What are your best frugal living tips?
Please provide any frugal living tips that will help my husband and I save money. My husband recently got a pay cut. I am a stay-at-home-mom to our 10 month old and 3 months ago we found out that we are expecting again. Which was shocking because I was on the birth control that my OB/GYN gave me. We we're not expecting or planning to have another baby until a few years from now, but we are looking forward to the new baby {we already have names picked out & we find out the gender in 3 weeks! :D} , but as I said, his pay cut JUST happened and we're in a bit of a panic. We really need ways to save on everything! Please list any frugal tips that you may have! I'm also trying to figure out what I could do working from home. A legit/legal way. Thanks.
WHAT kind of FOOD items you make at home to cut your GROCERY bills?
The two first folks didn't understood what I meant...lol..what I meant is that the food that you make by yourself as recipe..like salad dressing you make yourself!
What cheap food can I buy with $20 to survive for a month?
There is a surprising range of foods that can be purchased from discount grocery stores to enable a frugal diet, however, $20 will not stretch to a full month depending on where you are. As Anonymous, there isn’t any additional information such as where you are and working condition. For now, the response is moving forward with the thought that the OP is in the States, likely in an urban area and has a roof plus kitchen. If you don’t have the last requirement, then food kitchens are part of your immediate future while seeking thrift kitchen tools.To survive on a frugal budget, cooking your own food is an imperative. Asking a question on Quora hints ongoing access to the internet via phone or PC, so look to websites that cover cooking on a SNAP budget or seek basic recipes.Foremost, protein needs to be covered, such as beans and rice. Discount grocery stores sell 1–2 pound bags from around $.60-$1.50. Occasionally 2lb bags will show up in Dollar or 99Cent stores. Look for ethnic markets in urban communities as some of these carry these cornerstone diet essentials very inexpensively and often in larger 5lb bags for less than $10 for both needs. A combination of beans with rice, such as Red Beans & Rice, is a complete protein. Sustaining and will keep the gray cells perking. While you are working into these bags of veggie protein, I would strongly press seeking a food pantry or bank for supplement source of foods to stretch this very meager budget.Look to farmer’s markets toward the end of their day for boxes of produce they don’t wish to pack home again; consider offering to run errands for the vendors, assist in loading or unloading for end-day bags of food or tips. Look for greens, carrots, cabbage, potatoes, the relatively inexpensive vegetables that will augment the beans’n rice diet. If your location is not an urban but rural community, then there will likely be town organizations or churches that have food box projects to aid those in a monetary pinch.If farmer’s markets are not a ready source, check any local grocery stores for their policy on end-day disposal of sad produce such as apples, bananas, peppers, anything you can use. You can purchase cheap canned or frozen veggies, but if a bag of free only entails cutting out bruises, it’s easier than diving in the dumpster later and saves a few more dollars. If the latter becomes your last option, watch yourself as not all communities or corporate markets are kind if they don’t condone this.
Is it okay to take a bath immediately after a heavy workout?
Not at all. Let your body cool down for sometime, may for half an hour of hard workout. My husband does workout everyday but never take bath immediately after that as he says it is not good for your health.Medically speaking, when we workout, your heart rate increases which works double time to pump oxygen-rich blood into other parts of your body especially to different parts of muscle groups.Exercise will trigger lactic acid build up in the muscles which is mainly due to the lack of oxygen. In this process, your body will require more energy in the form of glucose to meet its needs. When this occurs, your body temperature will increase regardless of the intensity of your workout.Cool down as I’ve said earlier is a basic but most important routine in any workout regimen. Not practicing any cooling down method would mean disaster to your health.Cooling down routines will help your heart rate back to normal, as well as your body temperature. Experts suggests a cool down session of at least 20 minutes per session of any types of workouts. Plus, you don’t need to shower into a very hot nor an icy cold water.