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11 rules for chocolate…

Posted by Pat on February 9, 2014 in Uncategorized |

chocolate is the answerDid you know that not all chocolates are created equal?

Before I share some of my favorite chocolate rules, I need to acknowledge (as a previous owner of a retail store Chocolate! Chocolate! in Seattle) that I really do know that it’s important for us to be somewhat discerning about the chocolate we eat and call “good for us.”

For me, M&M’s are a last resort and most milk chocolate bars have added sugar and milk.

But when I choose dark chocolate that is at least 70% cacao, I know I am getting enough flavonoids (naturally-occurring antioxidants) to claim the health benefits of decreased risk for heart attack and stroke as well as lowering the stress hormone cortisol.

And (here’s what I hate to admit!) it does mean I should limit myself to about an ounce of the “good” stuff daily!

So without anymore ado, here are some of…

The Rules for Chocolate

  1. Why is there no such organization as Chocolate Anonymous? Because no one wants to quit.

  2. If you’ve got melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly.

  3. A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Isn’t that handy?

  4. If you can’t eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can’t eat all your chocolate, what’s wrong with you?

  5. Money talks. Chocolate sings.

  6. Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger.chocolate stack

  7. If I eat equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet? Don’t they actually counteract each other?

  8. “Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands-and then eat just one of the pieces.” Judith Viorst

  9. “The 12-step chocoholics program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!”  Terry Moore

  10. “Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate.” Charles M. Schultz

  11. Put “eat chocolate” at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you’ll get one thing done.

And for a last bit of humor from that famous author, anonymous…

“A good piece of chocolate has about 200 calories. As I enjoy tweight controlwo servings per night, and a few more on weekends, I consume about 3,500 calories of chocolate in a week, which equals one pound of weight per week.

Therefore in the last 3 1/2 years, I have had chocolate caloric intake of about 180 pounds, and I only weight 155 pounds.

So without chocolate, I would have wasted away to nothing about 3 months ago!

I owe my life to chocolate!

What about you?

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9 Comments

  • Fay says:

    Well said, Pat! Chocolate rules! (the verb, not the noun here). There’s no shortage here of this stuff, of course. It’s quite properly a food group, and needs to be included in any well-balanced diet! Works for me.

  • Pat says:

    Fay, I should have known that anyone who owned “Chocolate! Chocolate” would be the first to comment! Thanks!

  • Earl Blackaby says:

    When I look outside at all the snow, I think of pouring chocolate over ice cream. If you work hard enough at it, you can tie chocolate to most anything – especially when you actually have some in front of you. M & Ms are handy to have around when there is a chocolate need.
    Enjoy some chocolate Friday – Happy Valentine’s Day.
    ( I like rules 9 and 11 ).

  • Carol says:

    I like 4 & 5, but I practice 11 daily!

  • Tish says:

    Best food on Earth! Follow rule #11 for a happy life!

  • I feel like sharing a secret. I found a cobalt blue metal egg which opens up at a yard sale. It’s decorated and looks like a Faberge egg. It has the sign of Cancer on it and a crab. That’s me. My daughter is constantly complaining that I’m crabby. So she gave me some M&Ms to put in it and called them my anti-crab pills. Works for me!!

  • Linda says:

    Good rules to follow. Especially 6 & 11! Now I’m going to eat some chocolate!

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