We have a newly born weekly tradition in our family. Every friday we have a movie night, a movie and a snack shared happily between us all. We decided to follow the alphabet recently so we have had snacks and movies starting with each letter. First we had Arthur and the Incredibles w/angel food cake and last week we had Bolt and brownies. Here is where things start to go awry. I managed quite well with the angel food cake and I got cocky. I love brownies....adore them and their chocolate gooey goodness, I had one on friday and then I had chaos and calamity this weekend so I had no more. Today I've been eyeballing the pan, bite here, pinch there sliding slowly back into the old habits I had worked so hard to replace. I have put them away and am blogging about it instead of eating them. Actually now that I am aware of what was doing it's not that difficult to CHOOSE to not eat them. I am finding that the mindless snacking is hard to combat because it's not something that I THINK about. I know that sounds like a DUH! statement but it really is an epiphany for me. I read that people are satisfied with less of whatever their beloved foods are (even a bite or two) and I cannot wait to get to that point. I dont want to rush thorugh this process, I want to savor each step so that I can fully appreciate the change as it comes and embrace where I've come from when all is said and done. I guess defeat wouldnt be correct then...hmmm.....awareness thy name is brownie? doesn't have quite the same ring to it now does it?