I eat some type of chocolate every day. I weight 130 lbs. Only 5'4" but still fit. Coffee and a brownie/dove chocolate every day. Now I mix that with a lot of healthy foods.

Too much of anything isn't good for you so in moderation you'll be just fine. If you eat more calories now you get to eat less later.

In contrast I just gave up Pop Tarts for breakfast and a coworker almost got killed yesterday.

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Always been in the mid 90's (kg) and got down to 88.7 before IM Melbourne in March but now back to 92-94. It's funny but I've been low-mid 90's since early 20's (now 52) and don't go up or down all that much. Just seems to be less muscle and more flab now but I'm not Robinson Crusoe there. Just feel guilty after eating it. Doesn't seem to stop me though!

So the question is, how is your weight now?

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Not so much the chocolate that is "bad" but the sugar that accompanies it. That said I love it. Of course dark chocolate with higher percent cocoa is supposedly better.

What kind? I like the Trader Joe's bittersweet chocolate w/ almonds in the .5 kg bars. Darker chocolate is more satisfying so it's easier to convince yourself you've had enough.

Crazy idea - but why not work out the calories from the bar ? We don't know how big your rows are or what chocolate it is ?

TBH - I'd not worry.

Unless you abuse, like others said, you don't have to worry about every single calorie that goes into your body. Unless you're a pro competing at the highest level (and then you probably have someone planning your meals anyway), many nutritionists say you can have a 10% calorie intake per day that is junk/sweets/fries/bacon/you-name-it.

You're fine. Dark chocolate is better for you though.


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to close approximation, the same bad on a per calorie basis as any other food.

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Chocolate is EVIL!

I strongly suggest that you pack up all your chocolate and ship them all to me so I can get rid of them for you.
Trust me on this.

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Who cares? It's effing CHOCOLATE!!! Some is good, more is better and even more is even better!

This is what has really worked for me in regards to weight.

1) Regular exercise.
2) Portion control.
3) Eating has healthy and natural as possilbe.

If I do have something "BAD" I only have a very small portion. I love dark chocolate with sea salt. I have a square or two from time to time.

There is really no secret to weight control.

Giving up Pop Tarts is pretty damn drastic. Did you cut back to one for a while or just go cold turkey?

I've heard that cupcakes are good for performance. Some guy who's good at exercising told me to replace 50% of my calories with cupcakes. So far I've been happy.

Who cares? There are a couple studies that suggest dark chocolate is beneficial for endurance performance, as well as other generic health benefits. As long as you account for the calories in your daily log, go for it.

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switch to 85% or higher dark chocolate and you will be fine. It kills your hunger. While anything less than 75% you begin not eating chocolate anymore but sugar.

Man, you guys need to train more if a little bit of chocolate throws your diet completely out of whack.

I thought there was like a annual minimum of 600 hours of training to even post on slowtwitch.

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In that case can I account for the consumption in my training log too?

I second this, will provided my address to my home and office if needed!

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Chocolate is awesome. If you 're putting on weight because of it then cut out your oatmeal calories. You could eat 2 bars of chocolate a day and lose a lot of weight (if that's all you ate) so it depends on what else you eat every day. Sometimes we over complicate things: calorie deficit = lose weight, calorie surplus = gain weight. You can eat chocolate and still be in deficit or break even. To stay healthy, though, you will need to eat nutritious food. So personally, I eat a "foundation" of veggies and green leaves, and then for the rest of my calories I eat pizza, chocolate, beer and wine

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I read that in a study, athletes who consumed 2 oz of dark chocolate a day saw a performance benefit over those who did not. Now -- this was from a triathlon magazine, not a scientific journal. So take it with a huge grain of salt. But they were comparing dark chocolate benefit on the same level as beets.

If you say so!

If you want a little more confirmation on the benefits of chocolate, and your running has been lagging of late ... I hear that Gwen Jorgenson eats a bit of chocolate every day. That seals the deal for me!