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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)

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Amazing Apps: Health-Seekers Level Up Self-Care with Gamification Apps

Motherhood Moments

For fun-seekers who enjoy engagement, Fitocracy is an app offering online games and social networks to help users stay motivated improve their fitness. Making a game of increasing exercise and making healthier nutrition choices can be a powerful way to provide additional motivation.

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Healthy Habits - Gamification Apps for Healthy Habits

Motherhood Moments

This amid throngs of other behavioral science studies validating the power of gamifying weight-loss efforts: money-motivated obesity intervention and prevention. For fun-seekers who enjoy engagement, Fitocracy is an app offering online games and social networks to help users stay motivated improve their fitness.

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How to Break the Cycle of Unhealthy Habits

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Every time I have to walk into one because it’s my only option for a food and a bathroom break for the next hundred miles, I suck it up and begin the search- an apple, maybe a salad (but hold the creamy dressing), and a mini bag of pretzels. Grabbing fast food or whatever’s convenient, skipping workouts, etc. I hate rest stops.

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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 important to find others who understand and want to keep you motivated.

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How Mindfulness Can Improve Your Life

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s easy to mindlessly snack on junk food all day. The result has been that I eat less processed foods, and I eat healthier. However, it’s about more than just watching where the money comes from, and seeing where it goes. You also need to have a good idea of why you make the financial decisions that you do.

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How to Lose Weight in a Healthy Way

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Watch out for sugar. Where possible, swap sugary foods for fruit, raw vegetables and other snacks that won’t lead to weight gain. 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. Tips for Losing Weight Healthily.

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