{"id":542,"date":"2010-04-11T10:49:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T10:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/04\/have-chocolate-and-lose-weight.html"},"modified":"2010-04-11T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T10:49:16","slug":"have-chocolate-and-lose-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/04\/have-chocolate-and-lose-weight.html","title":{"rendered":"Have Chocolate and Lose Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend’s dad, Bernie, taught me his trick for having dessert (but
\nnot really).
\nHe has one little tiny piece of high quality chocolate every day, in
\nthe evening. Just a sliver. <\/p>\n

He lets it melt slowly on his
\ntongue,
\ninstead of chewing it. Bernie says he’s satisfied with just a small taste <\/a>eaten ever so slowly.<\/p>\n

Sometimes this works really well for me. It satisfies
\nmy craving for sweet, and chocolate. And it adds relatively few
\ncalories to the day.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, if I’m really ravenous for dessert, and lots
\nof it,
\nI don’t do it. I don’t want to tempt myself to have more than one
\npiece. It’s better to not have any at all in those instances, and get
\nmy sweet-tooth satisfied from life–by being with my family or
\nfriends, or seeing a good movie, beautiful art, or wonderful music.<\/p>\n

Are
\nYOU able ot have just one little piece of chocolate?  Or do you have to
\nstay away from it to lose weight?  Tell
\nus by posting a comment, please.<\/p>\n

Did you see my latest
\nTwitter.com message?  Follow drnorrischumley and you won’t miss a thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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