Hamenopi

Some you know I'm working with Josiah Novak. I had the privilege to join his True 8 March Program. It's great! It's full of high motivated, highly helpful people excited to pump each other up. It's hard not to grasp onto the energy there. Also, Josiah keeps dropping knowledge bombs, recipes, and workouts. It's a great watering hole of inspiration! Anyway, this week I decided to post to the group some of my dinners. I wanted to also share them with you. We had a bunch of bell peppers in the refrigerator this week so I dubbed this week, Bell Pepper Week! Tuesday Taco Tuesday! It's a tradition in the household. My boys like meat and cheese, Emily usually it plain. I'm usually making burritos of quinoa, black beans, and taco seasoned cauliflower. I'm a mad scientist in the kitchen. I love it. Well, we had a ton of Bell Peppers, no quinoa, and I wasn't feeling the black beans and cauliflower. So I decided t...

This morning I weighed in a full pound heavier than yesterday. Flip the table! Then the split second of anger subsided to a chuckle. Yes, I still have a tendency to kick myself in the morning but I'm finding it's starting to be a healthy thing. My trigger now triggers a healthier introspection of my previous day. Instead of condemning myself, I review the day and see if there's something I did wrong.  Yes, that took me a while to learn how to do. In fact, there was. Yesterday's Dinner Yesterday I made chicken, rice, and green beans. Not too bad right? I also toasted up some bolillo bread in the oven. Being health conscious, I divided each 6 in loaf into two, serving size friendly pieces. Being smart, I abstained from getting the second piece during dinner. Fast forward to clean up. There was the other half, next to a baking pan of chicken grease and roasted seasoning. I tell you like a viper I struck. I droppe...

You don't need to know Rocket Science to lose weight. Of course, it helps to become knowledgeable in nutrition if you want to go far. But if you're just looking to lose 20 pounds, it's pretty easy. Eat Less Do More ZenHabit's summed it up even better in this article . A diet is healthy when it: gives your body nutrients it needs, without giving you too many calories (too many calories leads to obesity over time), or unhealthy things (like too much saturated or trans fat, nitrates, excess sodium, unhealthy chemicals). It's that easy... in the beginning. Of course the next natural questions are How many calories should I consume daily? What nutrients do my body need? Great news! There are apps for that. I use MyFitnessPal. Another great one is LoseIt. They are both free and help you track calories and nutrients. Of course, they only work if you use them.