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I'm bad.
I'm very bad.
Always have been.
Probably always will be.
My self-control when it comes to anything chocolate is seriously lacking!
A good friend of mine recently blogged about her love of sweets. It really made me think of my own weakness for all things chocolate.
Like Kat, I too have a serious mouth-ful of sweet teeth. I'll always appreciate desserts, I love lots of maple syrup on my pancakes or french toast, I enjoy caramel flavouring in my coffee, and all sorts of confections. My first love, however, will always be chocolate! I think every dessert recipe I make has some form of chocolate in it, be it the chocolate chips, the chocolate pudding mix, the chocolate sauce....
I think I can honestly say, I've never met a chocolate I didn't like!
So, how do I combat it? It's not easy, let me tell you!
I've actually been pretty good at disciplining myself when I'm in the grocery store. Only buying that which I need for meals, passing by the bakery and the cookie isles...I'm usually pretty successful in getting up to the check-out counter without a lot of junk in my basket.
So, where does it all come from?...
Christmas is a bad time for me where chocolate is concerned. Most gifts we get from acquaintances are in the form of some sort of chocolate. And, when chocolate is in the house, it calls to me....saying, "eat me!"......and I can't resist. I usually justify it by saying, "the sooner I eat it, the sooner it's gone, and the sooner I can get back to staying away from it!"....which usually results in some serious chocolate binging.
My dear hubby doesn't help. He has a sweet tooth or two himself. If he goes into a grocery store, he invariably comes out with whatever baked goods happened to be on sale that day.
Work used to be somewhat of a sanctuary. Until they put in the vending machines in the lunch room. Then they put in coffee machines in the kitchenettes, which dispense some very lovely hot chocolate.
Argh.
I don't think a lot of people take it seriously when I refer to chocolate as an addiction. But I have to confess, the behaviours associated with my chocolate habits are very close to addiction! When it's in front of me, I can't help but reach for it. Once I start, I often can't stop myself until I'm actually feeling ill. I've replaced meals with chocolate bars, I've fought small children for the last chocolate-chip cookie, I've even been desperate enough to raid certain tupperware containers of chocolate chips... (sorry, mom)... and I still haven't out-grown it.
Time for a chocolate intervention?
Just don't steal my stash of chocolate chipits....
I'm very bad.
Always have been.
Probably always will be.
My self-control when it comes to anything chocolate is seriously lacking!
A good friend of mine recently blogged about her love of sweets. It really made me think of my own weakness for all things chocolate.
Like Kat, I too have a serious mouth-ful of sweet teeth. I'll always appreciate desserts, I love lots of maple syrup on my pancakes or french toast, I enjoy caramel flavouring in my coffee, and all sorts of confections. My first love, however, will always be chocolate! I think every dessert recipe I make has some form of chocolate in it, be it the chocolate chips, the chocolate pudding mix, the chocolate sauce....
I think I can honestly say, I've never met a chocolate I didn't like!
So, how do I combat it? It's not easy, let me tell you!
I've actually been pretty good at disciplining myself when I'm in the grocery store. Only buying that which I need for meals, passing by the bakery and the cookie isles...I'm usually pretty successful in getting up to the check-out counter without a lot of junk in my basket.
So, where does it all come from?...
Christmas is a bad time for me where chocolate is concerned. Most gifts we get from acquaintances are in the form of some sort of chocolate. And, when chocolate is in the house, it calls to me....saying, "eat me!"......and I can't resist. I usually justify it by saying, "the sooner I eat it, the sooner it's gone, and the sooner I can get back to staying away from it!"....which usually results in some serious chocolate binging.
My dear hubby doesn't help. He has a sweet tooth or two himself. If he goes into a grocery store, he invariably comes out with whatever baked goods happened to be on sale that day.
Work used to be somewhat of a sanctuary. Until they put in the vending machines in the lunch room. Then they put in coffee machines in the kitchenettes, which dispense some very lovely hot chocolate.
Argh.
I don't think a lot of people take it seriously when I refer to chocolate as an addiction. But I have to confess, the behaviours associated with my chocolate habits are very close to addiction! When it's in front of me, I can't help but reach for it. Once I start, I often can't stop myself until I'm actually feeling ill. I've replaced meals with chocolate bars, I've fought small children for the last chocolate-chip cookie, I've even been desperate enough to raid certain tupperware containers of chocolate chips... (sorry, mom)... and I still haven't out-grown it.
Time for a chocolate intervention?
Just don't steal my stash of chocolate chipits....
