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Bell Pepper Week

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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...

Fighting Food Addiction

Ever notice some foods you just have trouble with overeating? I know I do. Well, if you're anything like me, you go HAM at Italian and Mexican food restaurants with the bread & chips. Bread & chips aren't even the enemy, I just go to town on them, killing complete baskets on autopilot. The thing is, I have the same problem with them at home. I'd go to the store and each week would perpetually purchase problem foods. Unhealthy Foods I craved, I put in the basket without a thought. It wasn't until I started purposely keeping them off my grocery list, was I able to fight the addiction. Yes, you'll want those foods, you will crave them. Your saliva will kick in when you get to that aisle. You may even automatically reach for them on the shelf. I did. Many times. There is a psychological struggle that comes with addiction and overeating. But, you can't over eat what you don't have. Sure, there's a struggle, but the struggle doesn't have to be et...