heart shaped box chocolates...

[Miranda]

Oh what a lovely gift to receive on Valentine's Day. The chocolate is always good, but it's the pretty heart shaped box that really does it for me lol.

But, while admiring the pretty box, the chocolates just seem to keep steadily disappearing lol. This was an interesting find in the total calories going down the hatch.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calori...d-box-ft164262

Well, I hate to say it, but at eating half already I think I've consumed my favorites and am pretty much done. What else I eat will only be mindlessly because "it's there".

So, I think the rest might hafta get fed to the trash can. I feel bad about the idea of doing it. But, the whole box is calorie whoa. Half is pretty bad way it is.

[channlluv]

Freeze'em and treat yourself once or twice a week after a long ride.

Lovely gift! Let it keep on giving!

Roxy

[marni]

DH the sag guy knows about me and choclate so instead he gets me two lovely chocolate covered strawberries, one white, one dark, and or a very small (3-4 piece) heart shaped box of choclates which I share with him.

My other expression of choclate addiction is to make chicken mole a couple of times a year- I make my own mole and sample some as I go.

So tomorrow, I do an extra hour on the trainer. It was worth it.

[jessmarimba]

I'm going to buy myself a little box tomorrow

[Miranda]

Thx ladies for replies. The freezer is maybe an option because at least it is not on the kitchen counter in sight lol. Oh yes, it is a lovely gift. I think I just need the big pretty heart box... with about half dozen pieces of chocolate... and the rest Lara bars lol.

[OakLeaf]

My mom's dietitian actually suggested the freezer thing as a cure for the mindless eating. Somewhere in my mom's lizard brain was the conviction that she might never get chocolate again, so she had to eat whatever was available NOW. By eating one piece of fine chocolate every single day, she's been able to re-program that.

[Catrin]

......
My other expression of choclate addiction is to make chicken mole a couple of times a year- I make my own mole and sample some as I go...

hmmmm, how hard is this? Recipe?

[Susan Otcenas]

Somewhere in my mom's lizard brain was the conviction that she might never get chocolate again, so she had to eat whatever was available NOW. By eating one piece of fine chocolate every single day, she's been able to re-program that.

Nancy Clark did a great article on this. She basically said that if you are having a problem with a particular food that you just can't seem to avoid, that you should instead give yourself permission to eat it. As much as you want. As often as you want. Three times a day if you want! Once you realize that you can have it anytime you want (and proceed to OD on it), it will lose it's hold over you and you'll find it much easier to avoid.

I need to do this with nuts and peanutbutter....

[Eden]

I personally like the quality over quantity approach to food (and especially chocolate) - instead of buying the most you can get for your money, buy the finest you can afford. It also encourages you to savor your food, rather than shovel it...

In my book, four beautiful cointreau caramels from Dilettante beat an entire pound of Whitman's assortment by a long shot. Anyway, if I had more it would no longer be a treat.

[Owlie]

Somewhere in my mom's lizard brain was the conviction that she might never get chocolate again, so she had to eat whatever was available NOW. By eating one piece of fine chocolate every single day, she's been able to re-program that.

This reminded me of something.
The only times we had sugary anything (besides homemade stuff) when we were growing up was when our grandmothers sent over HUGE boxes of assorted British goodies (or Halloween). We knew we'd have to wait at least a year for the next one, so it led to two different means of enjoyment. My sister would eat whole bars of Cadbury's at one go. I'd break off small pieces and make my share last for months.
Go figure, I'm the squishy one and my sister is a stick.

[GLC1968]

This reminded me of something.
The only times we had sugary anything (besides homemade stuff) when we were growing up was when our grandmothers sent over HUGE boxes of assorted British goodies (or Halloween). We knew we'd have to wait at least a year for the next one, so it led to two different means of enjoyment. My sister would eat whole bars of Cadbury's at one go. I'd break off small pieces and make my share last for months.
Go figure, I'm the squishy one and my sister is a stick.

My brother and I had the same reaction with our Halloween or Easter candy (the only 2 times of year we had it). He would gobble it up, I would hoard it to make it last. He was skinny, I had a weight problem. Funny!

[malkin]

Brewer made heart shaped salmon cakes.
"...silly old bear..."

[limewave]

Nancy Clark did a great article on this. She basically said that if you are having a problem with a particular food that you just can't seem to avoid, that you should instead give yourself permission to eat it. As much as you want. As often as you want. Three times a day if you want! Once you realize that you can have it anytime you want (and proceed to OD on it), it will lose it's hold over you and you'll find it much easier to avoid.

Susan--thanks for bringing up Nancy Clark again. I have one of her books and tried reading it last year. But I found it was information overload--too type A for me. Yesterday I went to her site and downloaded one of her audio books, only 40 minutes long. It was exactly what I needed to hear! And it was in chunks that I could process, no overload this time.

[Susan Otcenas]

Susan--thanks for bringing up Nancy Clark again. I have one of her books and tried reading it last year. But I found it was information overload--too type A for me. Yesterday I went to her site and downloaded one of her audio books, only 40 minutes long. It was exactly what I needed to hear! And it was in chunks that I could process, no overload this time.

You're welcome. I like her alot. Sensible information, sensibly presented. She's not "trendy", but that's ok with me. Her information is solid. As someone who prefers REAL food over factory food, both on and off the bike, I get alot out of her work.

[Miranda]

Hey Ladies Just scrolled down & saw some adds to my post, thx.

I am gonna hafta look up Nancy Clark. That's an interesting point... I used to work at a bakery when I was in high school... very thin then even for my age... I didn't have a desire to eat what we sold... eventhough we were allowed to... hmmm, maybe I need chocolate at home all the time then.