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Steps to eating healthy (on a budget) – Day 2
Steps to eating healthy – Day 2 The second step I took to getting us to eat healthier, is to eliminate High fructose corn syrup (HFCS). This was only daunting because of the sheer amount of stuff HFCS is in. EVERYTHING. Look at a box in your house. Go ahead. Crackers. Cookies. Cakes. Ketchup. BBQ Sauce. Soup. Soda. Juice. Everything. By doing this, you’ll be reducing your chance of heart disease, kidney issues, diabetes and you’ll [+]Steps to eating healthy (on a budget) – Day 1
Steps to eating healthy – Day 1 After writing my splurges on healthy eating on a budget and getting healthy eating into the mix of family life, I realized that this is more complex than just a one or two article shot. Soooooo, I decided to start a 5 day guide to how to start this healthy eating thing. Trust me. You’ll thank me in the long run!! So many people just don’t know where to start. [+]Change the way you eat – On a budget – Why not?
Eating healthy is hard. Really hard. Especially in today’s society of “Get it Quick, Eat it Quick, we have no time, Mcdonald’s on every corner.” But this is by far NOT the best way to feed yourself, much less your children! The nutritional value of fast food is horrific. I can’t even get into it in this post because it will quickly become off topic. But the main point is, don’t punish your bodies by [+]Where to find money – Lunch
Where to “find” money around the house – realistic ways. PROVEN WAYS! Installment 4 Lunch Money! The boys pack a lunch 3 days a week. He gets a sandwich, a fruit, a juice, and chips or organic fruit snack. And every day he brings nothing back. When he eats lunch at school, he wastes over half of it. Cost of lunch at school? $1.75. Packing lunch? $1.07. And he eats it all! I only make him buy lunch [+]Resisting the temptation to splurge on impulse
Resisting the temptation to splurge on impulse Recently, very recently, it’s been such a temptation to splurge on something that I see in the store that looks SOOOOOO pretty. Splurge on unnecessary items. Splurge on stuff that we’d probably end up selling at a garage sale in a year. Of course we have been allocating spending money (aka Blow Money) to ourselves and I save mine each week if I want something nice because you HAVE [+]Paying Off Debt – One Step at a Time
Paying off Debts – Smallest to Largest (This doesn’t include a house debt) Credit Card 1 Owe - $350. Minimum payment $15 Credit Card 2 Owe - $550. Minimum Payment $25 Car 1 Owe - $2100. Payment $425 Car 2 Owe - $2300. Payment $400 Student Loants Owe - $4500. Payment $100 Here’s what we do: In our budget that we worked out (first one before we figured out where we need/can cut costs) – we had $39 to put extra towards [+]Where to start when doing a *gulp* budget
Where to start when doing a *gulp* budget Oftentimes, people don’t know where to even start when doing a budget. I, regrettably, was one of them. And then I sat down and just started one baby step at a time. And it worked. You may feel overwhelmed at first, but the key is to UNDERSTAND the difference between necessity and want. What you need vs. what you want and making your money work for you – [+]Recently in Budgeting
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