So, huge achievement. 40 days of Lent over baby! And of the three things I decided to give up (chocolate, fizzy drinks and volunteering for more things) I managed, well, one out of three.
The fizzy drinks clause went out at the anniversary party - Southern Comfort and lemonade.
Volunteering? Can anybody say M-U-G. Come on, I think we all know that was a stupid idea!
But chocolate? 40 days without. It seems like a long time but I had an intolerance to chocolate for years when I was a kid. I had to be so careful about what kind of sweets I ate in case they had sneaked some chocolate into them. It was a real pain in the arse. So, I honestly thought 40 days would be easy… but it always feels like I am catching up on my chocolate consumption from childhood so a day away from it is a day wasted.
When I thought I might be diabetic I wasn’t really bothered about giving up cakes and fast food and alcohol… but chocolate? That was the kicker.
But today… oh, today!
I woke late and took down the eggs I had bought the family. Normally we buy gifts instead of chocolate but with all the other gift giving events recently we decided to break with our tradition and take the
easier option.
There was so so much chocolate around today. So so so much. The cat decided that the eggs were hers and guarded them for a while…
…before deciding that she deserved one.
Woh, wait, I promise not to actually feed her any.I am not cleaning up the sick again.
I think I’m going to have to make chocolate crispies or cornflake cakes or something… There just is too much.
It was weird. It just didn’t taste the same. Maybe it’s something I need to ease myself back into?
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March 24th, 2008 at 1:11 am
I couldn’t go forty days without chocolate.
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March 24th, 2008 at 5:57 am
I had that same reaction after going 3 months without tasting chocolate. I remembered it as being so much better than it seemed. But the more I ate, the more I went, “Oh, yeah …”
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March 24th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Green & Blacks??? Oh yummmmm!!!!! You’ll soon get right back into it again, in no time, I’ll lay money on it, (or a cheesecake recipe) ;o)
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March 24th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I couldn’t go a day without chocolate. It is my main vice. However, I don’t really like Easter eggs. I’m just a plain old Cadbury Dairy Milk kinda girl. Happy Easter!
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March 24th, 2008 at 9:25 am
I think I could do the 40 days without the chocolate but only If I wasn’t confronted with a load of easter eggs. Crunchy all the way
March 24th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
More power to you…grab that chocolate bull by the horns. Or the rabbit by the ears. Whatever.
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March 24th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
After how much chocolate I consumed yesterday, I need to go 40 days without it for sure!
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March 24th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Hey hun hope you had a great easter and i bet your so glad now you can eat choclate again i so could of not of gone 1 day without it never mind 40 days that would kill me hehe well i hope to see you 2morrow on the bus talk soon xx
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March 24th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Avitable - I didn’t think I could but, well, other junk food made up for it! At least I can try the chocolate buritto now!
SJ - Today was a little better. Am going to buy something ridiculously chocolatey tomorrow… Something sickening… And then see what that goes like…
Penelope - Green & Blacks. The chocolate for occasions. Good, bad, everyday, celebrating the fact that it’s a Tuesday? Green & Blacks. HUGE fan of Maya Gold and the Espresso bars. Yum!
Selma - Cadbury’s is my main chocolate vice… Hence why most of my Easter eggs are made of that.
Si Philp - Hence the joy of Lent - Easter at the end and you only have to torture yourself each and every time you go into any shop that sells Easter Eggs. yep. It’s been hell!
Karl - It’s been all egg shaped so far! Except for the joker that got me a High School Musical selection! Am a firm believer in the healing power (to moods) of chocolate now.
Hilly - That is kind of how I’m feeling right now! Well, maybe after just one more bit… A big bit…
Hayley - It’s weird - now I can eat it I don’t really want to. See you tomorrow.
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