I'm going cold turkey from eating chocolate

[DianaPrinceRocks]

Would anyone be willing to join me ? I reckon I have at least 21 days ahead of me before I'll feel on top of it.

I'm starting tomorrow as I've already binged today (large bar of Dark Milk and sharing bag of M&M's ). I know I need to stop and thankfully I feel ready as I'm sick of feeling bloated and tired and generally awful.

I've been lurking on a few of the other chocolate addiction threads but didn't want to hijack them and couldn't decide the best place to put this so I stuck with Chat.

I've got a fridge full of fruit and some choc syrup and options choc powder as a backup. I've just remembered there's half a bar of dark rum and raisin hiding in the house but I'm going to throw it away tonight 🤞.

I'm going to keep drinking loads of nice sugar free drinks to keep me full hopefully, but otherwise I'm going to eat normally. I'm just as addicted to buying it as eating it, so lunchtimes will be my weakness when I pop out.

It feels very indulgent to start a thread but I hope writing it down might help .

Get well soon MrsMozart and it's fantastic you're not tempted by any junk at all. Maybe this is the last step now for your body to eject all the rubbish .

You described perfectly how I feel though - I could still easily slip back to buying choccie at a bad moment.

Igivein no matter your size, 1 stone is phenomenal and a fantastic start - I hope you are feeling proud of yourself and giving yourself credit .

I've had a stressful few days but I'm still abstaining although I've eaten more than I should otherwise. But I'm going to treat myself now to my nail display thingie with the money I've 'saved' and start 'saving' again. I'm so materialistic but it's really helping to motivate me.

Keep going everyone! It's so worth it!

I hope you're feeling a bit better now MrsMozart. I understand the cold thing. We have an hereditary condition which affects our immune systems (me and our two boys) so I've never got 'just a bit of a cold'. It's always been a full on knock you out for days thing yet over the last couple of years I've had a few where I've not felt 100% and sneezed a bit and felt all doom and gloom, waiting for it to hit me and it hasn't, it's just been a mild cold.

Diana well done on getting through a stressful situation! You deserve that treat!

I think I'm on Day 35 today.

I did it and started losing cravings by around 10 days. I went back to it though so I will join you starting tomorrow. I felt so good when I wasn't eating it, skin looked better etc.

MadisonAvenue thank you. Interesting about your health thing. Glad it seems to be on the improve though.

CarolDanvers Welcome. You can do this!

The Cold is having a bloody good try. I was away for the weekend and seriously over did it on all counts, it was mainly good fun though. Anyhoo, whilst the no-chocolate run continues, the no-crap one came to a grinding halt, so starting again. Not sure how well the no-crap will go as still feel rough.

Hang on in there everyone!

Day 39 - no chocolate

As an aside, chocolate is still on my mind, probably because I'm focused on not having it, and I can't wait for it to be mentally lumped with all the other things I can't and don't have because it makes me feel shit.

I haven’t RTFT but I once hypnotised myself off chocolate using the Paul McKenna method from I Can Make You Thin.

I couldn’t touch it for over a year although I’ve made up for it since

Pinkarsedfly I've wondered about hypnotherapy. Currently this thread is doing the trick for chocolate. I think the no-crap will be helped now by the IBS flaring (apparently I currently don't do sugar, or peanuts, or fried food - ho hum).

Sorry I've been awol again. My DDad had an accident on Sunday, he's fine now but it was hugely scary and stressful for the first 24 hours. I thought about buying chocolate SO much - I was so tired and stressed - but I just kept thinking what's the point - it wouldn't have fixed anything and I would have felt even more depressed.

So I reckon if I can survive that I can survive anything .

I think I'm at 37 days now - still can't bloody believe it.

Madison you are doing brilliantly - hope those colds stay away they sound awful.

Carol (welcome fellow superhero ) how are you doing?

MrsMozart so sorry the IBS is flaring up. You're doing so good with the choccie - try not to worry about still thinking about it. It's all around us and we know it tastes nice so it's impossible to ignore - we just have to resist instead. You've done so well to start back on the no crap so quickly!

Pink I've thought about hypnotherapy too but it's interesting it stopped working . I think I will always have to battle this a tiny bit.

Hi everyone
Still going strong here - over 5 weeks now. The weight loss has slowed a bit, but I’m just short of 1.5 stones down now - which is nice!
Glad your Dad’s ok now Diana, you must have been sorely tempted.
Sorry you’re still feeling a bit rubbish MrsMozart - get well soon!
Welcome back Carol -you’ve got this!!

Where is everybody...?

Very well done Igivein, and thank you.

Wise words DianaPrinceRocks. I hope everything is okay with your dad.

Day 45 - no chocolate (it's at the back of the mind, but less intrusive)
Day 0 - no crap (it seems to be my downfall, then again I'm not sure what I deem to be 'crap' in this respect)

Tomorrow is Day 1 of no crap. It's setting off some incredibly wicked indigestion that wakes me in the night and lasts for up to two hours. No fun whatsoever and something I really could do without, as could everyone who has to listen to me moaning about it! So, I've googled and researched and Have A Plan, starting tomorrow

Hope all are doing well and hanging on in there.

I’ve lost count of the days but am still (mostly) chocolate-free - unless you count Magnums.

Good luck with the No Crap, MrsMozart. I’m also planning to be stricter from tomorrow - eating cake, crisps and biscuits makes me feel quite unwell. I just have to find a way of staying strong in the heat of the moment...

SomethingNastyInTheBallPool Good luck! I keep reminding myself how bleugh I'm going to feel if I give in. I'm looking at what other things I can have, who knows, it may well be a positive and get me out of the rut I'd fallen into

Keep it up ✊🏻

I gave up nearly 3 years ago. All chocolate, sweets, ice cream, pop, biscuits and cake! Anything sweet or sweetened basically - proud to say I've not fallen off the wagon once (could I Be any smugger!! 🤣)

That’s amazing, Belinda. Do you feel very different from when you were eating sugary stuff?

Blinking well done BelindaBlinkingBlumenthall

Sorry for being awol again - just been busy but thank goodness Dad is perfect again - thanks for all your kind enquiries .

Have a cold and my period but no interest in chocolate. It’s weird, part of me wishes I could just eat it normally, but another part of me thinks it will have to be some major stress before I’ll be tempted again, phew.

My challenge is more around crap too now, I feel deprived if I don’t have something ‘nice’ like a biccie every day. That’s almost a bigger battle for me - I’m not really ready to change but I’m trying to limit myself.

Igivein that weight loss is brilliant and well done on keeping going !

MrsMozart you’re doing so well to start back at NoCrap again so quickly. I want to know more about your Have-A-Plan.

SomethingNasty well done too! And sending lots of strength for less crap!

@BelindaBlinkingBlumenthall that’s brilliant and amazing! I want to know more too - how did it feel and how did you do it?! I hate to mention the C word [santa] but how do you manage at times like Christmas? Chocolate has been relatively easy so far but stopping everything seems so foreign to me .

Thanks 😊

It's like giving up cigarettes or drugs I reckon! I tried to 'cut down' cigarettes 20 years ago but if I had one, I wanted another (so I just went cold turkey and gave up!) Sweet stuff is the same - once you give it up totally you don't even think about it. It was cake Friday at work today and I didn't even notice what was on the table.

I don't eat in between meals either which has helped I think.

Day 47 for me. I think anyway, I'm losing track 😂

Sorry for being awol, it's been quite a week or two! I've got a lovesick 19 year old here whose girlfriend has just moved almost 300 miles away for university. There's been much moping around this week (him, not me although we're also missing having her here as she used to stay a couple of nights each week and she's such a lovely girl). The week's ended on a positive note for him though as after three years of college (he's worked p/t in a supermarket around that) he's had a job offer in his chosen career. He's also treated himself to a new car which he and I have collected this afternoon.

Have a good chocolate-free weekend all!

Day 50 - no chocolate.
Day 4 - no crap. Had bread yesterday and that was a bad idea, but it was lunch and not the McDonald's it could've been.

It's been an amazingly stressful time, but we're now out of that and into the next phase, and no chocolate! Come close a few times.

BelindaBlinkingBlumenthall I think I'm the same with going cold turkey.

MadisonAvenue Aw. It's a hard time for sure, but yay for the new job and new car!

Belinda that is a brilliant achievement- I am very jealous of your willpower .

Aw Madison that's so cute about DS but bloody brilliant about the job!! You would have been forgiven for a chocolate-y celebration with him .

MrsMozart it's so bad about all the stress but you managed brilliantly through it. Hope it is at an end for you now . Well done on the No Crap!

I'm going fine without chocolate but I've gone to hell with other crap - yoghurt peanuts and raisins, crisps etc . No idea why really, just a bit fed up with some crappy life stuff but also started getting into a bad habit. So today is Day 1 of Limited Crap for me . I don't think I can fully commit yet to no crap but if I stop buying and eating rubbish I'll be happy.

Keep going everyone!!

Hope you’re feeling better MrsMozart

A quick check in from me while I’m standing in the woods while the dog runs around. I’m losing track of how many days so I’ve started using the countdown app on my phone which tells me that it’s Day 59.

Hope you’re all doing well

Madison hope you're still doing well .

And I hope it's been quiet because everyone has stuck with it and it's normal now instead of being an effort.

I've fallen off the wagon completely. I've been incredibly busy/stressed but was also very embarrassed so I didn't want to post here. It really started at the beginning of October and it was gradual. I wanted comfort food and got a craving for raisins, then peanuts, then yoghurt covered raisins and peanuts and then I was onto chocolate covered ones (telling myself it wasn't really chocolate ) and then I was back on the hard stuff.

I've started my day multiple times in the last few weeks determined to stop, but I've always failed. I've even had days where I've thrown away any chocolate that was left, but in the next day or two I just went out and bought some more.

Even today I know I have to go to the shops at lunchtime and I'm sitting here wondering if I will buy some .

My biggest problem is that I'm gaining weight so I know I have to stop. I just don't feel completely determined yet. I hate this about myself and I feel like a different person to the woman that felt free of the cravings and proud of herself a few months ago.

Anyway I don't know if this Day 1 yet but I just hope me putting this down in writing will help me somehow. Sorry for bringing the positive tone of the thread down.

So almost a week later and I'm still failing - but I think I've turned a corner. I managed 2 days at a time but then failed again, but on Saturday I was thinking - oh goodee - I'm out tomorrow (i.e. Sunday) and can buy chocolate - but when Sunday came I wasn't that bothered about buying it. I did have a bar yesterday but felt like rubbish afterwards.

Maybe I just had to get fat/chocolated-out enough to want to stop but I really think/hope I can tackle it now. I'm also going to start 'paying' myself again as an incentive.

Hope all the long-timers are doing great and anyone willing to join me is more than welcome .

I hope you’ve found something that works for you Diana

I’m still doing okay. My countdown app says that I’m on Day 110.

Hello everyone, I'm so impressed with the willpower and back-on-the-wagon attitudes from you all.

I'm a real chunky bird and really need to cut down my weight and watch my blood sugar. I could easily polish off a whole family size bag of crispy M&Ms in one go, or a giant bar of Reese's peanut butter chocolate all to myself.

Mr Twiglet got me a Crunchie on Sunday and it's been sitting next to me on the coffee table since, but I HAVEN'T EATEN IT. I did have two strawberry crèmes when out with a friend this morning, though.

I have never really exercised any self-control when it comes to food, which is why I'm the size of a house. Does anyone have any top tips for distraction or substitutes for treat food? Or is it better just to go without entirely?

Off-topic, but @BelindaBlinkingBlumenthall, did you do a Gentlemen's Woof in here, or was it someone else?