August 16, 2008
Chocolate withdrawal
I am going through a difficult time now. I have given up chocolate. This is the third day of no chocolate and I am wanting chocolate. I heard from someone/somewhere that after a while of not eating chocolate, the need for chocolate goes away. I want chocolate. I have procrastinated all day about doing this bit of work, and I think chocolate could let me do it. I have drunk three cups of orange tea and eaten two oranges. Orange is no substitute for chocolate.
joanium said,
August 17, 2008 @ 8:56 am
Well, my housemate Damian just gave me a Magnum and a chocolate cupcake and I gobbled it up. I couldn’t say no. Addiction is a terrible thing.
Okay, my ban is on standalone chocolate, not chocolate incorporated into other foods, like ice cream, cookies and cake.
Yes, I know how ridiculous that is.
vera said,
August 18, 2008 @ 9:20 am
I had a friend who vowed to give up chocolate for a whole year. This included anything that was chocolate, chocolate flavoured, included cocoa, etc. And he did. He lost an incredible amount of weight!
After that, he gave up all soft drinks.
I think he’s back to eating/drinking both now (this was some five years ago), but he hasn’t regained any of the weight.
Brad said,
August 18, 2008 @ 11:32 am
Joanium – I had a giggle at your expense. We are on a bit of a regime at the moment. We were in town yesterday and had decided that we would eat a gelati – a walk through our Italian memory lane. We got to the gelati shop (in an overly lighted and air conditioned shopping centre! Ah, Canberra) and decided that we would refuse to wait in a line of about 20 people with shopping trolleys. Our experience had been ruined. The upshot, I figure, is to make the experience of chocolate bad. I am not sure how you could do this, but it might be worth giving it a go.
joanium said,
August 19, 2008 @ 9:14 am
Vera, your anecdote gives me hope. Today, I was pleased that I declined a hot chocolate (known to be well made and delicious) and asked for tea instead.
Brad, I know someone (Vera) who drank a lot of Baileys in one night (as an experiment) and now she cannot bear it. Perhaps I need to GORGE on chocolate.
The thing is, I’m pretty sure that I’d bounce back an hour later, ready for more!
vera said,
August 19, 2008 @ 11:29 pm
Oh, Baileys… I only drink it now with Chambord, as a “jam donut”. Still won’t take it on its own!
Also, I was put off (warning: Chinese… possibly badly spelled… or badly translated from Cantonese to Mandarin) lian gao (the sticky-ish “cake” you eat at Chinese New Year) for more than a decade because one time I ate too much and “got sick” (in hindsight it was probably just a coincidence). Yeah… that happened in prep or grade 1… I only started eating it again about two years ago…
So try eating chocolate when you’re about to get sick!
joanium said,
August 20, 2008 @ 6:15 am
Hey everyone, I had a breakthrough!! There was a BAG of TOBLERONE on the table with a note that said EAT ME and I reached for it then cried, ‘NO! I’VE GIVEN UP CHOCOLATE!’ and I WALKED AWAY!!!!!
Huzzah
Pan said,
December 22, 2010 @ 11:34 am
That’s some Funny stuff….. I have given up chocolate. This is the third day of no chocolate and I am wanting chocolate. I read that and just started rolling. OMG LOL … You don’t say…? LOL!
Kim said,
February 23, 2012 @ 2:30 am
This is my first day without chocolate…I know it is going to be a long haul for me, but it’s not good for my thighs! I have stopped before and lost weight. This time, I am quitting for good!!