I can’t remember a time whenchocolatewasn’t a part of my diet.
When I want asnack, I eat a chocolate bar.
I even turned tochocolate hummusas a way to add some of my favorite sweet stuff to a fruit salad.
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Yes, it’s safe to say I am addicted to chocolate.
So what would happen if I just decided to stop eating chocolate?
Well, that’s exactly what I did when I gave up chocolate for two weeks.
And I truly am forever changed.
What happens when you stop eating chocolate?
I went cold turkey, which was a bit hard at first.
See, I was eating chocolatemultipletimes a day.
Yes, chocolate was a key component in every meal.
So just stopping that completely was a bit rough at first.
The cookies, granola bars, and peanut M&Ms are right there, all the time.
As time went on, my emotional dependence on the comfort chocolate would give me subsided.
I was proving to myself that I could resist it and I started getting used to life without chocolate.
But the biggest takeaway from my two-week chocolate cleanse is the effect it had on my skin.
Will I eat chocolate again?
The short answer: yes.
That little bar was enough for meI didn’t have chocolate again for another nearly three days after that.
I’m not saying I won’t eat chocolate again because it’s still one of my favorite foods.
I’ll be smarter with my choices now, though.
