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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / November 2003A thought on chocolate cravings
crafting mom mentioned that she sometimes has chocolate cravings. There is "baking cocoa" for sale at Sam's club, which is basically just ground cocoa. Because there are no cheap components added (dry milk and sugar) it is kind of pricey, about 8 dollars per pound. On the other hand it is a pure product. I wonder if anyone with such cravings could just make a drink with that pure cocoa and see if the craving goes away. I do not have chocolate cravings anymore, otherwise I would try to do this experiment with myself. i > crafting mom mentioned that she sometimes has chocolate > cravings. There is "baking cocoa" for sale at Sam's club, which is > basically just ground cocoa. Because there are no cheap components > added (dry milk and sugar) it is kind of pricey, about 8 dollars per > pound. On the other hand it is a pure product. Ig, you mean a drink like --- let me think -- HOT CHOCOLATE? :-) Hot chocolate = unsweetened cocoa (about 1 tablespoon to 1 cup milk), milk, sweetener of your choice  Signaturejmk in NC >> crafting mom mentioned that she sometimes has chocolate >> cravings. There is "baking cocoa" for sale at Sam's club, which is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Hot chocolate = unsweetened cocoa (about 1 tablespoon to 1 cup milk), > milk, sweetener of your choice Pretty much, sans the sweetener. I am just interested in finding out if the craving is for sweet chocolate as opposed to just cocoa. I could finance this clinical study by giving $8 to crafting mom if she tries it. i >Pretty much, sans the sweetener. I am just interested in finding out >if the craving is for sweet chocolate as opposed to just cocoa. I >could finance this clinical study by giving $8 to crafting mom if she >tries it. Way ahead of you. I like unsweetened chocolate, with no sugar, no sweeteners. Stuff that everyone else would make a pucker face at, I actually love and enjoy. THAT is not what I crave during *my* period. It is chocolate covered almonds. cm SignatureDrop everything and do it my way :) >>Pretty much, sans the sweetener. I am just interested in finding out >>if the craving is for sweet chocolate as opposed to just cocoa. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > actually love and enjoy. THAT is not what I crave during *my* period. > It is chocolate covered almonds. Where do you buy unsweetened chocolate? I would like to buy some but could not find any. The "sugarfree" chocolate all has sweeteners that I do not care to take. I would very much like to eat something from the chocolate food group, but without sweeteners and dry milk. i > cm >Where do you buy unsweetened chocolate? Bakers brand unsweetened chocolate squares. Ingredients pure chocolate. In the baking section of my supermarket. >I would like to buy some but could not find any. The "sugarfree" >chocolate all has sweeteners that I do not care to take. Yep. I often make my own unsweetened chocolate almonds. I melt a square over some almonds, freeze to harden, and then eat. THAT is how desperate the chocolate almond craving gets before my period. So no, it's not the sweet that I crave, but in a pinch, I'll take it. cm SignatureDrop everything and do it my way :) > >Where do you buy unsweetened chocolate? A store. > Bakers brand unsweetened chocolate squares. Ingredients pure chocolate. > In the baking section of my supermarket. Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like it. I prefer Valrhona, Ghiradelli or Schaffen Berger myself. Martha >Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like it. >I prefer Valrhona, Ghiradelli or Schaffen Berger myself. I guess I am easy to please ;) cm SignatureDrop everything and do it my way :) > >Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like it. > >I prefer Valrhona, Ghiradelli or Schaffen Berger myself. > > I guess I am easy to please ;) > cm Once you try the better chocolate, you'll wonder why you waited to long. : ) Martha >> >Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like >it. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Once you try the better chocolate, you'll wonder why you waited to long. : ) I've tasted "the better chocolate". But I am still easy to please. The Bakers is what's *available*, and I'll take it. Should all those exotic kinds be equally as available, I will choose them. cm SignatureDrop everything and do it my way :) > >> >Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like > >it. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > them. > cm OK, cool. Sorry, sometimes I don't stop to think that others can't get what I can get here. Enjoy! martha > Yep. > I often make my own unsweetened chocolate almonds. I melt a square over [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > cm Actually that sounds good. I put unsweetened cocoa in my coffee sometimes and don't always use a sweetener with it. But melting unsweetened chocolate over nuts could be a nice treat, or maybe as a dip for fruit on a special occasion or when a craving hits. Fortunately I really haven't had PMS for months but my cravings were always for the salty sweet combo, not necessarily chocolate. SignatureJenn 300/144 (HMR) in maintenance since 10/28/03 Living well is the best revenge >>>Pretty much, sans the sweetener. I am just interested in finding out >>>if the craving is for sweet chocolate as opposed to just cocoa. I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Where do you buy unsweetened chocolate? Check the baking aisle for both unsweetened chocolate and unsweetened cocoa. Signaturejmk in NC >>>>Pretty much, sans the sweetener. I am just interested in finding out >>>>if the craving is for sweet chocolate as opposed to just cocoa. I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Check the baking aisle for both unsweetened chocolate and unsweetened cocoa. Thanks jmk and crafting mom, I will check. I saw "semisweet" chocolate and such, but that is not what I was looking for. Will check again. i >Thanks jmk and crafting mom, I will check. I saw "semisweet" chocolate >and such, but that is not what I was looking for. Will check again. Check for the blue colored box of unsweetened chocolate squares. I agree, the semisweet is not what you want. The ingredients should say simply: chocolate. cm SignatureDrop everything and do it my way :) >>Thanks jmk and crafting mom, I will check. I saw "semisweet" chocolate >>and such, but that is not what I was looking for. Will check again. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > The ingredients should say simply: chocolate. > cm Appreciate your help... Somehow I suspect that such stuff is not sold in the grocery store where I sometimes go, but I will doublecheck and maybe try another store. i >crafting mom mentioned that she sometimes has chocolate >cravings. There is "baking cocoa" for sale at Sam's club, which is [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >i I mentioned that it is chocolate ALMOND cravings. When it's just a chocolate craving, trust me, I eat half an UNSWEETENED chocolate baking square (I like those - I don't need no steenkin drink) and it will satisfy the craving. However, like I already mentioned, I simply eat the chocolate covered almonds in the 4 days prior to my (irregular, unplanned) period, and on the day of my period's arrival, the craving goes away, and I actually abhor the thought of chocolate or almonds. Both are very high sources of magnesium, which sometimes women need more of during their period. It satisfies my craving in a way which does NOT interfere with my regular way of eating, and like I mentioned, I am starting to lose the 5 pounds I gained over these past 2 months. It's a woman thang. My body knows what it needs and will not shut up until it gets it, LOL. cm SignatureDrop everything and do it my way :) "Crafting Mom" <CraftingMom@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message > However, like I already mentioned, I simply eat the chocolate covered > almonds in the 4 days prior to my (irregular, unplanned) period, I was just wondering if you've ever considered getting the depo shot. I've been using it for years, and have only had a period maybe twice since my 6 yr old daughter was born, due to letting my shot lapse. I LOVE DEPO. det > "Crafting Mom" <CraftingMom@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > det I HATE DEPO. I had the shot for six years--the last year the side effects really caught up with me. Was not pleasant. But I loved not having my period. Amy > > "Crafting Mom" <CraftingMom@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > effects really caught up with me. Was not pleasant. But I loved not > having my period. Just curious - what side effects did you have? I have none... I guess it's another ymmv. det > Just curious - what side effects did you have? I have none... I guess > it's > another ymmv. > > det It took a while to catch up (or for me to notice), but I started feeling more angry/aggressive/bitchy, starving when I got my shot, and suffered--much to my DH's chagrine--loss of libido and was as dry as the sahara. I normally wouldn't share such info, but after talking with other woman, I found they were feeling the same things, but didn't know why. My doc said it may have been the combo of the Depo and the inhaled steroid I take for asthma--steroids can enhance the effects of hormones. I'm now taking a BC with estrogen, and it has helped a lot--with everything. And yes-YMMV--my sis would never give up her shots, come hell or high water. Amy > "Crafting Mom" <CraftingMom@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > det I had the shot and had my period for 3 straight months along with hormone induced anxiety attacks. It was awful. No thank you. Haven't tried it again since the weight loss and can't take the pill because of edema (sp?) - severe water retention. Jenn (hormone free - sort of - for now) The chocolate I eat does have sugar and other additives in it, but it has a proportionately high cocoa content (72%). A half of an ounce leaves me completely satisfied. It's my compromise. I'd rather have a half an ounce of real dark chocolate a day than several ounces of nonfat, artificially sweetened chocolate pudding or frozen dessert. Chocolate, _good_ chocolate is one of those things that is so enjoyable for me that totally giving it up was a nonissue. Compromise and have less, sure. But give up? No. Tracy > The chocolate I eat does have sugar and other additives in it, but it has a > proportionately high cocoa content (72%). [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tracy That's the way I feel. I have a couple pieces of hard candy or chocolate before a workout; I get a sweet fix and work it off. Martha >That's the way I feel. I have a couple pieces of hard candy or chocolate >before a workout; I get a sweet fix and work it off. > >Martha Well, I usually indulge in my chocolate fix at night. What I do is buy a Caffarel 72% cocoa chocolate bar. Cost Plus World Imports has them for $2.49. There are 6 rows of 4 squares. I eat a row of 4 squares at a time. The bar is 3.5 ounces, so a little over half an ounce a serving. It's about 100 calories and about 5 grams of sugar. I get quite a few calories a day. (My limit is 2500 at my current weight, I try to stay around 2300 as a happy medium.) That bit of chocolate is pretty negligible. It's not even 5% of my total daily caloric intake. It certainly satisfies me and I have no need for other sweet treats. Some days I will melt it in a cup of milk and have cocoa. Most times I just savor it as is. The same amount of cheap milk chocolate doesn't satisfy me. I tried chocolate with less sugar and even with no sugar, but it had a very pronounced coffee flavor to it. Maybe not the flavor of coffee itself, but it was very coffee-ish. And I cannot stand coffee. Haven't been able to enjoy it for a long time. This is the one option that's mellow enough to actually taste _good_ to me but be strong enough to satisfy with just a little bit. Tracy |
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