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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

We have led 7 sessions of Financial Peace University mostly to keep ourselves motivated. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. We still allotted a lot of money for food, but we were careful not to go too far over budget. It’s feels nice to spend money on a date night out. Who could you give money to?

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How Mindfulness Can Improve Your Life

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the biggest changes I noticed in my life came after I began paying better attention to what I was eating. It’s easy to mindlessly snack on junk food all day. I started keeping track of what I was eating, and paying attention to its nutritional content, as well as how it was produced. Get Healthy'

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5 Ways to Trim Your Budget For Your Child’s College Fund

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Eating Out. Use coupons, children eat free specials, and discounted restaurant gift certificates to save on meals. Look at the pattern of how money was spent in prior months eating out. If eating out two to three times a week costs the family one hundred dollars, become ruthless at reducing that amount in half.

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How to Lose Weight in a Healthy Way

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Where possible, swap sugary foods for fruit, raw vegetables and other snacks that won’t lead to weight gain. Don’t cut out treats altogether. Strict diets often fail because they are so hard to sustain and many people find themselves caving in and bingeing on the very foods that they were trying to avoid. Are you really hungry?

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

Family Balance Sheet

’ Apart from our careers we’re very into cultural experience, LOVE big city life with all the culture and delicious food it provides and our greatest lament in moving to Western NY is that there won’t be the variety that our beloved Portland offers us. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it?

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Free Kindle eBooks: Masor Jar Recipes, Back to Lazarus and More

For the Mommas

This children’s book will motivate the kids to take responsibility and keep their room organized. If you’re like me, you are continually searching for quick and easy low cost healthy ways to eat. Too many times we fall into the trap of having to buy fast food on the run.

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Eat to Lose Weight

Saving Cents With Sense

I’ve tried to exercise on and off over the years, but I always get burnt out and NEVER had any fun. So the idea of starting to work out to lose weight did not motivate me, but after the initial cleanse helped me lose some weight, I was motivated to change the way I eat to lose weight.