Why would he even mention that!…..

phil51

Fruit & Nut - one of the 5 a day.

Yes, it is most definitely!

Hotel Chocolat's chocolate and raspberry macaroons have real raspberries in them too so that's another one of the 5 a day.

Believe me, the only way to stop eating sweets, cakes, biscuits, etc. is to not buy them. I often buy a block of chocolate "just in case" I'm climbing the walls but I always end up pigging out. Try to find something else you can nibble on, like strips of red/yellow pepper, cherry tomatoes. I quite like thinly shredded iceberg lettuce with a smidgin of salad cream on.

I can keep a tub or box of chocolates for ages, UNTIL the seal or wrappings are open then it's game on! Once open, I see it as a mission to finish the sweets as soon as possible. I have zero willpower.

I only crave chocolate at odd times. I think I’ve pigged out so much in the past that I no longer want them. I only like Thornton’s anyway and that’s partly because they still make coffee creams. I adore coffee flavour chocs but it’s really hard to find them nowadays.

You do realise that’s why supermarkets marked down the prices of QS …Roses….Celebrations….Heroes , at this time of year. It’s so you buy them at a slightly cheaper price….they know you’re going to eat them before Xmas ….then they also know you’re not gonna buy the replacement tin til just before Xmas starts…( thus avoiding temptation again) and the price goes back to its normal position!
Ergo…. they’ve sold you two tins instead of one! 20 years in retail never been wasted….I know all the wrinkles !!! Luckily I’m the only person on earth who hates chocolate !

Thought I would let you know that the QS tin is still intact, gold ⭐️ for me.
Please note, Jaffa Cakes are classed as 1 or your 5 a day as well.
Keep strong and if you can’t keep strong, enjoy x

Waitrose have started doing a cocao fruit chocolate. Pure cacao and no milk or cream. It is addictive! Very rich so a couple of squares satisfies a chocolate craving.

Apparently they are not taking the Bounty bar out of the tins but making some tins without Bounty, there will still be some with them in. Hopefully they will be well labelled.

There is only one safe way.

Never buy them.

I can't be trusted with anything nice in the house.

DH has to have jelly babies available because he's diabetic. Thank goodness, they're one of the few sweets I don't like.

I will buy Ferraro Roche and a few other treats in the week before Christmas. I can pretend they're not there for a few days especially as I know that if I eat them, I won't be able to replace them.

I am doing Keto because I have stuffed my face with chocolate for too long. I am a true addict. I start off with a small amount and gradually it creeps up until it is all I eat. Even as I feel sick and generally unwell with eating it, I crave more. As a diabetic that would be fatal. For a long while I have managed to have fruit to eat to deal with the fruit cravings but recently it hasn't tasted sweet at all. If I do Keto for a couple of weeks, when I return to Slimming World, fruit will feel like a treat again and I hope to hold the chocolate addiction at bay.

No Bounty in Celebrations, that is terrible. It’s the only one I like. I can resist chocolate never been keen on it, but crisps, cheese, olives, savouries and anything of that ilk I can’t resist. I dare not buy until just before Christmas otherwise they suddenly disappear.

I’ve stopped buying them as they are getting smaller/less weight every year. I remember when we used to get a huge proper tin and they were great. They don’t seem to taste the same either so I’ll pass thanks.

I've got some upstairs ready for Christmas they stay unopened I can resist its crisps I can't leave alone.

I have to have a safe amount of Cadbury's Chocolate Buttons. I open them and keep them in a container and help myself to a couple when I'm in the kitchen. So Chocolatey I can resist over indulging.

Brought a tub of Heros for Hallowen the few that were left we managed to polish off in the following few days. Yum yum!

HiMay, I am not a chocolate lover either. I will eat a little sometimes, but have never had a craving for it. My mother loved it, but my Dad wouldn't bother with it, ever. So if there's a genetic link, he and I shared that DNA.

I don’t like Roses or QS anymore, I prefer the M&S equivalent. I bought a box last year and yes, I ate them all before Christmas. This year’s list says “M&S chocolates x 2” …

Not much of a chocolate lover ,I used to buy delicious coffee creams from a wee sweetie shop in our town .Sadly they closed decades ago and I couldn't find the same make anywhere else .
Not a lover of ice cream either,my OH always has a stash of sweeties n his office that he's not supposed eat and he can go through 3ltrs of ice cream a week .
Never puts on weight ,its not fair

As a vegan finding good chocolate is quite difficult, but fortunately good old M&S do a box of delicious vegan chocs. So I won't feel deprived at Christmas.

My reasoning is that I am going to eat them anyway so I may as well eat them now.

Are all these things made to be addictive? Sugars fats and salt - humans love them - no wonder there’s an obesity crisis. Apparently the sugar receptors on the tongue also have receptors for salt which enhance the sweetness. I love Willy’s Caramel Pearls - there’s no hope.

Nanny12

Not alcoholic, chocoholic 😂😂😂😂

I wouldn't worry Nanny 12 it would have done you good to confess if you were. I have a relation who keeps her bottle stash under the sink with the Demestos and will not admit it so the whole family have been told by the social services to keep away and give no help until she does.

🤣🤣 love it

My biggest sacrifice as far as loving any food is concerned is cheese. But I'm on meds that make me put on weight and had recent shock on the scales...so out it goes. I'm not overweight for height/age..but can't afford a new wardrobe!

As for sweet things, I genuinely have lost the taste for them.

I'm discovering things like Harissa paste that brightens up vegetables and fish and so on.

I live alone so its easy to control what I eat. Planning a low cal Christmas with all my fave savouries. I'm not virtue signalling - its genuine. But some nice Sauv Blanc is definitely on the list.

(sympathies above with the alcohol under the sink - tough all round).