Freebie Friday: Walmart Food Swapper

Make healthier food choices with Walmart's Food Swapper!

For the past couple of years I’ve coveted Eat This Not That!, a series of best-selling “no-diet” weight loss guides that evaluate everyday foods and suggest healthier alternatives. (It’s cheap but I just haven’t yet taken the plunge.) In the meantime, I discovered a fantastic online tool [...]

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Cooking Our Way Through "The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook"

We’re probably not the only ones inspired by The Julie/Julia Project, better known as the 2009 motion picture Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep. But, as much as we adore the late Julia Child, traditional French cuisine won’t be partnering with our Metro Cheapo lifestyle design. Though it may be divinely delicious, French food is [...]

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2010: The Year of (Almost) Free Fitness

An exact representation of our home gym. (Photo: bharat/Stock.xchg)

Goodbye, holiday consumer excess – hello diet and exercise! Now that the season of eggnog and gingerbread is behind us, millions of Americans are setting out for the gym, having resolved (again, perhaps) to get in shape. Just for this reason alone, January should officially be [...]

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