Sunday, January 31, 2010

Happy days will be here again

Okay, the month is almost up and that means that chocolate will once again be mine, all mine. While I may not be staying up until midnight so I can partake in some cocoa-based goodness, I am making chocolate chip muffins to take into work tomorrow. This may have more to do with the litre of milk I need to use up so it doesn't go off than my need to make use of that packet of choc chips. There will also definitely be some consumption of the Fruchocs (that packet in the fridge has been staring at me for a month now).

Did it kill me? No. But around the middle of the month I was definitely getting ready to hit things/people/advertising concepts. I'm glad I'll get to eat it again, that's for sure. According to my WiiFit I lost two kilos this month but I don't think that the lack of chocolate is the only cause. Work-related stress was probably a big contributor to that! It did make me realise how often I did eat it and how mindless it often was. Not a revolutionary observation but true nonetheless.

The good
  • Examining eating habits, establishing some new rituals/alternate food choices.
  • Feeling self-righteous for abstaining.
  • Saving some snack dollars (afterall, what I save on chocolate I can spend on drinks!)
The bad
  • The cravings, oh, the cravings.
  • Sometimes an alternative just isn't what you want.
  • Do you know how many products contain chocolate, even if just as a garnish?
  • Discovering that the Easter countdown, and all of the associated advertising, starts in January.
The ugly
  • Getting sunburnt on Australia Day and not being able to use my moisturiser because it was Palmer's Cocoa Butter.
Would I go without again?
  • Well, I will be later this year when I give up caffeine so I'll be sure to have another chocolate-related psychotic episode. Watch this space.
Would I go without for good?
  • Hells to the no! I think I'd give up cheese before I gave up chocolate forever.
February I go without Diet Coke.

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