Diea's Journal, 20 September 2020

I LOVE and NEED chocolate, at least that's what I think..🙄 Bought me same Yasso chocolate fudge frozen greek yogurt bars and they hit my chocolate spot!! 

I put cocoa powder in my coffee and mix it with a frother, tastes amazing, no sugar.  

Yes!! Chocolate it's amazing, hands down. For sure. 

Dark chocolate is pretty decent in antioxidants. Also, thehere are sugar free chocolate options that are not too bad and can satisfy the craving. Perhaps even a chocolate protein shake...160 kcal, 1g sugar, 30g protein for the chocolate Premier Protein High Protein Shake. Just some ideas. Never completely deny yourself, because that only leads to mistakes. ;) 

I found ChocZero is a great way to satisfy my chocolate cravings without the additional carb load. they have a number of other zero sugar products that work in my WoE and actually tase good. www.choczero.com  

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My nutritionist says that if you crave chocolate, eat protein. Sounds weird but it works for me! If it is really bad, I'll eat a protien bar that has some chocolate. I make my own bars to control sugar. 

for whatever reason, I can control my chocolate cravings with high cacoa, less sweet chocolate which is currently in the form of Ghirardelli chocolate chips. I count out eight and eat them with 10 raw almonds. daily. some days I graze on them, some days there is less control, but I'm not denied and I'm in control with it. I don't understand why eating them with almonds helps with that control, but it does. I never go less than 60% cacoa and if I can go higher, I totally do. I do keep it up high so that there's effort in portioning out and I can't mindlessly consume. kinda like those coconut flakes. take out the bag, measure it out, close the bag and put it away and then I can eat my snack.  

Diana, I buy protein bars but would love to save the $$ and make my own. They’re not cheap! Could you share your recipe?