binge-triggers: chocolate.

[lambe]

so i've figured out that whenever i make a recipe involving cacao, i COMPLETELY overindulge. i mean chocolate & indulgent are kindof synonymous, but really, i go over the top. & i think i've finally learned my lesson.

yesterday i made a righteous chocolate pudding out of cacao & equal parts avocado & banana + honey. i ate the WHOLE thing when i intended to prepare a batch to last. in addition, it sparked a salt-craving & the vicious cycle ensued.

so i figured out that i am better off wholly without chocolate & with nature's whole fruits & nuts & veggies instead. otherwise my palate gets too excited or something.

has anyone else noticed similar behavior in themselves?

[Barbie2]

Whenever I eat chocolate, I too then want something salty, and then I want something sweet again. Yes, chocolate is my addiction, one which is hard for me to give up.

[chocoholic]

I have always been a chocoholic ... and have recently realized it does lead to overindulgence as well. I've never been able to have just a little bit. Right now I am proud to say I've been chocolate free for 6 days (thats HUGE for me) and I feel great! When I avoid cocao and carob I enjoy the flavors of everything else so much more!

[GlimR]

Listening to your own body is the key.

I find my reaction to raw chcolate "food" is completely different to SAD chocolate and I am satisfied after a small portion. With SAD it didn't matter how much I ate...I'd eat it till it was gone and still not have had enough.

[belleadonna]

Well, doesn't chocolate have caffeine in it? Then it is not so suprising if becomes addictive.

[maui_butterfly]

i always called coffee my "gateway drug" because drinking it always caused me to overeat, and crave salty/fatty foods. so i know where you are coming from. maybe its because it has caffeine, but i find that other caffeinated things (black tea, chocolate) do not affect me the same way. everyone is different, unique, and our set of triggers, both emotional and physical, create a unique fingerprint to us. but if you have discovered something you are "addicted" to in a real sense, i think striving to leave it behind is really the smartest thing you can do.

i am so grateful to be rid of coffee in my life. i was such a fiend for it, and it definitely took more than it ever gave...