Everybody wants a box of chocolates

[venta]

OK, I want opinions on chocolate.

Now, as previously discussed with some of you, I'm not an enormous fan of chocolate. Sure, I like it, but I don't really hold it in the kind of reverence that many do. It's a niceish, sweet tasting thing - sadly not the extreme sensual experience which some people seem to find it (and do they really, or are they just exaggerating ?)

So, what I want to know: how much chocolate is too much ? How many people actually don't think there is such a thing as too much ? People who are allergic/intolerant to chocolate (hello, half my family) are a different case. Would anyone seriously claim to be addicted to chocolate ?

For reference, I've eaten a Tw*x and two Cadbury's Roses in the last hour, and am now feeling distinctly queasy about the whole experience. Should have stopped after the Tw*x, really, but when someone hands anything edible round I eat some on reflex.

Update: is there any mileage in the idea that extreme dedication to the eating of chocolate is a female thing ? A quick mental survey of blokes of my acquaintance suggests "no", but some people seem to believe it quite firmly.

Comments

[redcountess]

I find the amount of chocolate I can handle depends on a lot of factors, including hormones and pain. Basically I eat a lot more of it when I have PMS (not necessarily cramps), or CFS type pain.

[venta.livejournal.com]

CFS?

'Scuse my ignorance.

[redcountess]

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, it's probably the likeliest diagnosis now that I've been told it's not Lupus, and what I was originally diagnosed with back in 1997.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. A quick google suggests that CFS is hormone related, too (is that correct?).

I know a few people who link wanting chocolate to PMS, but I'd mostly assumed it was a sort of "I feel crap so I want something nice" reaction, rather than a genuine hormonal reaction. Do you think they're actually linked ?

(And since I don't think I commented on your LJ at the time, I'm really pleased to hear it's not Lupus :)

[redcountess]

They still don't know the cause, latest classification is that it's neurological. I've had my hormones tested regularly and they've always been within normal range. While it's a relief that it's not lupus, I'm back to square one and not getting adequate treatment.

[venta.livejournal.com]

:(
Not knowing can be a very draining experience, in and of itself. I hope things look up soon.