ChocolateBet: January 5, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece

Godiva

Strawberry Truffle

Very Good

Weight: .5 oz. (14.1 g.) (estimate) 

Calories: ?

Cost: $0 (gift asstmt box)

Purchased/sent from: Godiva online

This strawberry truffle has a nice authentic strawberry taste to it. It has a primarily white chocolate coating (with strawberry ganache-type center), but I'm counting this one because it has a dark chocolate "frosting" decorative flourish on top. (I've not been counting white chocolates, as a general rule, unless they have some other milk or dark chocolate component to them.)

ChocolateBet: January 4, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece

Godiva 

Roasted Almond truffle
Very Good

Weight: .5 oz. (14.1 g.) (estimate)

Calories: ?

Cost: $0 (gift)

Purchased/sent from: Godiva online

ChocolateBet: January 3, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Godiva

Maple Walnut truffle

Very Good

Wt: .5 oz. (14.1 g.) (estimate)

Calories: ?

$ 0 (gift)

Purchased/sent from: Godiva online

ChocolateBet: January 2, 2008

Chocolate of the Day: 

1 piece

Godiva

Double Chocolate Raspberry Truffle

Very Good

Wt: ~ .5 oz.

Calories: ?

$ 0 (gift box)

Purchased/sent from: Godiva online 

Chocolate Math - Day # 477 of eating chocolates

As the clock turns over into 2008, I've now eaten a different kind of chocolate each day for 477 days in a row.

How much chocolate is that? Below are the answers I've been giving to people this week who have asked me...It's Chocolate Math time!

Q? 1.) How many pounds of chocolate items have you eaten?
If I've averaged about 1 oz. of chocolate each day for the last 477 days, then I've eaten 477 ounces. Four hundred seventy-seven ounces divided by 16 oz (in a pound) and you get 29.8125 pounds of chocolate items consumed in the last 15 1/2 months.

Q? 2.) How many calories worth in chocolate items?
If I've averaged just a little over 1 oz., or approximately 165 calories per item, each day, then
477 days x 165 calories = 78,705 total calories
(78,705 calories divided by 3,500 calories in 1 pound = 22.49 pounds worth)

Q? 3.) How much money have I spent on these chocolate items so far?
If I've averaged approximately $1.50 an item each day, then $1.50 x 477 days = $715.50 USD (U.S. dollars).

Q? 4.) How many pounds have I gained?
I think I've gained approximately 6-7 pounds since I started this bet on September 11, 2006. Actually, I don't know; I'm just guessing here as I didn't weigh myself back then when I started. So, while that is a lot of weight gain for me, all this chocolate ended up taking the place of other things I would have eaten (such as other dessert or carbohydrate items). In other words, it could have been worse if I hadn't stopped eating some of these other carbs. I didn't gain the whole 22.49 lbs. mentioned above in question # 2.

Q? 5.) What is your blood cholesterol level(s)? Has your cholesterol gone up?
No, it's actually gone down (when I had my last tests done a few months ago at least).

ChocolateBet: January 1, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Godiva
Cappuccino truffle
Weight: ~.5 oz. (14.1 g.) (estimate) in 1 truffle
Calories: ?
$ 0 (gift assortment box)
Purchased/sent from: Godiva online

Last night was New Year's Eve. And, I stayed up late talking on the phone, and watching youtube videos of the ball dropping in Times Square, New York City at midnight.

So, a Cappuccino truffle (i.e. something with some chocolate and coffee in it) from Godiva sounded appropriate.

To greet the New Year, I fixed black-eyed peas and greens (honoring a Southern tradition); took a walk out by the San Francisco Baylands (along with many, many others who had the same idea); cleaned up the house; and went to a movie. I feel like 2008 will be a better year. Yes, I do.

Happy New Year all!

ChocolateBet: December 31, 2007

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Godiva
Coconut truffle (milk chocolate)
Very Good
Weight: .5 oz. (14.1 g.) (estimate) in 1 piece
Calories: 75 calories (estimate)
$ 0 (gift)
Ordered/sent from: Godiva Online

I happen to like coconut and chocolate, and Godiva chocolates, so no surprise that I enjoyed this truffle flavor combination.