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Something else than chocolate (snack)

  • 03-07-2012 1:31pm
    #1
    nympho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭


    I'm an awful man for the chocolate! :) I would have two bars or more usually per day. I'm currently trying to cut my chocolate intake with fruit. I currently have my breakfast (Cornflakes or Weetabix) with a cup of tea, an apple at 10am, a sandwich, pear, plum, etc at half 12 with tea. Would have a banana around 3pm. Have dinner after football/hurling training. Is there something that will give me a healthy boost other than chocolate? I'm 5'10 and about 13 stone.

    Any advice will be great. :)


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  • #2
    Raven_Melody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭Raven_Melody


    nympho wrote: »
    I'm an awful man for the chocolate! :) I would have two bars or more usually per day. I'm currently trying to cut my chocolate intake with fruit. I currently have my breakfast (Cornflakes or Weetabix) with a cup of tea, an apple at 10am, a sandwich, pear, plum, etc at half 12 with tea. Would have a banana around 3pm. Have dinner after football/hurling training. Is there something that will give me a healthy boost other than chocolate? I'm 5'10 and about 13 stone.

    Any advice will be great. :)
    I used to eat a fcukload of chocolate, but cut it out completely 11 yrs ago and haven't had nor wanted it since. The way I did it was to start with I had an apple everytime I wanted choc. (I ate alot of apples!!) Then I started to see when I was hungry and when it was just a habit thing. After about 3 weeks I genuinely didn't even think about having chocolate and thesw days I can't even remember what it tastes like.


  • #3
    nympho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭nympho


    Raven_Melody wrote: »
    I used to eat a fcukload of chocolate, but cut it out completely 11 yrs ago and haven't had nor wanted it since. The way I did it was to start with I had an apple everytime I wanted choc. (I ate alot of apples!!) Then I started to see when I was hungry and when it was just a habit thing. After about 3 weeks I genuinely didn't even think about having chocolate and thesw days I can't even remember what it tastes like.

    Thanks for your input. I hear ya, I suppose alot of it is down to will power!


  • #4
    boogle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭boogle


    Try having a couple of squares of dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa). It's not bad for you, less sugar than milk chocolate and it's really intensely flavoured so you won't eat much of it.


  • #5
    nympho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭nympho


    boogle wrote: »
    Try having a couple of squares of dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa). It's not bad for you, less sugar than milk chocolate and it's really intensely flavoured so you won't eat much of it.

    Might look into that chocolate and give it a try. Can you get it in any supermarket?


  • #6
    Glowing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,851 ✭✭✭Glowing


    nympho wrote: »
    Might look into that chocolate and give it a try. Can you get it in any supermarket?

    Aldi do really nice dark chocolate - a long black carboard box of small individually wrapped bars in 70%, 80%, there may be a 90% too. Half of one of those bars would generally do me in one sitting :)

    Probably not as good in quality as Lindt or one of those, but tasty all the same.


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  • #7
    NinjaK
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 963 ✭✭✭NinjaK


    Fruit or nuts.


  • #8
    gymtime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭gymtime


    will power

    drink water during the day when you would normally have chocolate, i drink alot of water during the day

    i should prob eat more fruit but i dont like apples so dont eat them just because they are fruit, smoothies are nice, innocent do nice ones but they are expensive.....


  • #9
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    Glowing wrote: »
    Aldi do really nice dark chocolate - a long black carboard box of small individually wrapped bars in 70%, 80%, there may be a 90% too. Half of one of those bars would generally do me in one sitting :)
    It's called Moser Roth - so good. My problem is that I could eat the whole 125g in a sitting.


  • #10
    boogle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭boogle


    emeraldstar wrote: »
    It's called Moser Roth - so good. My problem is that I could eat the whole 125g in a sitting.

    Yeah the moser roth one from Aldi is yum and it's individually wrapped so it's easier to portion control. If you're not used to dark chocolate I'd start on a 70% one though. Those 80% and 90% ones can taste like a punch in the mouth if you're not used to it! You can get this kind of chocolate in any supermarket, but it's usually near the biscuits/gift chocolates and not your regular chocolate section.


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