Thursday, May 19, 2005

Brownies & Coffee...The Breakfast of Champions

This morning led me down the road of temptation. After working out at the Y, Emily and I stopped off and got some big ol' cups of coffee. I then dropped her off at Sutton and returned to the house to do some reading before I went to visit the chiropractor.

My plan was to go home, toast a bagel, and have my breakfast while watching the news. This is where the temptation comes into play...

Last night, I made some homemade brownies...not the kind that come in a box, but the kind where you put it all together yourself...from scratch. I used Ghiradelli cocoa, so they are extremely rich. Honestly, these brownies are incredible! Emily and I probably could have eaten the whole pan. But, we practiced some self-control!

Well, as I began to make the preparations to have a bagel, the brownies caught my eye. That was pretty much the end of the bagel and the beginning of a brownie. Now, I did limit myself to one brownie.

Giving into the tempting powers of the brownie was everything I thought it could be and so much more! Of course, now I'm thinking to myself, "Self, I should not have done that! Why do I go to the Y? It's not so I can eat brownies. It's so I can be healthy."

But, then I started justifying my actions by saying things like, "Well, I would have put a bunch of butter and jelly on the bagel. So, it would have been just as bad for me as the brownie."

Isn't it nice how I can justify eating a brownie first thing in the morning?

Well, that's all! Stop by the house and help us finish off the brownies before we do!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't feel so bad. A little birdy told me that someone made Emily eat a chocolate chip cookie to go with her coffee at school.

Jason Morris said...

Hmmm...I wonder who posted this??? Emily? Perhaps!

Anonymous said...

Emmie has never been one to pass up something tasty & chocolate, but I can't talk, I go to the gym so I can eat stuff like that.