9 Ways to Resist Chocoalate

I have been having a few days where I am just craving chocolate and instead of having a little bit in moderation I have been having several pieces of chocolate!  In fact I am having enough to know I have had more than enough.  Truth is I know I am not hungry, so what should I be doing to help deal with this?  Remember we all drop off the chocolate bandwagon once in a while and it is nothing to be ashamed of.  Just pick yourself up, make a few simple adjustments and carry on.  

Be realistic and don't be pessimistic. If you make a decision to completely deprive yourself of chocolate, your habit may well escalate!   

Allow yourself to truly love the chocolate that you do eat.

Change the type of chocolate that you eat. Reducing chocolate intake can be achieved by improving the selection of chocolate you do eat. Out with the over-sugared, fat-saturated common chocolate bars ("candy chocolate") available everywhere, and in with the more expensive, refined, and darker, more pure chocolate brands.
Schedule occasions when you can indulge in eating a little quality chocolate. 

Stop tempting yourself with chocolate. A simple response to preventing your Pavlovian salivation is to remove chocolate from sight and to cease stashing it in large quantities in places where you can easily access it, such as at home, in your bag, or in the office. 
Eat other food before chocolate. If it's mealtime, eat your meal first. If it's snack time, eat healthy snacks such as carrot sticks, nuts and seeds, gum, fruit, small amounts of dried fruit or celery sticks before having a piece or two of chocolate. You may not even want the chocolate with the other flavors in your mouth.
Drink water. Sometimes it is easy to confuse being thirsty with a craving for sweets or chocolate.

Consider whether your daily chocolate cravings may be a form of food addiction. Chocolate contains chemicals that make us feel good, namely the neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine and phenylethylamine. 

• It may be the fat and/or the sugar, it may be the caffeine or theobromine, or it may be other elements in chocolate that cause the addictive nature. To test this, cut out candy chocolate (high in sugar and fat), then proceed to switching from chocolate to cacao. In this way, you might discover which part of the chocolate eating has caused the addition and you find chocolate or cacao that you can consume without ending in a chocolate addiction. Try raw cacao nibs. With cacao, you get all the benefits of chocolate (high magnesium content, the neurotransmitters, and a chocolate high) without the unhealthy additions of sugar and fat.
• Keep a journal that records both when you eat chocolate and the feelings associated it.
• You might like to consider chocolate perfume, chocolate bubble baths, chocolate soap, chocolate scented candles or other sources of chocolate scents as a way of meeting your need for the uplifting side of chocolate without actually having to consume it as well.

Brush your teeth. Giving your teeth a clean may stop you from wanting to eat.

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