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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Feel like I'm going to have to give up chocolate. The amount I'm eating in a week is just daft now. Thing is, I almost feel like an alcoholic in that I don't think I'd have the ability to say "oh, I'll just limit myself to one small bar a day". Plus I'm certain itst the main reason for my podge that I've got coming. Having a podge whilst rock climbing isn't conducive to good climbing. At all.

I think the big thing psychologically is to not look at it as "I'm refusing to eat this" and rather say "I don't need this today".

Now my problem is now finding a replacement for chocolate. Nuts? Bit bland. Fruit? Surely the best option, right?

joo sirius? no chocolate?

let me aX: what do you get from it? is it the sugar? is it the stimulant/antidepressant drug part of it? is it for hunger or pleasure?

there are ways to get chocolate drug without the sugar. e.g. “cacao nibs.” they taste a little sour and smell like olives actually but they’re alright if you can handle, like smoking filterless cigarettes (gitanes, i miss you so...)

there’s also chocolate sweetened with sugar alcohols (erythritol, xlytol, maltitol, etc) which helps some but can give you the farts/the shits. there’s also stevia which does not meld weld with every flavor.

personally i make a chia pudding with ground cacao (wtf is the difference with cocoa) that can be sweetened with stevia with little harm. the chia + whey provides protein + good fats and the cacao is for drug value. can also be made with erythritol.