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08-21-2004, 02:32 PM
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I just sat down with a large box of Godiva biscuits...a cup of Godiva coffee...and about 5 bars of Godiva dark chocolate with raspberry. I have a Black Forest chocolate cake in the fridge. I'm even thinking of eating chocolate while I drink some beer later. Anyone else have this problem? 
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08-21-2004, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Chanak I just sat down with a large box of Godiva biscuits...a cup of Godiva coffee...and about 5 bars of Godiva dark chocolate with raspberry. I have a Black Forest chocolate cake in the fridge. I'm even thinking of eating chocolate while I drink some beer later. Anyone else have this problem? | Why do you think it is a problem? 
I eat 3-4 chocolate bars every day (and I am the lucky kind of people who never gains weight  )
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08-21-2004, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench | When one spots a Godiva kiosk out of the corner of one's eye, one finds one's self walking towards it in a dream-like state, engaging in a dream-like transaction with the helpful person behind the dream-like counter, then walking away with things in a decorative Godiva bag...never stopping to wonder to one's self why one was irresistably drawn to it in the first place.
Pringles...yummy! 
@Morril: Ah, no, the chocolate is not the problem...it's just that, accidentally, I discovered that I enjoyed chocolate in concert with beer. The details of my discovery are now lost in the mists of time, I just know I like it.
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08-21-2004, 03:55 PM
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Oh, I don't remember the last time I ate chocolate. When I got a brace I stopped eating sweets at all and although I don't have my brace anymore I still don't eat sweets. It's not that I force myself not to - I simply don't need them. When I'm hungry I eat something decent - like beef or pizza .
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08-21-2004, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Chanak @Morril: Ah, no, the chocolate is not the problem...it's just that, accidentally, I discovered that I enjoyed chocolate in concert with beer. The details of my discovery are now lost in the mists of time, I just know I like it. | He he. Maybe you can find beer with chocolate tast  | | |
08-21-2004, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Chanak When one spots a Godiva kiosk out of the corner of one's eye, one finds one's self walking towards it in a dream-like state, engaging in a dream-like transaction with the helpful person behind the dream-like counter, then walking away with things in a decorative Godiva bag...never stopping to wonder to one's self why one was irresistably drawn to it in the first place.
Pringles...yummy!
@Morril: Ah, no, the chocolate is not the problem...it's just that, accidentally, I discovered that I enjoyed chocolate in concert with beer. The details of my discovery are now lost in the mists of time, I just know I like it. | uuhhh...ooookay..... 
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08-21-2004, 05:31 PM
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I love just about anything with chocolate in it. Cake, candy, ice cream, and the like. But the problem is, I'm getting braces next week. So not only am I going to seriously cut down on my sugar/chocolate intake, but I won't be able to have anything that has caramel or nuts in it, which means that I won't be able to have alot of the stuff I like until they come off. 
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08-21-2004, 05:42 PM
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I've discovered I can win any argument with my GF if I just gave her chocholate. One box and she's like, OK you win now gimme that .
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08-21-2004, 06:10 PM
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I'm no chocolate lover, but if I do eat chocolate, it has to be the dark Belgian type with at least 70% cocoa content. Since the taste is so rich, I usually only want a few pieces.
@Chanak: Good you are a Belgian chocolate addict! Take it with coffee, bear or what ever you wish - as you may know, chocolate contains tryptophan, which is a precursor for serotonin. Since serotonin does not pass the blood brain barrier, the brain has to synthesise its' own serotonin, and tryptophan in food is necessary for the production of serotonin. Dark chocolate with high cocoa content has the highest amount of tryptophan. So it's pure medicine for anyone who feels low.
@Werebeargodess: You may want to try the dark Belgian high cocoa/low sugar type of chocolate. Non milk chocolate with cocoa content higher than 75-80% is usually very low in sugar.
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08-23-2004, 08:49 AM
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I MUST eat chocolate once a day or my brain doesnt work. I'm very addicted. The more I have the more I want. *sigh*
There goes my paycheck...
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08-23-2004, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by C Elegans @Chanak:...as you may know, chocolate contains tryptophan, which is a precursor for serotonin. Since serotonin does not pass the blood brain barrier, the brain has to synthesise its' own serotonin, and tryptophan in food is necessary for the production of serotonin. Dark chocolate with high cocoa content has the highest amount of tryptophan. So it's pure medicine for anyone who feels low. | Considering my condition, it's little wonder why I binge on chocolate like I do.
The years I spent living in Europe enlightened me to where the finest chocolate on earth may be found. Whenever someone mentions Belgian chocolate to me, I drool like Pavlov's dog.
EDIT: I used to be in the residential carpentry business. A customer of mine, originally from Holland but relocated to the US, had bought an old, run down farmhouse in the countryside of Tennessee. Myself and a few other contractors were busy remodeling her house...though I think I hit it off with her so well since I used to live in Europe, which gave us more in common than she had with the "homegrown" fellows that were working for her. Anyway, after a few weeks she brought me back to her sitting room...where boxes of Belgian chocolate, some in stacks over 3 feet high, were strewn everywhere. She looked at me with a pained expression..."My relatives in Europe sent me these over the holidays, and I just can't possibly eat any of it. Would it be too much to ask you to take it off my hands?"
Heeheehee, I ate every box in there...dark chocolate, hazlenut truffles, you name it. It was heaven!
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08-23-2004, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Chanak Heeheehee, I ate every box in there...dark chocolate, hazlenut truffles, you name it. It was heaven! | So did you save us all a few boxes?
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08-24-2004, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Opalescence I've discovered I can win any argument with my GF if I just gave her chocholate. One box and she's like, OK you win now gimme that . | well, my friend... that is somthing that won't work for all of us. for you see...my gf is alergic to chocholate  <*oh-well*>
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