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Is it Twinkies? Maybe McDonald's French fries? Donuts? Cookies? Snickers? Doritos? Biscuits and gravy? Soft drinks stuffed with high fructose corn syrup? Cheese-stuffed crust on a meat lovers pizza? (Really? We need cheese in the crust, too?)
Hmm... Although all of these foods are at the top of my "bad" list, they aren't the WORST.
Nope. The worst food ever is ... drum roll please...
Any food that YOU can't stop eating.
(That's so important take a moment to read that sentence again.)
I'm talking about your personal "trigger foods." You know, that one food that you'll eat until you make yourself sick.
For me it's ice cream. For others it's chocolate or something crunchy and salty like chips.
If it's in my house ... I'll come up with dozens of excuses on why it's okay to eat it. "I'll workout extra hard tomorrow." Or, "I ate really healthy today so it's okay to cheat." Or, "I don't care ... give me that darn ice cream scooper!" =)
The key to getting (and keeping a flat belly) is recognizing these trigger foods and keeping them OUT OF YOUR HOUSE.
Really. This tip alone can save you thousands of calories every week.
So today's take home message is this: make a list of your top three trigger foods and "send them packin'."
I could really relate to this, I cleaned my pantry, fridge and freezer about a month ago and it has really helped me to stay on track ~ IT HAS HELPED ME!
Here as another quick and easy recipe.
Ground Beef Stir-Fry with Curried Cabbage:
Ingredients
· 1 tablespoon coconut oil
· ½ large onion, diced
· 1 pound ground beef, pork, lamb, or whatever high-quality meat suits your fancy
· 2 teaspoons curry powder
· Kosher salt
· Freshly ground pepper
· ½ small head of cabbage, thinly sliced
· Juice from ½ lime
Steps
Heat the coconut oil in a large cast iron skillet, and cook the onions until they’re soft and translucent.
Add the ground meat to the onions in the skillet.
Break it up and stir-fry until the pink’s gone.
Sprinkle the curry powder on the contents of the skillet, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir to incorporate.
Toss in the cabbage, and cover and cook for 2 minutes or until the cabbage softens.
Add a spritz of lime juice, and taste and adjust the seasonings as desired.
Done!
Remember: this is just one example of how you can throw together a Stir-Fry. You could easily substitute your favorite seasoning blend for the curry, or a couple of cups of fresh or frozen vegetables for the cabbage. Don’t be afraid to improvise. Just sample the food as you cook, and stop seasoning when it tastes right.
I like to experiment, my mind is always racing. I also like to use the left over stir fry mix to make stuffed bell peppers, stuffed Portobello mushrooms or stuffed squash.
Let me know what you think.
