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You don’t have to go to a gym to get fit.  Sometimes, though, a gym is the best option.  Here’s some of those times: When it is convenient. If the gym is across town, there is no parking, and it is a giant pain to show up, it isn’t going to happen. Save your money. …

Adding extra steps and more activity to your day is the best — and least expensive — way to increase your level of fitness.  But what if you want more?  There are lots of free and nearly free options. Check out the Internet for free workouts.  A quick Google search will turn up more hits…

What do you do when you want to get in shape, but you have to stick to a budget?  While there are good options that work well and quickly, there are also ways to manage without spending much money — or any at all. We’ll take a look at nearly free today.  An inexpensive pedometer…

On a chilly fall morning, a nice hot casserole will be filling and satisfying for the whole family.  Here’s one that is easy and delicious as well as low glycemic. Breakfast Casserole 1 cup  milk 6  eggs 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese 2 slices 100% whole wheat bread (stone ground), cubed 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/8…

Eating good food that promotes weight loss doesn’t have to break the budget.  You don’t have to have the pricey, pre-packaged “diet food.”  Concentrate instead on buying the highest quality “real” food you can afford.  Here are some tips to help you do that. Start with a list. Check out the food list page on…

Yes, you can afford to eat a healthy diet with quality foods!  One easy way to add more money to your food budget is to push that grocery cart right past the beverage aisle. Don’t stop! Americans spend $66 BILLION a year on soda.  That’s $66,000,000,000.  That will buy a lot of healthy food!  Take…

Eating to lose weight and to be healthy, doesn’t have to be expensive. We talked about giving the 100 calorie pre-packed snacks a miss.  You can also pass up the fat-free goodies.  They won’t help you, and could hurt your health as well as your pocketbook. During the first excitement of the fat-free craze, the…

How can you afford to lose the extra weight when everything on the diet food aisle in the grocery store is so pricey?  Easy answer.  Skip the diet food aisle. A trip down that section of most stores will reveal a collection of expensive items that won’t really help you in the long run.  For…

“I’d like to be at a healthier weight,” a friend told me. “But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough in the budget to join a gym.  I’m stuck!” Many folks feel that way — that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because…

Have you ever wondered why God doesn’t just forgive everyone and let everyone into Heaven? Why do we need to be saved from sin?To help us understand, let’s think of an imaginary situation.  Suppose a man shot his neighbor. Someone called the police  and in due process he was brought before the judge. “Did you shoot…
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