Number400

I am an addict.
I ride only so that I can eat more chocolate.
Training harder and smarter and talked myself out of eating any chocolate for the month of February.
It had been a hard 6 days so far, very hard. I can smell the candy bowl in the next cubicle.
I can smell the chocolate in your veins.
I will not give in.
I usually eat LOTS, every day!
March 1 I will look like an american mash up of Bruce Lee and Fabian Cancellerra. This better work...

at least i picked the shortest month...

hammy56

htfu

rkwaki

You are like that for Oreos...

denvertrout

I can relate. Last spring reduced my candy intake from a bag of jelly beans a day to one a month. Lost 15 lbs without trying, and am much faster on the bike. I still get major cravings, but the weird thing now is that my body is not used to large doses of sugar, so if I eat a couple handfuls of candy I can feel the sugar coursing through me and it is an unpleasant feeling where it used to not affect me at all. If i avoid it all together I am good, just one piece and I will finish the bag.

revchuck 

One of my co-workers brought in a gumball machine and filled it with chocolate M&Ms. It's been my downfall. I've been eating fruit for my at-work snacks to avoid this kind of thing, so I don't eat as much chocolate as I used to, but I still give in.

Do chocolate-covered cherries count as fruit?

waterrockets 

Ironically, it's Chocolate February on 24-7 Comedy radio...

Tyrell

I'm also a choco-holic. I'm giving up chocolate for Lent. There...I said it. Now that it's "written down on paper" I may have a chance at actually following through! They say writing down your goals and commitments helps you to achieve them, right? This is gonna be tough. I may develop diabetes next Tuesday trying to get my last-minute fix.

Fat Boy

Cocoa isn't bad for you. There are compounds in it that may very well be a good thing for endurance stamina, just don't be stupid about it. If you want chocolate, get the good stuff. M&M's are complete crap. Get some 85% cocoa bars eat a small chunk once a day or every few days after your workout. It will be maybe 75-100 calories and you'll get stuff that might actually be a positive.

Number400

Agreed! A little bit of a nice dark chocolate is a good thing.

My issue is that it was an extra daily 800+ calories of crap chocolate that everyone has laying around to share. I am ramping up for the season and I figured that eliminating these junk calories, along with coaching and now power focused workouts will set me up well to come out swinging.

MrTuner1970

I've been eating mostly Paleo for 3-4 months. It took a few weeks for my body to get used to it, but now I don't crave sweets like I used to. I can still eat a small bit of something sweet, but will feel that "unpleasant feeling" you describe. Now I prefer to avoid sugar, and eat good foods instead, like lots of fruit.

kevmk81

Reading this helped me avoid eating one of the doughnuts my coworker brought in. Thanks!

Walrus

I was blessed enough to be born without the "sweet-tooth" gene. Most of my family members aren't dessert eaters so I wasn't exposed to much of it as a child. I much prefer salty/spicy snacks to sweets.

My one downfall would be ice cream. I don't ever buy it in the store, because I know the pint will last about 45 minutes, but I grab a scoop on my walk to work sometimes.

Homebrew01

Yup, rather than go cold turkey cutting out junk, I've adapted to preferring good quality junk, which is less common in the office. Now that I need to cut weight again, I really limit junk during the week, and have a bit on the weekends.

Elevation

I went cold turkey on soda/pop/coke, what have you... also went cold turkey on chocolate and crap food all at once and don't get any cravings, at all.

It's interesting...

Looigi

I've had to abandon the idea of food/drink as a reward for riding. I found it too hard to manage and too easy to gain weight. For me, it's better to spread exercise calories out over the week and eat a consistent amount every day. I don't work up a craving and find it much easier to stick to.