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I'm a SAHGrandma, raising our granddaughters. I used to get up in the morning and throw regular clothes on to take the girls to school. Now I get up and put on workout clothes to drive them to school. This way there's no excuse not to dive right in to workout as soon as I get home!

- Submitted by TCJEAN 1/14/2011 in Exercise | 1 Comments

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Donate your too-large professional clothing

If your professional clothing is now too large for you, consider donating items to "Dress for Success":
http://www.dressforsuccess.org/

The mission of Dress for Success is to promote economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support & career development tools to help women thrive in work & in life. Many Dress for Success affiliates provide a suit & supply women they serve with other pieces of clothing & accessories such as... (continued)

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shoes, scarves, jewelry & other interview-appropriate items. The goal is for each woman to have a complete outfit that will help her feel confident in her interview & land a job.

(DFS often needs plus-sized items.)

Bonus: you can take a tax deduction for donated items.

- Submitted by STORMY724 1/14/2011 | 1 Comments | View Secret

Moderating Salad Dressing

Getting salad dressing on the side is a no brainer when trying to eat better, but often the containers they bring out contain more dressing than they would have put on the salad in the first place! Dip your fork into your dressing before getting a bit of salad. That way every bite has a bit of dressing, but you save lots of calories. I can generally eat an entire dinner salad with 1 tsbp (or less) of dressing this way.

- Submitted by GOBLUE61403 1/14/2011 | 2 Comments | View Secret

Not putting off exercise

This morning I tried exercising in the house with a video. It was perfect! I stayed in my pajamas and just added sneakers. No extra step of getting dressed!

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Added benefits:
time saving- no getting dressed
1 shower a day
Gives you more energy in the AM!

- Submitted by YMS13A 1/14/2011 | 1 Comments | View Secret

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