| ezaldere
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I've been struggling the last couple weeks with after-dinner cravings for chocolate.
I originally just buckled and started eating a square or two of really deep dark chocolate, but that started to ballon into a few more squares, and a few more.
A couple nights ago, I actually ate a half a dark chocolate bar after dinner, two squares at a time.
So... I figured I needed something else to distract my brain.
... After dinner, I get up from the TV (when I usually start getting my cravings) and DO A LOAD OF LAUNDRY!!
It breaks up the danger time and distracts your mind. i was amazed at how quickly my pounding cravings passed once I did something different.
I figure if I run out laundry, there's always changing the sheets on the bed (who says they have to be changed only once a week?), which makes another load or two of laundry.
Finally, if it's still there, sweep the kitchen floor -- whether it needs it or not. These are little, 5-minute jobs that usually can be done daily, and you can keep adding them until the craving goes away. |
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Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:48 pm |
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| Qwill
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| Are you my husband in diguise??? Sounds like a plot from the housekeeping police to me :o |
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Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:05 pm |
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| Too bad you're not on the East Coast...I'm in VT and have *plenty* of laundry to share! :wink: |
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Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:29 pm |
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| vickil
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| I have a glass of skim milk with a SF fudgesicle. The milk makes me feel nice and full and then I'm ready for beddy-bye! |
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Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:44 pm |
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| ezaldere
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Yeah, I know about fudgesicles, but I'm just so over them. I don't want anything cold. I want chocolate.
The other alternative I've found, but it takes more time than reaching for a chocolate bar, is hot chocolate made with steamed milk, dutch-process cocoa and splenda. Also a good curber of cravings...
... oh, and don't get me wrong, my house is a pig stye. That's why I have so many jobs to do.... lots to keep me busy for a very looooong time.
(If it makes you feel better, hubby and I had 1st aniversary on Monday. He had the day off.. and we stayed home... AND DID LAUNDRY... SEEEEEEEEEEXYYYYYY...... |
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Fri Apr 09, 2004 2:20 am |
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