I'm craving chocolate

[Rorey]

It's one of those things that I can't stock up on because, like ice cream, it's not safe in my house.

I'm just starting Day 3 of my isolation, and it's not getting any easier.

[redwitch]

1. I have already eaten the Easter chocolate.

I do have Hershey’s baking chocolate so I can make cookies if necessary. Which it will be.

[Rorey]

7. Exactly why I can't buy Easter candy

I also didn't buy Halloween candy last year - first time ever.

[lark]

2. Order some from your local grocery store or from Amazon.

My husband went shopping yesterday and there was still plenty of chocolate.

[Rorey]

8. We actually have a little drive-thru convenience store

I'm probably going to go there in just a bit.

[lark]

23. Good luck!

[dawg]

3. I've got some Dove bars.

I'll trade you two for a four-pack of Charmin.

[Rorey]

6. LOL, I have Angel Soft and some store brand

I'm specifically craving Hershey's with Almonds or Snickers.

My craving for specific candy bars hasn't been this strong since I was pregnant with my oldest son and living in Flin Flon, Manitoba. I wanted an American candy bar, and there were none to be had.

[Tree-Hugger]

4. I stocked up

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And then I ate through my stockpile with the help of my kids.

[Rorey]

10. It's only me here.

It wouldn't have mattered how much I stocked up, it'd be gone that first day. I have NO will power when it comes to chocolate and ice cream.

[librechik]

12. Yep--semisweet chips a devotee can nibble and savor without getting fat

theoretically. And don't remind me about the ice cream!

[Rorey]

14. I got some at Christmas time to make fudge

I've got a grandson who always asks me to make some, but this past Christmas we just never quite got to it. Soooooo, there I was with all of those chocolate chips. I had some every day along with some peanuts. So yummy.

[malaise]

5. When we were kids dad would bring home a huge bar of Cadbury's and share it with everyone

I love both coffee ice cream and chocolate and I still follow dad's instruction to this day. One medium size Cadbury with almonds lasts us a week. We treat it like others treat vitamins - one piece a day and or one scoop for ice cream and only at night.

[Rorey]

9. Ah, you're one of THOSE people

My husband, father of my kids, who died a few decades ago, used to make a candy bar last for days. DAYS!!!!! I finally had to institute what we called "The 24 Hour Rule". If there's chocolate in the house for over 24 hours, it's fair game......because after 24 hours it's just cruel taunting to have uneaten chocolate around.

[malaise]

15. You see I learned to look forward to that one piece

knowing that there is another piece for tomorrow

[spooky3]

51. Years ago I knew someone who made exactly FOUR cookies at a time.

One each for his wife, daughters and himself. Have to admit he was quite slim as a 50-year-old.

[Rorey]

53. That's a good practice

I didn't grow up that way. My mom was a child during the depression, and the deprivation she went through had life long effects. I was a skinny kid, but as an adult it was difficult to get past those bad habits that were instilled in us. She didn't just make a batch of cookies. She made a double batch. We always had desserts around the house, and there were no rules about how much we could have. Junk food, fried food, soft drinks.....no restraint.

As an young adult, I was always so busy that those bad habits didn't impact my weight. I also went through a period of time when I was very poor, and got to a very low weight. When I slowed my pace as I got older, it was a real struggle to start eating more sensibly. Now that I'm living alone, I hardly ever bake. If I decide to indulge in something sweet, I buy one serving. I rarely buy chips of any sort, or ice cream. For the most part, these days, I behave myself. I slip up once in awhile. It'll be a lot easier when spring gets here and I can work outside more.

[spooky3]

54. I grew up the same way. As an adult I cannot keep

Chocolate, sweets, salty snacks, etc., in the house because it is too hard to control the urge to overindulge.

[Rorey]

57. If I can get out of the grocery store, I'm good

Just like you, once it's in my house, I'm doomed.

[spooky3]

59. Agree. And I have trouble staying asleep when hungry

So even if I can resist when awake, it’s next to impossible after tossing and turning for a half hour.



Have you had your DNA tested? Mine showed that I am predisposed to weigh 5% more than the average American woman my age and height. If I had not controlled calories all my life (with mixed success) I definitely would.

[Rorey]

65. I have not had my DNA tested

How would I go about this?

[Rorey]

58. The one thing that I allow myself is popcorn

I carefully measure the butter, and put a little sprinkle of parmesan on it. I still pig out, but I can at least control the calories.

[spooky3]

61. That sounds good nt

[spooky3]

63. My trick is, when I left myself get French fries at

A fast food place, I eat only half of the smallest serving. I hate being wasteful, but it’s better that it go in the trash than in me.

[Rorey]

68. That's amazing will power!

I got an air fryer, so I make them at home once in awhile. That basket is small, so I can't make a very big serving, which is a good thing.

[Laffy Kat]

26. Coffee ice cream is so darn good.

It's the devil's dessert, I tell ya. It makes the best milkshakes.

[malaise]

28. And when you serve it with a tablespoon of peaches stewed with red rum

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - too good. Can't wait for peach season.

[Laffy Kat]

29. Oh, that does sound especially evil.

Can't wait to try that.

[malaise]

30. This season I'm going to add some coffee to the peach and rum stew

Just because

[Hekate]

55. Oh my gods, you are killing me!

[malaise]

62. Hhehehehehehhe

[wishstar]

11. Same here, I could only buy 2 bars and give spouse one of their own to hide from me!

Of course I ate all of my dark chocolate almond bar in less than 24 hours last week while spouse's bar is still hidden away.

I have ingredients for brownies and a chocolate chip cookie mix as something to look forward to. But I used to be tempted to scoop out and eat the chocolate chips from the dry cookie mix until the warnings came out about bacteria in raw flour and dough. As a child I would sneak into kitchen cupboard where the semi-sweet chocolate chips were stored and take handfuls to my room to eat while reading in bed.

[Rorey]

13. I stood in the baking aisle staring and resisting for a long time on Friday morning

I ultimately talked myself out of buying anything. I think it's just knowing that I shouldn't go to the store that's making me want things more.

[Kingofalldems]

16. I am craving donuts myself.

And pizza.

[Rorey]

19. I'm ALWAYS craving donuts.

I can only buy one at a time.

[LizBeth]

17. I have a symphony bar with toffee. A big one in the pantry. Bought it four days ago.

I keep forgetting about it. I agree, chocolate is always something you should have around. Something magical happened 5 years ago. This stuff can sit in my house for a long time and I do not go after it. I also have only a slightly dug in bag of Jelly beans I bought at the same time.

[Rorey]

18. Jelly beans don't survive here either

I wish I had your will power.

I think I just have too much thinking time. If the sun comes out and it warms up, I'll go find something to do outside.

The bad news is, I remembered that I got a bag of those little Oreos and ate quite a few. Oops.

[LizBeth]

27. Oreo's is what I was going to pick up next time. They will stay with me a good month.

It is not will power. I do not have that craving like I did in the past. Right now, my lack of will power is avacado and oranges. Not a bad thing to be obsessed with. And queso and chips.

[TreasonousBastard]

20. I have Lindt store just down the road from me...

https://www.lindtusa.com/lindor-truffles

[Rorey]

21. I would have to move.

I'm already dangerously close to shopping. Fortunately the stores are a little too far to go to on foot.

[malaise]

64. My brother brought the biggest bar of Lindt for me last year

Good grief it was delish

[TreasonousBastard]

73. I am addicted to the truffles...

and often get a chunk of the bark on the way out.

Blood sugar goes all to hell, but it's almost worth it.

[malaise]

75. LOL

I'm pretty disciplined but I adore chocolate

[Mossfern]

22. My weakness ...potato chips

I ate almost a full bag by myself since last night and will probably finish off the rest before the day is out.
I know that any amount of chocolate would last about two days. I have no self control at all, and to top it off, I can't go to the gym.

My strategy is to eat all the bad stuff right away so I don't eat it.
Works for me!

[Rorey]

24. Well, that's ANOTHER one of my weaknesses

I haven't bought any in many months because, like you, I'll eat the whole darned bag. I did make popcorn last night, but I carefully measured the amount of butter I melted.

[Phentex]

49. I bought chips for my son home on spring break and...

my husband ate them like there is no tomorrow. He rarely eats chips and I rarely buy them anyway. I was shocked to learn this is his comfort food.

[Initech]

25. I'm on day 2.

Day one absolutely blew. I hate this so fucking badly. I want things to return to normal again. Argh, fuck this fucking virus.

[Rorey]

36. If we had a date when "normal" was going to return, it might be easier

I'm going to have to do a lot of self-reflection and meditating to get through this.

[Initech]

46. I'm already losing my mind.

5 days is going to be insane. I will feel much better when I get to go home. My dad is trying to downplay my situation as an "adventure" but it's not an adventure when you can't go anywhere or do anything.

[Brainfodder]

31. I'm having the same chat with self all 200 visits daily to the kitchen!

NEED ONLY BIOTCH!

LOSE THE WEIGHT, LOSE THE WEIGHT!

So far, up 3 hours: 24 oz of water and 4 skittles!

[Rorey]

34. How does one eat just 4 Skittles?

But at least you're keeping hydrated.

[Brainfodder]

35. Had a few too many last night...

Good Luck!

Oh yeah! I ate a soft pretzel since then.

[Collimator]

32. I found my REAL family at last!

Chocolate addiction is my only drawback as a roommate. (I have actually listed that on roommate ads.)

Regular jokes/comments that I make:

"There is talk that the government is thinking of declaring chocolate a controlled substance. If that happens, they will discover that Prohibition was a cake walk."

"Normally, I am a very decent person. But where chocolate is concerned, I have no values, morals or scruples. If it's not protected by armed guards, any chocolate sitting about is fair game."

"Those packages of Hershey's Almond Bars that come six to the pack--there is a little flanged card on the bottom as part of the packaging. I tear off the little flanges and use the card to paint abstract art. So, you see, I'm really buying these candy bars for the art, it has nothing to do with the chocolate."

"Large packages of Peanut M&M's are listed as "sharing size" or "party size". Sharing my postal-code-sized ass--the only party that I having is a party for one."

"Belgian chocolate is the best. My friend from Paris sends me Belgian chocolates sometimes, and if the Parisians think that Belgian chocolates are the best, you can believe it."

"Tootsie rolls are not chocolate. They are chocolate-flavored wax."

My dear, newly found, family, I wish that I could commune with you in person. But that's only assuming that there were no virus to fear, and that we had enough chocolate to go around. In other circumstances, I would kill you without hesitation unless all you had on you were Tootsie rolls.

[Rorey]

33. I like Tootsie Rolls too, but not the candy covered ones

Those are gross.

And yeah, "sharing" isn't happening.

I will always have a special place in my heart for M&M's. When I was first dating the father of my kids, I was taking a nap and he woke me up right in the middle of a dream in which I was reaching into my desk drawer for a bag of M&M's. (You know you're a goner when you DREAM about chocolate.) I told him about the dream he had interrupted, and he apologized for waking me and told me to go back to sleep. When I woke up later, there was a giant bag of peanut M&M's on my bed! I mean, I already loved him, but that gesture really pushed it over the top.

We were together for 12 years when he died. A little while after his death, I was walking past the candy aisle in Target and heard something fall. Not a soul was in the aisle. There on the floor was a giant bag of M&M's. Crazy, buy 100% true story.

[Collimator]

38. I believe your story 100%.

Never mind all the sensible, rational explanations. He wanted you to have those M&M's.

[Rorey]

39. Yeah, I think he was definitely sending me a message

There was no logical explanation for exactly that to be falling off of the shelf. I still miss him.

[Collimator]

42. Every once in awhile,

we have to accept that there are things in the Universe that defy logic. As committed as I am to rationalism and the scientific method, I have had experiences that refute common place explanations.

Off topic, I know, but just earlier today, I was telling a friend about a beloved pet who came back to say goodbye to me after she was put down at the vet's.

And when I was a child, I had an experience that could best be described as "remote viewing" in which I found myself seeing through the eyes of a cat that I was tormenting. That second experience changed my behavior as you would expect. I even remember my heart racing and my breath moving my tiny torso in and out as I peered out from under the couch.

[Rorey]

43. I had conversations with my last dog for almost two years after he died

He was my confidante, and we'd always had some very good conversations. It felt like he was really there with me.

And no, I'm not really crazy.

[Brother Buzz]

37. This gorger loves chocolate too, but has a sweetheart deal

My wife, the grazer, has an endless supply of chocolate sequestered away, somewhere in our house and rations out minuscule servings every day. I've hunted for thirty years, and cannot find her double super secret hidey-hole stash.

[Rorey]

40. Nope

I wouldn't be able to tolerate that.

[Lars39]

41. I remember my mom pouring

some milk into a bowl and adding just a little bit of sugar. She’d put it into the freezer for awhile to have a little bit of “ice cream” later.

[Rorey]

44. I'll probably be trying that before this hell is over

thx

[marlakay]

45. Lol I bought 3 large boxes of mint chip

Frozen yogurt bars at Costco on sale this week. And like you sugar is my downfall. I bought more to last and so far eating 3-4 per day, all I can say is thank god they are only 100 cal each!

[struggle4progress]

47. I tried to get my doctor to write me a prescription for chocolate. But noooo!

Hmmpf! They're all useless quacks, in my opinion

[tavernier]

48. Looks like I'm in the right place.

My only salvation is that I’m on an intermittent diet (eating only between the hours of 10 am to 5 pm, 1300 calories) But I can fit a decent amount of chocolate into 1300 cals and still have healthy food for my main meals.
Of course I can’t do this forever, so somebody better get a HUGE can of RAID and blow this bug into outer space.

[Rorey]

52. I used to be so good at sticking to a food curfew

I do need to get back into not eating after 5. 1300 calories isn't a lot. How long are you planning to do it?

[tavernier]

60. I've done it for a year and lost 25 pounds

but I cheat on a regular basis, lol. That’s actually on purpose because I want to lose it slowly. At my age a pound costs me a wrinkle. Im probably pretty close to maintenance, so I will either increase the calories or the cheating.

[Rorey]

67. Slow and steady

I think that's the best recipe for success.

[jeffreyi]

50. I'm craving IPA

Having another one purty soon. What a day!

[Rorey]

56. LOL, I was craving wine a few weeks ago

I picked up a few bottles, but haven't had any yet. Lots of big stuff going on in my life. My daughter has some serious health issues, and I never know when she's going to call me and ask me to take her to the ER. I just haven't felt like I can afford to lose any clarity right now.

[tavernier]

66. Boy I know what you mean

I have a few bottles here too, but I can’t just have one glass of wine… That’s just crazy talk. And if I have a couple or more then if something comes up I am a little bit inebriated. So I just leave it alone. I actually crave chocolate more, and once I get started on that it’s even worse.

[Hekate]

69. Gaaaah. I've been eating very lightly since my surgery, mostly because of nausea. BUT...

...the nausea lifted at last, I actually did some cooking, and I run into this thread!

Must. Have. Chocolate.

[malaise]

70. Heal quickly sis

[Hekate]

72. Thanks. I'm working on it-- but so far have not been out to do my own shopping...

Which is beginning to frustrate me, as I'm 72 and my husband is 73 and has decided he likes getting out of the house to shop for odds and ends of groceries. When I told him about Gov Newsom saying we needed to shut ourselves in, he came very close to saying the Gov could kiss his ass. SMH

Tonight I'll try to set up a time with one of two people who offered to help last month, to see if I can get the rest of what I should have on hand. Like maybe a big bag of semisweet chocolate chips As one can easily see from this thread, that is survival food.

[Rorey]

71. I'm sorry

Take it super easy on the chocolate.

[ecstatic]

74. Yeah, the goodies won't last very long

in my household. Yesterday, after eating a pack of reeses, I was thinking that I need to buy sweets and snacks that I don't like enough to eat right now but that I'd be relieved to have during a lockdown.