Chocolate - Day 30 May Daily Diary

Milk chocolate is hard to resist, but I've found I can eat a square of dark chocolate without devouring the whole bar. And dark chocolate has health benefits with antioxidants and nutrients. Not all dark chocolate is equal though - you want to look for 70% cacao or higher.

Day 60 - The Good News About Chocolate

Chocolate can reduce stress. Read the article here
Make sure it’s dark chocolate and don’t consume more than 1.5 ounces per day.

I started off today with an abs exercise DVD, but didn't get very far with it. I'm going to keep working on that until I can get through the whole thing. Then I used the elliptical, but it was squeaking so I used WD-40 which stopped the squeak, but one of the screws came loose. After fixing that and wiping the dirt/grease off my hands I didn't feel much like continuing. I did walk for quite a while at the mall - it's far too hot to walk outside.

Day 32 - Chocolate, Cheese and Chips

I have to stay away from the three “CHs”.

Cheese, chocolate and chips are all trigger foods, to use a Weight Watchers expression. I eat a piece and continue until they are all gone. Although grated cheese is more expensive to buy, if I have a block of cheese I will carve out chunks and so I opt for the grated kind. Chips I have to stay away from but chocolate has some healthy qualities. Dark chocolate contains antioxidants and has been known to lower blood pressure. Half an ounce daily, with a content of 70% cocoa, can be good for you, but who can eat only an ounce of chocolate?

Last week-end I snacked far too much and didn't keep up with my journal. Today, I did much better. I started the day off with plain yogurt and blueberries, ate a carrot at mid-day then had salad with some grated cheese for lunch. This afternoon I munched on a fiber plus bar and for dinner scrambled eggs with a slice of toast. I'm well within my 1,200 calories and I also did 30 minutes of the Boot Camp DVD and 30 minutes elliptical.