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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Embrace it.  Good quality dark chocolate is high in fiber and iron and relatively low in sugar.  Plus loads of antioxidants.  Go ahead and have a couple squares daily.

Throw out all the cheap chocolate candy [/quote]

NP. I agree re dark chocolate. Higher cocoa % the better, and preferably real dark chocolate at least 60-65% cocoa. Dark chocolate has been found to be a good thing (in moderation, of course). I never liked dark chocolate when I was a kid and didn't start "tolerating" its taste until well into adulthood. Now in my 50s (and recently facing diabetes and pre-diabetes, as well as the need to lose 50#), I find that when I do get a craving, it's for dark chocolate.

I find dark chocolate more satiating; whereas when I have milk chocolate, I keep craving another piece. Instead of one (maybe two) pieces of dark chocolate candy, I ALWAYS have to have 3 pieces of the milk chocolate candy.
I've also found some dark chocolate at Aldi that's pretty good and already broken into little squares. I find sucking on one of them (v. chewing it up) satisfies a craving. Sometimes I'll pop a second; but one is really sufficient.

Also, (1) the craving frequency dramatically drops the longer you've gone with healthier eating; and (2) more cravings will go away more quickly. Soda was a big one for me. Once I stopped having it for several weeks, I found I could keep it in the house and only have one if my craving for it stuck around for 3 days. If I just ignored the craving at the beginning, it often went away quickly. But if it stuck around for 2 or 3 days, I knew I really really wanted one. Even then I don't really need a whole (reg size) can to satisfy the craving. Unfortunately, I find the mini-cans not as good tasting most of the time; but the size would be perfect.[/quote]

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