My Favorite Vegetable - Chocolate

I have to admit. I love chocolate. Sadly, I love chocolate so much, it takes over and makes me think about consuming it all the time.

Thinking back about New Year's resolutions, I didn't want to jinx myself by making a resolution to stop eating chocolate so, no resolutions for me.

So, I made a decision to stop eating my favorite vegetable, chocolate.
Let's face it, we all like chocolate. I feel sorry for people who are allergic to it. They can't taste that savory bitter/sweetness of a dark chocolate or how it tastes when its drenched over a bowl of ice cream. Yummy.

But being diabetic, it's not a good thing to eat so much sugar. I did try those sugar-free chocolates that cost an arm and leg for a few ounces. Unfortunately, those wonderful tasting sugar-free chocolates don't like me very much. I spend an awful lot of time running for the bathroom after consuming just a little bit. Enough said about that subject.

There have been times when I thought about chocolate enough to make me think I should find some. But I stop myself and realize that I really don't need it.

I think I need to know that I can give up chocolate in my life. Giving up chocolate goes beyond the aspect of eating that tasty confection. Chocolate has been my main comfort food.

Happy, sad, or angry chocolate was there to comfort me. Finding other ways to comfort myself during those times has been a challenge, but I'm working through it. Reading, writing, and prayer are now my chocolate and I get just as much satisfaction from those things as I do chocolate.

I have to admit, it has not been easy giving up something like chocolate. But with a little help from my friends, I'm sure it will work out.