Source: Healthy Eating Habits That Make Dropping Pounds Easier

As you slowly rid your diet of junk and sweets, you'll notice a change: you actually start craving those healthy foods that you once shunned. And as you start fueling your body with nutrients and noticing how much better you feel, there's a good chance you'll lose weight, too. Here's how your new healthy eating habits are helping you drop pounds.

• Drinking water: Finally decided to swap those Diet Cokes for water? It's a good decision: drinking more water helps keep your skin and other cells healthy and functioning properly, and drinking enough water keeps you from feeling lethargic and fatigued from dehydration. Your new water habit is great for your waistline as well: drinking water helps prevent overeating and helps you debloat.
• Eat more fruits and veggies: Your new weekend's to-do list that includes a trip to the farmers market to stock up on veggies for the week isn't just helping you eat more disease-fighting

Credit: Sarah Fernandez / Chateau & BungalowI have heard parents talk about putting money away for their child's wedding for as long as I can remember. But with the recent state of the economy, few people are actually doing so right now. It is hard enough for most people to save money for their own retirement or their child's college education. Weddings certainly aren't taking a priority, nor should they. But, the problem with this is that parents are often being blindsided by the actual cost of a wedding (nearly $27,000 on average in the U.S.) when they are trying to enjoy the excitement of their child's engagement, and the experience becomes incredibly stressful instead of one of the greatest times of their life. Here's what you need to know about the cost of weddings, where to spend your money, and where to be frugal.

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Unavoidable Wedding Expenses
The truth is that weddings are expensive. Even if you are planning a backyard wedding, you can expect to spend a few thousand

Messy Rainy Day ActivitiesRainy days are upon us, and with them come bored children and frustrated parents. Luckily, help is at hand. Art Zone founder and educational psychologist Laura Krug joins Away We Grow host Diane Mizota to share some fun activities for your family.

Krug explains, "The fact is that kids learn through hands-on activities. It's the best way for them to develop their growing brains and their curiosity." She begins by sharing three messy art-based activities for kids to do on rainy days.

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First, Krug suggests gathering some wooden blocks and double-stick tape. Then, she says, attach ordinary household items to the blocks with the tape. "Now go ahead and stamp that into the paint, and then we'll stamp it on the paper," says Krug. This makes interesting patterns on the paper.

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Next, Krug shows how to make a print with bubble wrap. Simply dip the bubble wrap into the paint. Then press it on paper to take a print of

Save time with these organizing tipsTired of tidying up your home only to watch it get messy the next day? Set your organization priorities straight with tips from Carolyn Forte, director of GHRI's Home Appliances and Cleaning Products department. You may be pleasantly surprised at where you can skimp.

Home Office
Organize This: Your desk doesn't have to be spotless, but develop a system to keep track of important documents such as bills, leases, and insurance contracts. When uploading photos from a vacation to your computer, initially group them in a folder labeled with the destination and year of the trip. You can always rename individual files later.

Skip That: Immaculate bookshelves shouldn't be a priority, as long as books are in their place. And, unless you own hundreds, you will not save much time organizing tomes by genre or author's last name.

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Kitchen
Organize This: Cut down on meal prep time by uploading your favorite and most frequently cooked recipes to your computer. Keep