Self Abuse
Is there such a thing as a chocolate hangover? Yesterday I accidentally ate the bottom layer of a Godiva 36-piece Gold Ballotin for lunch. Today I feel like crap. Could there be a connection?
In my defense, I didn’t mean to eat it all. But now I have nothing. :(
It was the remainder of my windfall from the post-Christmas half-price sale at godiva.com. I had been slowly eating away at the box, a piece or two at a time, for the previous week. I can eat chocolate with moderation if I keep it in some relatively inaccessible place that’s out of sight. That way, I don’t see it and grab a piece (or three) every time I walk by.
My usual, preferred, out-of-sight location is the freezer, but I just couldn’t do that to the lovely golden box of Godiva chocolates, with each piece nestled down into an individually sized and shaped cup. The freezer environment was too hostile. Godiva chocolates have to be kept at room temperature, so as not to bruise the ganache.
This box stayed upstairs in the extra bedroom with the door shut, rendering it extremely out of sight. It worked! I could eat just a couple of pieces a day with no problem. And I got a little exclamation point of ecstasy in my day every time I remembered the box was up there. It was a repetitive bonanza, if you will.
So then I got cocky and brought the box to work. I thought I could continue the strategy, if I only put the box out of sight in a desk drawer. Ha! Double Ha! I am dumb. The box was completely empty within three hours. I started eating as soon as I got to work, so I guess it wasn’t technically lunch. It was more of a breakfast dessert brunch that extended into lunch. But the result was the same. It was all gone by 12pm.
When will I learn that I cannot be trusted with chocolate while at my desk?? I should know myself better after 41 years. The chocolate must be out of sight AND out of reach for this strategy to work and there’s no place in my office that is sufficiently out of reach. And I’m including the top of the dropped ceiling tiles.
This also might explain why my run yesterday afternoon sucked with the force of a thousand vacuum cleaners. That’s a lot.
In my defense, I didn’t mean to eat it all. But now I have nothing. :(
It was the remainder of my windfall from the post-Christmas half-price sale at godiva.com. I had been slowly eating away at the box, a piece or two at a time, for the previous week. I can eat chocolate with moderation if I keep it in some relatively inaccessible place that’s out of sight. That way, I don’t see it and grab a piece (or three) every time I walk by.
My usual, preferred, out-of-sight location is the freezer, but I just couldn’t do that to the lovely golden box of Godiva chocolates, with each piece nestled down into an individually sized and shaped cup. The freezer environment was too hostile. Godiva chocolates have to be kept at room temperature, so as not to bruise the ganache.
This box stayed upstairs in the extra bedroom with the door shut, rendering it extremely out of sight. It worked! I could eat just a couple of pieces a day with no problem. And I got a little exclamation point of ecstasy in my day every time I remembered the box was up there. It was a repetitive bonanza, if you will.
So then I got cocky and brought the box to work. I thought I could continue the strategy, if I only put the box out of sight in a desk drawer. Ha! Double Ha! I am dumb. The box was completely empty within three hours. I started eating as soon as I got to work, so I guess it wasn’t technically lunch. It was more of a breakfast dessert brunch that extended into lunch. But the result was the same. It was all gone by 12pm.
When will I learn that I cannot be trusted with chocolate while at my desk?? I should know myself better after 41 years. The chocolate must be out of sight AND out of reach for this strategy to work and there’s no place in my office that is sufficiently out of reach. And I’m including the top of the dropped ceiling tiles.
This also might explain why my run yesterday afternoon sucked with the force of a thousand vacuum cleaners. That’s a lot.
posted by Jill at 9:04 AM
10 Comments:
How's that different than eating a giant, as big as your face steak? So you get a bit hyper...at least your arteries aren't clogged by teatime. And you jog??? Shoot.
See, God is punishing you for all those child slaves that toiled in the fields to bring you that box of choclatey goodness.
I hope you know I'm kidding. a) I'm not religious, and b)let's face it, if Mother Theresa had been left alone with a box of Godiva chocolates, she would have double-checked for witnesses, and then downed the whole box. Personally, I've learned to be philosophical about the times when I pig out on something to the point of nausea: Everyone does it sometimes. It doesn't kill you. And it sure is fun while you're doing it!!
The chocolates were asking for it...
The fact that you actually get your butt out to jog more than makes up for the chocolate orgy.
I completely relate to this post. At your suggestion, I went to Godiva.com and ordered some chocolatey goodness. It was HEAVENLY. I was pretty successful with eating the box in moderation, but if I had downed half the box in one sitting, I don't think I would have felt too guilty about it. I would have justified it somehow. Chocolate is good for the soul and you did jog afterward! :)
How weird; it's Chocolate Fest here in Bloomington! Are you secretly being paid by Godiva to advertise chocolate this weekend?!?
You jogged on the same day? I'm impressed. I would have slept off the buzz and jogged the next day. LOL
Jill~~ this is long but I thought of you this morning when I read it!!
rejoice!
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Hey, sorry about your chocolate hangover. I can put away the chocolate too when I have it. I just can't be trusted with it.
Did they take you to Choco Rehab? You haven't posted in awhile .. .
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