Diane

I fought saying good-bye with every fibre of my being even though I knew chocolate wasn’t doing me any good.  I knew it didn’t trigger my migraines, but I also knew that it made my medications much less effective.  So, for two or three weeks after my neurologist told me to stop eating ALL chocolate I made token effort after another, said that since it didn’t actually cause migraines, I wouldn’t eat it certain times of month, then finally stopped eating it like I was supposed to.

It has been two weeks since I stopped eating chocolate and a funny thing has happened.  I didn’t realize how much of my sweet tooth revolved around chocolate.  Seems that my opinion is “If it’s not chocolate, what’s the point.”  I’ve had a few home made cookies and a couple pieces of fudge - in two weeks.  No binging, no eating everything in sight.  Had a couple of migraines, but haven’t thrown in the towel and eaten all the chocolate in the house.  Yes, there is a lot - I make a lot of cookies and candy this time of year.

The best side effect is the scale - I have lost several pounds without even trying.  I think I will make my goal of being below 240 before 2009.  I only have a half pound to go.

Happy New Year!