When offered chocolate, I usually decline. I'm not above the odd spoonful of chocolate ice cream, and some chocolate bars are transcendent, it's true. But I simply do not crave chocolate (or sweets, for that matter) on an everyday basis. If offered cheese and chocolate, I will, 99 times out of 100, choose the cheese. I'm used to it; I've even ordered a cheese plate at a restaurant, instead of a dessert. (Sadly, very few restaurants offer that option.)
However, for one week a month (more like 5 days, in reality) I cannot get enough of chocolate. Leave a chocolate bar unwrapped in my presence and it will disappear. I proved it this morning. Admittedly, this is chocolate I would eat any time of the month, but this is the only time of the month that I would describe it as literally THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER EATEN. It was a fantastic piece of culinary heaven. Sadly, though, I described a Snickers bar this way last month, so perhaps take it with a grain of salt. (No, really, the chocolate today was far and above better than a garden-variety Snickers. I found it at my local Whole Foods. I urge you, try the one I tried, or the peanut, which is equally as delicious and which I finished yesterday. Yes, they look small, but they're so rich and decadent that I could not possibly finish one in a day. Two days, yes. One day, no.)
All that I'm saying is that before say, this past few months, I had never felt so passionate about chocolate. Since being on the pill, things have changed. And since being on a diet and the pill, things have changed even more strangely. It's only since the diet started that I've craved chocolate, and it's not just chocolate. I think I mentioned this before, but on my period, I am hungry 24/7. I eat dinner and five minutes later I'm hungry. I don't feel this way for the majority of the month, so I know I'm eating enough, normally. It's just some strange quirk of this particular time of the month.
I don't even like chocolate, I tell you!
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