According to the USDA, the typical American consumes a total of 150 lbs of sugar every year. This includes sugar in everything from candy to condiments. It’s already pretty obvious that sugar, especially heavily processed sugar, isn’t good for our bodies. Sadly, most Americans have a major sweet tooth. One of the most difficult things […]
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Weight Loss on a Budget Tip #11: Make Your Own Flavored Water
It’s almost the end of Week 2 of our October Challenge. Here is today’s Weight Loss on a Budget Tip #11: Make Your Own Flavored Water. Homemade, flavored water is a great replacement for soda, drinks with diet sweeteners, commercial juice and high calorie drinks. You also save money on beverages because all you need […]
Weight Loss on a Budget Tip #10: Stop Paying for Sweet Coffee Drinks
It’s Day 10 of our October Challenge. Here is your Weight Loss on a Budget Tip for the Day: #10 – Stop Paying for Sweet Coffee Drinks. You can save money and avoid excess calories by avoiding sweet coffee drinks. You know that ones I’m talking about…I won’t mention the brands. I’m talking lattes, mochas, […]
Real Food Comes in a Brown Bag
Here is some advice for Day 12 of our April Challenge! In the quest to eat healthy, natural foods, lunch time can present the biggest challenge. Away from home, surrounded by vending machines and food carts, resolutions to stick to a healthy lifetyle can go out the door quicker than one can say “I’ll have […]
