate covered macadamia nuts to be exact. They looked so good sitting there on the shelf. And yes, I bought them with the full intention of eating them all.
When I got back to my desk I started having second thoughts. Well, I could give them to my girlfriend who has a birthday, I thought. Who was I kidding, these would not last until tomorrow. I opened the bag and ate one of the nuts. It was not as wonderful as I had anticipated. I had to quickly get rid of the temptation before I ate all the others in the bag.
I tossed the bag into my garbage can. The janitor just emptied my trash. Whew.
Dang, that was one expensive little chocolate covered macadamia nut! 3 years ago
Today I went to my favorite drugstore to look for cotton balls and a pill box for my mom. First thing I noticed is there was chocolate EVERYWHERE! In one section they already had out little chocolate Santas for Christmas. Then there was the display of the Halloween candy on sale (mini peanut butter cups – num num!). They cleverly direct the cash-out line down the middle of the mega candy aisle with all the full size bars and bags full of chocolate. When you get to the counter you find on one side of you a little box of 10 cent mini Mounds bars and on the other side the full size See’s bars (Sees is my favorite chocolate) which you can buy to support charity. I can’t believe I got out of there without any chocolate. 3 years ago
eating entirely too much chocolate lately. I hear a little of the dark stuff can actually be good for you but “a little” and “chocolate” do not go together in my brain. I used to eat chocolate only rarely, but now it’s getting to be a habit to pick some up when I go to a drugstore to buy other things and that’s TOO OFTEN!
If I can go 30 days without maybe I can reset my brain to not look for it ALL the time. Thank goodness Halloween is over. Maybe that will help too. 3 years ago
