{"id":28635,"date":"2025-08-19T13:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=28635"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:48:38","slug":"how-can-i-stop-eating-chocolate-%f0%9f%98%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/08\/19\/how-can-i-stop-eating-chocolate-%f0%9f%98%89\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I stop eating chocolate? \ud83d\ude09"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1966.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1966-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"How can I stop eating chocolate? ;)\" class=\"wp-image-28633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1966-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1966-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1966-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1966-1536x1351.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1966-2048x1801.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How can I stop eating chocolate? \ud83d\ude09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, in general if you&#8217;re trying to change a habit it helps to think about what problem it solves for you. If you&#8217;re eating chocolate because you&#8217;re stressed or anxious, try replacing the chocolate with something else you enjoy that makes you feel less anxious. If that&#8217;s hard to do, you might consider talking to a counselor (BC Health Services or Campus Ministry). But be endlessly gentle with yourself about it. Habits are hard to break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aw082025-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aw082025-2.jpg\" alt=\"stop eating\" class=\"wp-image-28641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aw082025-2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aw082025-2-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">stop eating<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the record, I don&#8217;t recommend any humans stop eating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, in general if you&#8217;re trying to change a habit it helps to think about what problem it solves for you. If you&#8217;re eating chocolate because you&#8217;re stressed or anxious, try replacing the chocolate with something else you enjoy that makes you feel less anxious. If that&#8217;s hard to do, you might consider talking to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/08\/19\/how-can-i-stop-eating-chocolate-%f0%9f%98%89\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How can I stop eating chocolate? \ud83d\ude09&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28635"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28648,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28635\/revisions\/28648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}