I have comfort ate it for so long it has just become a habit. I am happier in my life now but still eating a bar every day and more at weekends, until last week. The British Heart Foundation is doing a fundraiser called Dechox where you dont eat chocolate for 30 days. After finding this out I thought about it and decided if I can go a week without then I can go for 30 days, hoping that it would help me break the habit. This is my 11th day without and I can honestly say there has only been one instance where I craved it! I wanted a chocolate wafer and ice cream and when it dawned on me there actually was chocolate on it, I nearly cried haha. I need to lose 4 stone and have lost 3lb in 11 days so that is a huge positive for me. I think you just need to set yourself small targets, ie no choc for 1 day, 2 days, 1 week etc. Willpower and a belief I can do it and beat the urge seems to be working for me, so far. I also remind myself that 18 years ago I gave up the ciggies, so if I could do that then surely I can stop myself eating chocolate!
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Well done Hazel, that's a great achievement! The longer you give it up for, the easier it gets! I haven't had chocolate for 18 months and don't even think about it now! 
Keep up the great work, your body will love you for it
Wow that is fantastic! Well done you! I am hoping it gets me totally out of the habit of eating it. Do you never have the occasional one? I am thinking maybe the occasional one for me after my 30 days is up but am scared it would just be a slippery slope back to my old habits
No, I don't believe a little of what I fancy does me any good, it leads to a lot of what I fancy
Absolutely with you there moreless - I had a 'little' piece of dark chocolate yesterday after lunch (of very healthy lentil and tomato homemade soup, cottage cheese and oatcakes) - which promply led to further consumption of three chocolate truffles.... At least I stopped there!
It just goes to show the addicted nature of sugar! Scary stuff!! 
i do think there is something about the taste and texture of chocolate melting in the mouth that demands repetition too! A double whammy really!
I was watching a programme, which told about pleasure centres and memories of pathways to receive those pleasures and chocolate is definitely one of those pleasures!!
Yeah see that is my worry. Some people say don't deny yourself anything just have a little bit but I think I would want more
Some people can have a little and leave it at that, others, like me, can't!
I totally agree with moreless it works for me to not eat it at all. Other people find success with eating a bit every day but if I did that it would always be in my mind.
I am hopeless where chocolate is concerned it is better for me to have none although I do lapse sometimes. I used to be the same with ice cream 🍦 But I have substituted this for 0% Greek yoghurt with fruit in own juice after my tea and it seems to be working fine 😉
Well done for making it 11 days without chocolate! That is really good and you can definitely make it to 30 days and beyond. I gave up all sweets, chocolate, cakes, ice cream etc, etc in November and at first it was hard but I know that abstaining is easier for me in the long run than moderation. I do allow for planned exceptions when I go abroad. The rule is 'No Sweets In England' but when I go abroad I can have whatever I want. This works really well for me because I never break the rule, ever - not for birthdays or on date night or for special International Women's Day cupcakes.
Thank you, it has been easier than I thought it would be, so far so good ☺️
I think you have set yourself a really worthwhile challenge Hidden and I am rooting for your success! My own challenge for today will be not to have another of those chocolate truffles I mentioned earlier, and although I know it would be much more sensible to throw them away, part of me thinks that if I know they are there but I manage not to eat them then I am proving my willpower on a daily basis and that is a good thing. However, the other part knows that while they are there (in a cupboard in the kitchen), I am giving in to the knowledge that I will, at some point, succumb! Oh what a tangled web we weave!!
Well done. I am a chocoholic and am not sure I could ever give it up.
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