I have been doing the “Move it and Lose it Challenge” with Dr Oz on Sharecare.com since the first week it started. It is a great program where I have been diligently writing down my food consumption and exercise. I thought I was doing pretty well with my calories and should be burning quite a bit every day. However, I haven’t been losing as much weight as I would expect. It caused me to ponder what I might be doing wrong. I must confess, as I noted my calorie consumption going down, my chocolate consumption started going up!

I felt so good about doing well with my dietary changes that I was rewarding myself with chocolate. I know that dark chocolate is the healthier form, but I really like milk chocolate. I realized that any type of chocolate is my problem and I am hooked.

A week ago I stopped eating it and I am going through withdrawal. I think about it several times a day and last night I even dreamed about it. Today was better. They say it takes 21 days to break a habit. I am going to stick with it and see what happens. I bought some wonderful vanilla flavored tea and I have been drinking that when I feel the urge to splurge. I have also been taking a lot of walks.

From now on I will be rewarding myself with things other than food. I am thinking that a facial or a shopping spree may work really well. Without the chocolate I am hoping I make my goal weight ahead of time!