Death by chocolate? Maybe not so much...

Well friends, I have a chocolate addiction. I don't mean to say I indulge in chocolate every instance I can, not at all. I do love chocolate and make it a point not to keep it around. Back at my old job, I had the desk by the door and was the first point of contact for anyone comming in. I kept chocolates and other candies on the desk for my visitors and fell into a nasty habit of eating them a bit too regularly. So I've learned from that and tend not to keep any around.

Sometimes, as a treat to myself I buy a bag of Ghirardelli caramel squares and limit myself to 1 a day. They are so utterly wonderfully sinful that I stop everything and just enjoy and savor.

Yesterday I was celebrating the job news and before I realized, by the end of the day I'd had 3.  Woops?.... I mean there are worse things I could have indulged in. And I haven't had chocolate in a VERY long time. It was an added 240 calories and 12 g fat, 24 g sugar, 27 carbs.... but not all at once so no dumping.

I know I know. We're all human. We make mistakes. Well guess what? I didn't and still don't feel bad about doing it. I stopped the world and savored every second of those little caramel devils.  I didn't plan on doing it, but I also don't regret it. I likely won't do it again, at leat any time soon. I recognize I did it, accept it. Hey, I could have had the whole bag!

This is something I think I've learned from Beck's Diet Solution. I didn't mindlessly eat it. I knew what I was doing. And I am not beating myself up about it.

Whadaya know, maybe I can learn a new trick or two?