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Grocery Savings without the Fuss

There are many different grocery savings tips out there, but most of the general advice involves spending a lot of time cutting coupons, driving from store to store, shopping at odd times, and creating a full-blown price book. For many of us, that is just too much fuss and a larger time commitment than we can handle right now. The good news is that you can still lower your grocery bill without all of the fuss by just following a few simple rules. 1. Find the right store and stick with it Without going crazy, compare prices on a few … Continue reading →

Four Alternatives to the Grocery Store

Just fifteen or twenty years ago it would have been unusual to buy your groceries from anywhere other than your typical neighborhood grocery store. Things have definitely changed since then and the average consumer has a whole range of opportunities to shop for food. Gone on are the days when the supermarket was practically the only place most people went to get their groceries. According to the Wall Street Journal, Americans are only shopping for groceries at supermarkets 51 percent of the time. So where are they going for grocery purchases, and will those places save them money? 1. Big … Continue reading →

Homes for Bees: Creating a Bee-eautiful Garden

This summer, I’m teaching kids about pollinators. I love pollinators. So do you, even though you may not realize it. A third of what you eat is a product of a pollinator. Fruits and many things that we call vegetables were pollinated by a bee, a butterfly, or another creature that fertilized the flower and allowed that fruit to grow. If you have a garden at home, you need pollinators too. Even if you don’t have a garden, there’s a whole world out there that needs pollinating! Pollinator populations are dropping rapidly, since urban development has taken away wild sources … Continue reading →

Stop Emotional Eating

We all experience stress in our lives. Sometimes we have more than other times but every time can be a challenge for an emotional eater. Eating can bring a sense of comfort and when we are stressed we want to be soothed if even for a moment. However the calories you will consume will last longer than a moment on your hips so you may want to reconsider grabbing the chips the next time stress enters you life. What steps can be taken? Ways to help curb emotional eating? Complex Carbohydrates: Consuming complex carbohydrates produces serotonin a chemical in the … Continue reading →

Eating Healthy Snacks

If there is one thing that can quickly demolish your efforts at a fit lifestyle it is snacking. Okay, maybe that’s only true for me. For a long time I had no problem getting in enough exercise on a daily basis. I cut down portion sizes at mealtime, introduced healthier items into my meals and cut out the sugary iced tea that I was drinking on a daily basis. But I was still in a battle with snacking. In between all of that good stuff was munching on Doritos, dipping Oreo cookies into a cold glass of milk and enjoying … Continue reading →

Non Scary Alternatives to Halloween Candy

Candy is makes the top three of what kids think of when they think Halloween. Who doesn’t remember nights of eating so much Halloween candy it made you sick? What about all the Halloween candy that sticks around until Christmas? Even after the trick or treating ends the treating one to sweets does not. While we can overlook our kids eating a bit more candy one night a year, we cannot overlook indulgence which can be unhealthy or that lasts until the New Year. So we need to limit the candy without limiting the fun. Alternatives to Giving Candy: I … Continue reading →

Alternatives to Eating Out

One common money sink for those who are aiming for frugality is the temptation to eat out. Oh, those restaurants are tempting. The thought of having someone else cook for you at the end of a hard day is very, very delicious. Or when you’re out and the kids are hungry, what then? The restaurants and grocery stores call, with their prepared lunches and snacks. How about breakfast or brunch with friends on the weekend? Eating out is such a social occasion and such a temptation. We do it upon occasion too. I’m not telling you to stop, but it … Continue reading →

Healthy Halloween: Healthy Handouts

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. It’s the dressing up, mostly… the chance to be someone or something else for a day! I don’t mind the candy, either. But the candy is definitely a mixed blessing. Halloween can be a BIG test of your willpower and diet abilities! So what are some healthy alternatives? Fruit. Apples and oranges are usually easily found during the fall months — and they’re good for you! Handing out fruit might not make you very popular with the kids… but the parents might appreciate the healthy snack appearing in the goodie bags. 100 calorie … Continue reading →

Eating Out While Dieting

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“We do a lot of traveling in the summer and I always gain so much weight! Do you have any suggestions on how to eat out without blowing up?” I sure do! Here are just a few suggestions to help you stay in your swimsuit all summer long and not look like a beached whale on Labor Day weekend. Stay away from fried foods. Opt for broiled meats or fish and ask that they go easy on any butters or oils in preparing the meat. Decorative dollops of herbed butter are notorious for showing up on steaks and fish. Baked, … Continue reading →

Treating Mild BHP at Home

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a gradual enlargement of the prostate that can put pressure on the urethra. That pressure leads to increased urination. Often, BPH is treated with medication that relaxes inflamed muscles. Some cases are treated with surgery that removes part of the prostate. If your benign prostatic hyperplasia is mild or moderate — the symptoms do not bother you or interfere with daily activities — you may be able to treat your BPH at home. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t see your doctor regularly to check symptoms and see if your BPH has worsened! But you may … Continue reading →