how much is too much chocolate

Hi Guys,

At the moment I'm having to have chocolate everyday - mainly just because I feel like it and cause we've got the fundraiser chocolates here at work staring me in the face and calling my name. You know those $2 blocks that you just have to eat until the whole lot is gone? Fruit n Nut.....mmmmmm

Question is: How much chocolate is too much and is it really bad for the baby? Am I going to push my luck with gestational diabetes (although all my tests came back good)? Am i going to produce a hyperactive child by having too much sugar in my diet?

Thoughts?

Thanks

Never too much IMO...lol. Nah, seriously I think you should be fine and I doubt you'd get GD now. I had a creme brulee from Gloria Jean's EVERY day!! I was ssoooooooo addicted to them. I still eat a little choccy every day now (although I think my waistline, hips, butt and thighs tell me I shouldn't!) and it doesn't seem to be or have affected Oskar. Some may say stop, but for me I'd go stupid and eat too much if I tried to not have any at all.

im interested in this also - i am eating stupid amounts of choccy everyday - like a real addict!!!! Havent had the diabetes test yet this preg as they keep stuffing me around trying to get me to do the 2 hour one - impossible when youve got a 2 and 31/2 yo to entertain for that long. Didn't have any sugar probs for the other 2 though and probably ate just as much choccy. Makes beany girl dance very fast though - hope she doesnt come out with a dairy milk bar in her hand!

Julie x

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Makes beany girl dance very fast though - hope she doesnt come out with a dairy milk bar in her hand!

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LOL!!!!

I'm the same as you girls & interested in the responses. I've been soooooo bad but it just tastes sooooooo good! (my mouth is now watering!)

I haven't been able to survive without chocolate.. Kit Kats have been the worst for me, I think because they have the wafery biscuit bit in the middle... *drools* oh and chocolate muffins, I think Josie is going to come out looking like a muffin :)

I guess having a chocolate a day isn't too bad, but I have read that you kinda need to put it in the same boat as caffeineated drinks and try and consume it in some moderation, if at all possible :D

Some good news for you ladies. A recent study found that pregnant women who ate chocolate 5 times a week throughout their pregnancy were 40% less likely to get pre-eclampsia. They didn't actually say how much chocolate to eat though.

I've been eating chocolate most days throughout this pregnancy - failed the GD test but passed the 2 hour one after fasting (and avoiding chocolate for 24 hours as well). My 34 week ultrasound showed a big growth spurt in between the previous one at 32 weeks so I'm sure hoping I'm not about to produce a baby elephant (they told me he's normal size so should be OK).

I would've had somewhere between 50-100 grams each day, and have avoided coffee until the last couple of weeks (max 2 instant per day now to keep me awake at work) so I think I'm probably within safe limits.

There is no such thing as too much chocolate!!! pmsl

Seriously though as long as you don't have GD you should be fine. Yes choc has caffine in it so I wouldnt go eating 3 large blocks a day or anything but a bit of choc everyday should be ok.

I have however heard rumors that the more sugar you eat the more likely you are to have a bigger baby. Don't know how true it is but Im willing to take the chance at pushing out a few hundred grams more if I am happy munching away on my chocolate while I have a real excuse to LOL.

On choc and pre-eclampsia. The study was based on DARK chocolate. Dark choc has anti-oxidants in it and less sugar because it has a higher cocoa content. White Dark or Milk Ill eat whatever.

yeah i was a bit worried about producing a big baby too, but figured that's more a risk for real gestational diabetes states, not just choc-addicts - hopefully anyways??

I mean, am trying to eat the best for bubs anyways, and am feeling this is my only downfall, but am also glad to hear there are others out there like me and enjoying every moment of indulgence. Of course, if it was going to be bad for bubs I'd cut down, and I'm sure an excess of sugar isn't the best for either of us.

Was just a thought going through my mind as I was eating a fundraiser Crunchie followed by a Freddo Frog - yep!

love to hear more opinions

Too much chocolate! I've never read such a proposterous statement!!!!!

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I am pretty sure it won't produce a big baby, anything excess you goes to your hips and bum I have heard (which is marginally better than having a gigantuous baby, but not much!)!

... off to eat my choc-caramle slice i made yesterday :D:D:D:D:D

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... off to eat my choc-caramle slice i made yesterday :D:D:D:D:D

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OMG caramel slice is my weakness!!!!!!! hmmmm, I wonder if DH will stop by maccas on his way home from tafe tonight to get one from the mcafe for me, they're my favourite!!!!

I wouldn't worry about it ladies- I ate chocolate every day I was pregnant (and still have not kicked the habit) and it didn't effect me or my tiny 2570 gm baby. I've heard to follow your cravings- they will tell you what your body needs and is lacking. And chocolate releases feel good endorphins that have to be good for the baby!! Also heard you need more fat and sugar when you're pregnant to ensure bub's gets all the growing calories and energy they need (don't quote me on that but!).
And besides- what is life without chocolate? ;)

PMSL Leasha... oh and seeing as you only live up the highway from me I'm thinking that you should deliver me some of that caramel slice!!! I LOVE caramel slice .... mmmmmmmmmm caramel sliiiiiiiice *drools like Homer*

hehe how funny.....i luurrrveee choccy!

It just happens that i had a whole block to myself 2nite cause dh is away with work....hehe they were on special at Coles!!

yummmoooo

mmmmm DH got me 2 caramel slices from mcafe hehe. I ate one & I'm going to try to save the other for tomorrow LOL

Juleswa, you must have read my mind. I have been meaning to post this for so long and as I was reading yours, I so thought I had actually posted it in my sleep. Thankyou for asking the Q.

When we all have had our babies we should come back and post our babies weights. An unofficial study.:)

LMAO Uh-oh I've started a pregnant lady craving!!!!! Hehehe.

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mmmmm DH got me 2 caramel slices from mcafe hehe. I ate one & I'm going to try to save the other for tomorrow LOL

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Maccas also has a yummy cookies and cream chocolate cheesecake and that new hot pudding with the chocolate sauce mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I ate chocolate all through my pgs and my babies were fine (OK all over 8lbs but not massive LOL)
I nearly fainted when I saw the thread title- my answer was "You can never have too much!!"

Oh you girls have made me want to go and eat truckloads of junk, I think I will be dropping into Maccas "of course so the kids can have a play" nothing to do with mud muffins and caramel slice and iced chocolates!!!!!!!!!The list goes on:rolleyes::rolleyes:

With my last baby, I had a craving for Magnums and had one everyday, well sometimes two, no ill effects, but I still worry that you can have too much.....
I have just polished off a big block of Cadburys black forest in 2 days!!!!!!!And I wonder why the new undies I bought don't fit!!!!

LMAO i love this thread! And I want choc now!! I'm relieved to hear of plenty of chocoholics who didn't seem to have any trouble. I went off choc in my first tri (amazing I know!!!) but now, back on it with bells on, and happily, I like dark choc best. And hot chocolate. Mmm *drools*

Is there ever such a thing as too much chocolate???? :cryinglaugh: I can easily polish off a whole packet of tim tams or gaiety's in one sitting, especially when nothing else comes close to being appetising. A biggie the last few weeks have been those tubs of club dark chocolate mousse desert things! They should make them in a 1kg tub, I reckon! :rolleyes:

And someone mentioned antioxidants - they now reckon COFFEE contains them as well ....

Just thought I'd put in something against chocolate!!! (sorry).
Having an allergic child (to nuts) we've been told chocolate is a huge danger as it is the most cross contaminated food out there, as they use the same machine for nuts. I know this won't affect most people, but I am really wondering lately whether the choc (and thai) I ate has something to do with it whilst I was pregnant. In the third trimester, is when you can pass allergies on by eating too much of one thing, and I have been thinking about it alot lately. Put it this way, I will not be eating much chocolate at all during the next pregnancy.....BUMMER.
So just for anyone who may have allergies in the fam, something to consider. xoxo
PS just remembered coles and woollies now sell chocolate made in nut free factories. WEE HEE!!!!

chocolate also contains caffine so it you look at it from that point of view- your allowed 300mg of caffine a day while pregnant

instant coffee has 80mg
hot chocolate has 10mg
can of coke has 40mg
30g milk chocolate has 5mg
3og dark chcolate has 20mg

mmmm.... another choc fan here too :cheer:

Since being pregnant though I can't stomach it!! I can only have a small amount here and there.... I look forward to being able to have it again once this sickness goes! ;)

Man, I had a massive chocolate addiction in my third tri with DS2! I couldn't stop eating those Aldi Titans (just like a Mars Bar), I would shove the wrappers down the back of the couch cushions when DH would walk in LOL! I ended up with a pretty big bub, he was 4.03kg (yes there are bigger babies!) and he had lots of fat rolls! I'm not sure if that has anything to do with the chocolate though, he is still a big boy now at 7 months. I felt really guilty when he came out though!

As long as it goes in stays down and doesn't attempt to come back up, then eat it! I'm eating a crunchie bar everyday at the moment, can't seem to get enough of them, funny thing is I don't really like crunchie bars!:cryinglaugh:
Snoopea

LOL at all you chocoholics. I must say when I read this thread I just had to come on, and make me feel not alone with my choccie addiction. Yet for some reason I havent been into choccie as much with this pregnancy. Yet guess what I bought today......

I bought to jars of Cadbury chocolate almonds, ohhh yummmmm. It is a wonder I havent demolished the whole 2 jars yet, whcih I probably would have before I fell pg, so what is holding me back? Who knows but i will definately be scoffing into them with a nice hot cuppa tonight when the kids are in bed and I can put my feet up and enjoy......

Satya - Had to lol, about having a baby elephant. Not long now and you will know for sure. hehehe:p

Belfie - No exactly how you felt with your first trimester, unfortunately still waiting for it to kick back into full gear for me. Yet you know what has got me over the past couple of days, "fruca chews" bought them from woolies certainly not choccie but hey, they are so yum and I am not even a lolly eater, have told myself not to purchase them again, as I would be overloading myself with sugar... and we know what happens then, dont we. :cryinglaugh::wall:

Pam - Had to LOL about your new undies not fitting... I wonder why, you have 2 very good reasons. hehehe

Ren - Your choccie addiction might come back with full force once you hit your second trimester, GL with that. hehehe

Trish - Funny you mention that, I think I created chocoholics with my kids from all the choccy I would eat when pg with them, they cant seem to get enough of them. Had bought a box of choccies one year for a neighbour for chrissy, and my DS2 was only about 4 then and he found the choccies and hid outside eating them all. Also milo, they all would grab the milo tin and just eat spoon after spoon of milo, one day had it all over the floor. So many other times but too many to write down here. lol. I think it is only my oldest that isnt too fussed on choccie, takes after DH with that.

I would like to know how to stop eating chicken.... I am so sick of it yet, it is the only thing I prefer eating. How sad is that....:(

I went off choc in first tri but when ms left ~ 26wks, I was back onto it. I am watching a little closely now though I just had to have some dark club choc while reading this. Another thing I have had to watch and I love is the soft drink. I drank lots of ginger beer and lemonade while ms, I could only stomach that as fluids, and now after still look for it

Rose - yeah i am shocking for my softdrinks, i have been having loads of ginger ale and ginger beer as it's the only thing that calms my nausea (temporarily!!!) and i drink it flat. I try to sip only small amounts so i'm not going to put on too much weight or get GD!!!! eeeeek!!! :doh:

Forgot to add one detail about chocolate and pre-eclampsia.

A friend of mine normally ate chocolate pretty much every day before becoming pregnant but couldn't stomach it during her pregnancy so went completely off it. She got pre-eclampsia and got enduced a couple of days later (a few weeks early). We now both wonder if she could've avoided it by eating her usual dose of chocolate.

I'm loving these postings - as I also have now started onto the Crunchie Bars!!!!

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I'm loving these postings - as I also have now started onto the Crunchie Bars!!!!

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I went onto the crunchie bars today too... I hope I dont eat too many they're so easy to eat LOL

and to think i thought i was the only one! i went thru 3 family sized blocks over 2 weeks! (i did share)

It took 2 weeks?? Hun you aren't trying hard enough LOL

heheheee, I downed 1 large dark club choc last night, dh help me. And he did open it!!!

I ate choccy with all my pregnancies and all was fine, I think gestational diabetes is something just to keep in mind though,we can never be to careful...enjoy!

The honest answer to this question is...... When it starts repeating on you!!!!!

Chocolate tastes best when it goes down and stays down. When it gives you heartburn....followed by reflux.... then you know you have had too much!!

Then again, you could be like me and push right on through the pain just so that you can say that you finished the King Sized Mars bar and the Chocolate Pudding by Sara Lee, washed down with a chocolate Big M and some double choc chip cookies...

Of course the fact that you then have to eat half a packet of quick eaze to get rid of the pain is something you might want to ommit from memory!

As far as wether it is good/bad or otherwise in pregnancy, I think that the old adage of "everything in moderation" might ring true.... But I have always liked pushing boundaries.

Yes there is a study that says choc reduces your chance of Preaclampsia.. The thing is.. its only DARK chocolate that does that... not milk, white etc..

I am sure you eating choc will be just fine.