I'm not the biggest sweets person in the world, but it seems that my sweet tooth has been growing since I came to OZ. Eating an actual bar of chocolate is a real rarity back home, but I'm beginning to realize that I have been hanging out with more women while I have been in Australia. Back home, I always hang out with guys, who never seem to eat chocolate or candy. Just pizza...and lots of it.
Girls are chocolate fiends though. You don't have to have the 'munchies' to eat sweets and there is no need for a special occasion to get out a bar of chocolate--all you need is the idea of chocolate and the deal is sealed.
Once again, I rarely eat dessert back home. If I make brownies or cookies, or really any other dessert for that matter, it's a big production. You get a couple of girls together, make a pan of brownies, and watch chick flicks all night. Not here. As soon as dinner is over, it seems like every girl and her mother reaches for her personal stash of chocolate, and disperses it among her friends.
Such candy includes gummy snakes or frogs, chocolate bullets (white or milk chocolate-coated red or black licorice), Cadbury or Lindt chocolate bars, malted milk balls, etc. The other night we even make a trip into town just to get frozen yogurt--it was about 10 o'clock at night.
You would think that I would gain a million pounds, but as far as I know, I'm not gaining any at the moment. My pants still fit the same and my face doesn't look unusually bloated. I believe I am overindulging a bit lately, but I feel as though a moderate amount of chocolate daily is not bad for you. Of course, we all know that some chocolates are healthier than others, but it's all about moderation. I want to cut back on my chocolate indulgences, but not cut them out. At this point, I'm not sure that I could even give chocolate up...and Halloween is just around the corner.
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