Chocolate Chip Muffins

My work has a program to encourage us to work out and be more active in our daily lifestyle. The more we work out, the greater the prize. They gave us each a pedometer to keep track of it all. I didn’t really pay any attention to it for the first month.

The pedometer laid on my coffee table for two weeks before I decided I should use it and see how it goes. I didn’t want to upload the new software on my computer to connect my pedometer, and that was my excuse for being lazy for the first two weeks of the year. Once I started, it became addicting. I wanted to reach that goal of 7,000 steps a day and upload it onto my page so I can see how I was doing.

Now, it’s like my new and improved Tamagotchi. I take that baby with me everywhere I go and sulk about it if I forget it at home. It’s attached to my purse, my backpack, my inside pocket… If I’ve been sitting on my butt blogging all day, I realize it because I’ll have 1,000 steps plastered on my pedometer. That’ll motivate me to move around and go out in the evening.

My work is quite brilliant for coming up with this program. Awarding people for working out? Giving them a goal that’s reachable? Being able to track your progress everyday for the year? Just brilliant. It’s like they’re making you live a healthier life by turning it into a game. In exchange, they have better looking and in shape workers.

This muffin recipe comes from Bakerella and is just mediocre to me. Somehow, Bakerella makes everything look so appealing and drool worthy that I always assume the best. Too bad that’s not the case in real life. They were a little plain, without that extra something special. Maybe I just prefer my muffins to be doused with a streusel topping. Don’t get me wrong– These muffins aren’t bad, they’re just… meh.