Mmmmm...Chocolate

I may or may not have posted at the beginning of the year (I'm too lazy to spend a second and actually look at my previous posts)that I was making the switch from milk chocolate to dark chocolate. I made that switch and it wasn't even hard.

My mother-in-law gave me a bag of dark chocolate Hershey kisses at Christmas time (along with a can of tuna, but I won't go into that gift) and I kind of rolled my eyes and thought "yeah, as if" because I NEVER ate dark chocolate. I thought it was too bitter and not sweet enough.

Around the time I switched to agave nectar in place of my 3 TABLESPOONS of sugar in my coffee (yup, you read that right--have I mentioned that diabetes runs in my family?), I broke open the bag and tried to make peace with dark chocolate. Here's what I found: I didn't mind it and (BONUS) I didn't need to eat much of it. I had two kisses and that was plenty. Back the frig up--let me explain that I have ALWAYS hated those skinny bitches that talk about how "a little piece of dark chocolate is how I like to splurge." WHAT? That's a splurge? How about chocolate chip cookie dough dipped in milk chocolate with some chocolate ice cream and a chaser of chocolate fudge sundae sauce? Now, that's a splurge. Please--a little piece of dark chocolate.

Guess what I consider a nice little treat these days? A little piece of dark chocolate. Don't hate. I'm not skinny. Not even close, but I do find that a tiny piece is doing the trick for me. I'm not sure if it's linked to coming off of the added sugar and onto the agave nectar, but it probably is. When I've been at friends' houses and had coffee with regular sugar, it seems weird to me. This could also go hand in hand with my new green smoothie habit. All I know is that I thought I would NEVER like dark chocolate and now I love it. Hmmm...that wasn't as hard as I thought. Makes me wonder what else I think is too hard and that I will hate, but won't be that bad. Is that exercise calling my name?

Maybe, just maybe, all these little tiny daily doses are changing me.

Oh, and here's what my bible, Woman's Day says about dark choc. this month: "Eating it DAILY for just one week can improve cholesterol levels and reduce inflammation in women." That comes from the smarty pants people at Johns Hopkins. All you need is 30 calories worth--trust me, it will be enough!