7 Surprising Weight Loss Foods For Your Healthy Grocery List

Are you making a weight loss plan for next year?

Researching different diets and meal plans to see which one you want to try? I feel you.

I’m doing the same although I know it’s a danger to say I’m going on a diet.

I’m just going to continue to make a series of dietary lifestyle changes until I reach my goal weight.

What’s amazing though is that there are definitely some surprisingly healthy and delicious foods that you can put on your grocery list ( and actually eat, even) and still lose weight.

After a 60 plus pound weight loss, I can say that I’ve never given up my favorite foods in order to lose weight.

The following foods are some of the foods that I ate as I lost weight and it has not caused me to gain my weight back.

Of course, you have to listen to your own body and see which foods work for you in your own weight loss journey.

Try these foods out and if you find your gaining or not losing weight then definitely remove them from your diet.

Ok now let’s get into it!

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The Secret To Building An Emergency Fund Even If Your Spending Is Out Of Control!

Starting an emergency or savings fund will be one of the best financial decisions you ever make.

If you don’t have one, I promise you, it’s really simple to understand what you need to do to build. 

Then that begs the question:

If it’s so simple, why don’t more people have an emergency savings fund?

Well besides sometimes not knowing how important it is, building a savings fund requires discipline and self-control.

I know I know…no fun, right. But it’s important to understand that many of the money problems that we face are emotional and psychological.

Sometimes our money problems are because we don’t make enough.

But sometimes it’s our money problems stem from seeing that new dress or buying that daily Starbucks coffee that we just have to have (or so we think). 

I’ll warn you upfront. Building an emergency fund won’t be fun (although my emergency fund freebie can make it more fun…I’ll tell you more about it later). Continue reading

Top 5 Affordable & Natural Supplements That Helped REVERSE My Prediabetes! (Natural Alternatives To Metformin)

Best Natural Alternatives To Metformin To Reverse Prediabetes

Did you know that there are natural alternatives to Metformin & that it’s possible to reverse prediabetes?

I know I know…when I was diagnosed with prediabetes I just knew that it was inevitable that I would eventually get diabetes mellitus.

And I had heard for years from my grandmother how serious diabetes is and how you don’t want to get it and on and on.

So when a nurse practitioner at my clinic told me I was prediabetic, I was so scared. But then I got to work to see what I could do to reverse it and to get off of Metformin which they put me on.

I’m grateful to say that I no longer take Metformin and I no longer have prediabetes, praise God. So how did I do it?

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25 Examples of Emotional Wellness Goals to Help You Feel More Regulated!

25 Powerful Emotional Wellness Goals

Does it sometimes feel like the world has gone stark raving mad and they are trying to drive you to crazy town with them?

Sometimes it’s people trying to pull you into their drama at work (“Girl, did you hear what Susie Q said to me?”)…

Or your husband saying stuff (“Why aren’t my pants ironed yet”)…

Or your kids tripping at school (“Mrs.So&So, This is the principal at Central High School. We need you to come down here right away”).

Or it’s the news or social media (News Headline: “The Worst Thing That Has Ever Happened In The Existence Of The World Has Happened Just This Morning“).

Of course, I’m being a little tongue in cheek but there does seem to always be something or someone that is trying to mess with our emotional and mental state.

So if you’re able to have these 25 examples of emotional health goals any woman should have in the midst of all the dramas of life and constant state of outrage that the media seems to claim we are in you’ve got it going on.

If only I had a dollar for every time a news headline said something or someone “sparked outrage” I’d have at least $5,000 dollars by now.

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Why Do So Many Teens Leave Christianity As Adults?

This is a conversation that I’ve had many times and you probably have too. Why do so many of our kids that grew up in church leave Christianity when they become adults?

It is said that many teenagers leave the church when they become adults. This is no doubt shocking and sad.

Well, the bible does foretell us of a great falling away in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 (I’m not sure if that’s what’s going on or not) but if it is, it is alarming to see it happening right before our very eyes.

It makes you wonder (if this is prophecy) if there is nothing we can do about it. Is it just inevitable that so many people will quote-unquote “fall away”?Continue reading

How Prayer Journaling Can Bring Calm When You Feel Stretched Thin!

Benefits Of A Prayer Journal 

Do you struggle to have meaningful prayer time with God every day?

I promise I won’t judge because I certainly do. I intend to pray and I sit down and several things might happen:

1) My mind wanders
2) I fall asleep
3) insert your own mishap here.

I really hate that this happens so often because there’s so much to pray for and even though I don’t understand it completely (more on that in another post) I know prayer changes things in a mighty way.

And I need some things changed not just for me but for others around me. So prayer must happen.

But how can I solve these issues I’ve been having?

Well, I’ve been seeing prayer journals pop up everywhere on Pinterest and I believe that it will be the answer to my prayers (ok bad & cheesy joke I know).

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31 Must Read Scriptures When Fear and Anxiety Won’t Leave You Alone!

Overcoming A Spirit Of Fear With Scripture

Fear and anxiety are something that so many people struggle with. And not just people in general but Christians in particular even though Jesus said about a million times don’t be anxious.

As much as He said this though it’s still a negative emotion that many of us can’t shake.

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31 Legendary Quotes About Money & Success To Inspire & Motivate You!

There is so much wisdom in the Bible about money and it’s definitely something that I will continue to talk about in the future.

But you can find inspiration and knowledge from others as well when it comes to making money and being successful.

In fact, the advice that these legendary people give about making money is often counterintuitive to the way many people think you become wealthy.

There is a refrain inherit in these quotes about money which I find quite refreshing. Many of them purport the values of hard work, never giving up, being courageous, and being wise.

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3 Easy Moves To Make Before Your Next Paycheck If You Always Feel Behind!

Does this sound familiar?

“Once again it’s the end of the month and I’m broke.

I don’t have any idea where my money went. I planned to save whatever money was left over at the end of the month but there isn’t any left over.

Maybe next month there will be.”

Ugh, how does this keep happening? I mean you are watching every single dollar that you spend, right?

Well, if you’re anything like me, you probably weren’t. I used to do this all the time. I’d look at my bank statements and ask questions like:

When did I buy that?
And why did I buy that?
Is it too late to take it back?
Because I’m pretty sure I don’t need it.

And that’s the trouble with flying by the seat of your pants when it comes to your money.

When you don’t have a plan for your money you better believe that the grocery store, the mall, and Amazon have a plan for your money.

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28 Christian Bloggers To Follow For Brilliant Healthy Living Tips (Round Up Post)

Ummm,

Has anyone else noticed this?

It’s kinda hard to find Christian bloggers who talk about health, weight loss or living a more natural lifestyle.

I mean, yeah, you can find some but you’ll find one you like, get all excited, and then see that their last post was in 2014.

It’s like, dude, for real…what a let-down.

Of course, there are tons of blogs that talk about living a more natural lifestyle but I really wanted to find some that had more of a Christian focus.

Why?

Because I do love it when the Father gets the praise for all of the wonderful things He has given us like vegetables, fruits, nature, animals, natural medicine, etc. to keep us healthy.

It’s humbling to think about all the things He’s created, especially when I sometimes have trouble just getting my herbs to grow (and has anyone else ever killed an aloe vera plant? Oh, that was just me…ok, nevermind).

Plus it’s encouraging to read blogs written by like-minded people.

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