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7 Ways to Improve Your Diet

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Make it a habit to incorporate at least 5 different coloured foods a day into your diet. Cook at home. Cooking at home not only saves you money but it also keeps you in control of what you are putting into your body. By planning ahead, the task of cooking at home doesn’t need to be time consuming.

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Start Small; Dream Big: Achieving Financial Security From Small Beginnings

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This dream motivates you to put in the effort. Bobbi started cooking at home instead of always dining out. “I I discovered I really love to cook. I have found new recipes, I eat more healthy food and I have even lost a few pounds. Otherwise, it just doesn’t happen. Gee, it mounts up quickly!”

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

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We also listed to The Dave Ramsey Show every day for daily motivation while we worked the baby steps. We started cooking at home more, a big issue for us was eating out. So we would cook at home and take leftovers for lunch the next day. We tried our best to stretch the food budget. We sold EVERYTHING!

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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It took me five years to pay off my debt but two of those years I had a job loss, I was taking care of my grandparents and I had lost my motivation and drive to pay off the debt. And I cut back on lifestyle – cooking food at home, taking the bus to work vs driving and paying for parking, etc.