Obesity is a problem in our society and nearly everyone could stand to lose a few pounds, but all of the gimmicky and trick diets in the world, all of the fat-burning super fruit coming out of the Amazon rain forests and all of the fat-blocking pills being hawked on internet sites can’t silence one indisputable fact.The healthy and effective way to lose weight is the same one that doctors have been recommending for years. There are no short cuts and any weight you take off using these instant methods will come right back if you don’t change your eating and fitness standards. Losing 20 pounds is a great goal, but celebrating that loss by returning to self-destructive eating and fitness habits is pointless.Losing weight is not easy, but it is possible. It takes dedication and a real desire to actually lose weight. If you have those, follow these tips to lose weight without harming your health:· Chose how much weight you want to lose. Setting realistic goals for your weight loss is important. Tracking these goals is essential for teaching your body the self-discipline it needs to continue with your diet and fitness regimen.· Eat your breakfast. Eating a meal in the morning will kick-start your metabolism for the remainder of the day. Having a cup of coffee may make you feel satisfied, but your body is still in a slowdown mode and your metabolism is still sluggish. You have to give your body some fuel to ‘prime the pump.’· Eat small meals through the day. Instead of overeating at a few meals, try eating smaller portions over longer periods of time. 5 to 6 meals per day, with a reduced intake is much healthier than 2 or 3 large ones.· Limit the carbs. Limiting the amount of carbohydrates you eat will help you lose weight. Not just breads and pastries, cut down on pastas, sodas and rice can help you shed pounds.· Although not all fats are bad, many aren’t good. Omega-3 fats are good for you and easily available in different cooking oils and cold water fish. Replacing or supplementing your normal fats with these will help you lose weight and improve your health.· Drink water, lots of it. Although water doesn’t have anything in it to help you lose weight, drinking plenty of it will help your body flush out toxins, hydrate your cells and promote your health.· Exercise every day. Find an exercise you like and stick with it. Even walking or climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator will help you burn calories and keep your body healthy. For more pronounced weight loss, you will need to find a more strenuous workout routine.· Patience is a virtue. Weight loss doesn’t happen overnight and you have to get your body accustomed to the changes in diet and exercise before it will start changing. If you stick with your diet and fitness regimen, you will see changes.Losing weight is important to retaining your health and fitness, but it should be treated with the respect your body deserves. Forcing your body, through pills or dubious diets, to lose pounds while losing essential nutrients is not healthy and can potentially damage your body. Following a simple diet and exercise regimen will take the weight off but you have to be patient. You can’t realistically expect to lose all of your excess pounds overnight.
Anyone who has ever gone through the process of trying to sell a property will attest to the fact that it is not always easy. Right from the first step in the process of making up one’s mind whether selling the property is the right thing to do or not, up to the very last step of closing the property sale, the property selling process is something of a struggle to many sellers, especially those who are inexperienced in it.But while almost every step on the process towards selling a house seems like a struggle, many agree that it the process of finding property buyers – and credible property buyers at that – which is the most challenging part of the whole house selling process.Granted, many people love shopping for property, and an attractive property that is put up for sale and advertised in the right way is almost always bound to attract a number of suitors, regardless of the economic climate at the time of its sale. The problem with most of the prospective property buyers who emerge whenever a property is put up for sale is that they tend to be something of jokers – yet there is no way of knowing who is a credible property buyer and who is not just by looking at them.Of course, every person who puts up their property for sale is typically on the lookout for not just any potential buyers, but for serious property buyers – these being people who have a sincere interest in the property, and who are willing to show the sincerity of that interest by offering reasonable terms of purchase for it.In many property sellers opinion then, the best property buyers are for one, those who offer reasonable buying prices for the property. To be sure, it would be unreasonable for a property seller to expect to hook up with a property seller who offers to buy the property at exactly the amount they ask for it (though that does happen sometimes), but most property sellers at least expect the buyers to offer decent counter-offers to what they ask for in terms of price, and not a situation where someone offers to pay 30,000 pounds for a property that is clearly worth 10,000 pounds, and expects to be taken as a serious property buyer!In most property sellers’ opinion, too, the best property buyers are those who close the property buying deals quickly enough. These are the opposite of the people who desire to buy a property, actually offer a decent price for it (or otherwise), but then take forever in making up their minds whether or not to close the deal; all the while holding the property seller at ransom, because the property seller cannot go about engaging with other potential buyers, yet also cannot be sure whether the slow buyers they have will eventually close the deal or not.Finally, in most sellers’ opinion, the best property buyers are those who actually pay up promptly upon closing the deal, because there is nothing which is more infuriating than a property buyer who engages a buyer, reaches an agreement, maybe even signs a contract – only for them to develop cold feet when it comes to the time for paying up the house’s (mutually agreed) price.
My first question, have you decided what method your going to use to make money online. You might own your own business and need to drive traffic to existing products. If this is you then read on…You might be extremely unfocused. Bouncing around from one method to the next, hoping one of them sticks and starts making you money. If that sounds familiar then read on.If you are making under $500 a month from your sales online then read on.If you are just exploring the opportunity that is before you with making money online, then this is a perfect starting place.You will hear people say that one method is better than another when it comes to making money online. But who is going to argue with a person who makes a million a year being an affiliate marketer. Or the person who produces products and makes a living from it. The point is, the best method of making money online is using the method that works for you. If it works for you then do it.Express YourselfWhen it comes to discovering the best method of making money online, you have to know yourself, what is it that you are trying to accomplish. I am not talking about sales funnels and landing pages but I am talking about the methods of making money online. If you want to make a living with affiliate sales, then what are you doing to build a list. Because if you are not following the 3 laws of affiliate marketing, then you are not making money. PERIODIf you want to make money by creating products. Then what is your traffic and conversion rates. If you are failing at creating the three P’s, then you fail. If you don’t have people, products, and profits then you can go ahead shut the door.Regardless of which way you go, there are specific things you must be focusing on.I don’t think only one method works. You can venture out into many markets.But if you are making under $500 a month online, you need to drill down into this process. Are you going to make niche sites? Are you going to create a mega site and do affiliate sales? Are you going to create your own products? What are the methods of making money online that you are going to choose.Lets break this down a little bit.Let’s talk about methods of making money online. We wont address generating traffic or how to monetize the methods you choose. But the first decision you need to make is what type of site are you going to use to make money. Are you going to create niche sites or create authority sites.Niche SitesNiche sites are very specialized, allowing you to target specific markets. You can hide/reveal search tabs, depending on the number and location of your sites to narrow your search criteria. You can also create niche sites that target your hyperlocal markets by offering specific property and vehicle types, as well as specific industries and jobs.Niche sites are all about finding specific niche keywords.Obtaining the domain name for that keyword.Setting up a site for that keyword.Writing about 20 articles surrounding that keyword.Monetizing the site.You can monetize a site by adding AdSense or affiliate links. You can even use them to sell products that you created.But you can do other things with niche sites. You can use them to build lists.If you visited the link you noticed how it was set up to capture emails. But this allows you to build credibility. If you are selling your own products, insurance, online eBooks, or cars, you need to build credibility.Those who make a living full time from affiliate marketing well tell you they use these niche sites to build their lists, give great content, build credibility, and use that clout to sell other peoples products.Some things you need to focus on when it comes to building a niche site are.Niche ResearchGetting the domain and sorting out the hosting and cPanelSite securityChoosing and adding the right themeAdding analyticsEasy and Free Site HeadersDynamic content researchWriting the content including the on page SEOAdding imagesPanda and Penguin factsWe see more and more people moving to authority sites. Basically what you focus on is building strength in a particular niche. This is a slower process but if done right you can gain some serious momentum. You can make money the same way as with niche sites, but you have an ability to expand upon a single niche.For example, a niche site might be “green Nike Shoes”. But an authority site site could be “Nike Shoes” or even running shoes.You also add a lot more content to a mega site. Where you might end up with 20 articles on a niche site, you end up with around 100 or more articles on a mega site. You can also add a membership section or even shopping carts to the site.How Do You ChooseBy answering a single question. Which method will you stick with for an entire year straight? When it comes to methods of making money online, you have to be constant and steady in your approach. This is not a sprint but a marathon. You have to show up each day and work towards your goals.There is no fast food drive through that will give you the results you desire on the first day. You have to work towards your goals. If you don’t know what those goals are then you aren’t working towards anything.
Whether you’re in the market for a major interior overhaul or you’re simply looking to give your home a quick and easy update, chances are you’ve spent some time online hunting for ideas and inspiration. That said, it can be pretty deflating to stumble upon a look you love only to discover the price to achieve it is well above your budget.
Fortunately, there are some killer home decorating blogs that show you how to refresh, revive, and fall in love with your home anew without breaking the bank. For a home that looks far more expensive than it costs to create, check out the following blogs for all of the interior inspiration and DIY tutorials you’ll ever need.
Welcome back to the week 5 update for the One Room Challenge. Check out the blog posts and updates for week 1, week 2, week 3, and week 4 if you missed them. It’s crunch time now and I’ll be honest… I don’t know that this project will be completely wrapped up for the reveal date. The great thing is the reveal and hitting a deadline is not the only goal of reason for this challenge. Ultimately having a fully functional and hopefully beautiful bathroom is where we want to end up even it things are a bit delayed.
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When we left off last time the countertops had been templated, the trim was freshly painted and the hardware had been ordered. The hardware took about 1 week to arrive. We chose the Menlo Park 4″ pull from Schlub in chrome because I think the pull has the perfect mix of square and some rounded elements that make it a great transitional hardware option. We went with all pulls for the drawers and doors since the knob option in that line weren’t our favorite.
Guest Bathroom Reno: Quartz Countertops and Grout – One Room Challenge Week 5
The quartz countertops are now installed and things can be put back together. Rectangle, undercount sinks were also purchased through the fabricator. The Marble look quartz from Pental and it is gorgeous with the warm gray veins running throughout. For the edge went for a flat polish eased edge for a clean, simple look.
Guest Bathroom Reno: Quartz Countertops and Grout – One Room Challenge Week 5
Two days after the quartz countertops were installed the tile installer came back to finish up tiling the niches, installing the tile base and grout everything.
Guest Bathroom Reno: Quartz Countertops and Grout – One Room Challenge Week 5
The electoral is being relocated for the new lights. There are some drywall and painting touch ups to do and plumbing fixtures to be hooked up. Plus adding all the finishing touches ???? All those little things like towel hooks, curtain rod, and accessories will bring this whole thing together.
It’s been too long since I’ve updated and even longer since this work has been started. This is me sharing remodel updates, mostly for myself (but also for my nagging family members). I’m sharing photos of the progress that has been made while also document the craziness that has gone on. This is just the beginning of the remodel.
Prior to moving in I had 3-4 weeks where my apartment lease overlapped with the possession of my townhome. This allowed me, with the amazing help of my family, to paint, tear-out carpet and somewhat put back together the upstairs portion of my place so that I could have a clean room to put a bed. At least one that wasn’t completely torn apart. One area that felt more livable that the rest. If you haven’t seen or don’t remember these are the before photos from when I took possession. To list it out here are the main things that I was tacking during those week prior to me moving in.
Phase 1 Remodel Projects
ripping out baseboard, carpet and tack strips upstairs and preparing for new hard surface flooring. (this flooring will go throughout minus the stairs and bathrooms/laundry)
installing flooring upstairs (one of my installers did this)
mostly gutting the master bathroom
installing a new tub and rough in plumbing for the master and powder bath
ordering and installing a rift white oak vanity for the master
Painting (and priming where needed) the ceilings and walls of the bedrooms. Caulking and painting the crown molding in the master
replacing and upgrading the baseboard heater in the master and patch the drywall
painting the hallway and down through the stairwell
adding skirt board to the stairs
installing new carpet and pad on the stairs (my carpet installer from work did this)
removing upper cabinets on the fridge side in the kitchen
partially demoing the wall diving the kitchen (prepare to move switches, outlets, heater and thermostat)
removing drywall on wall next to bar in dining area
painting the downstairs powder bath and removing vanity to prepare for a new floating vanity
Those were the main projects that took place and then I moved in the day after Thanksgiving. Getting rid of the original, nasty cat carpet and new flooring made a huge difference to the upstairs. Also neutralizing and lightening the paint made things feel so much more fresh. I still have no baseboards but I’ll get on that one day! For now here are some photos that I snapped along the way.
It’s been a while since been posting on here but I have some new updates and projects that I have been working on. Last summer into fall I was house hunting while knowing the lease on my apartment would be expiring end of the 2019. It felt a little crazy but was a fun process for me. After a bunch of searching I found and closed on a new home!
I was lucky enough to have a few weeks of overlap with my apartment (I ended up moving out 1 month early) so I was able to get started on projects and updates prior to moving in. I’ll share more about those in the coming weeks (there are still so many unfinished things!) but for now I think it’s best to start with some before photos. Also, follow along on Instagram where I post current project updates more often. The pictures show it in the state I bought it in. It’s a great first place to me and was functional as-is but as you might expect I’m here to make things my own by doing updates that I will enjoy while living here and that will also add value and functionality to the space down the line when I sell… or maybe even keep it as a rental. My dog, Nova, has been enjoying the space as well ???? There are a couple of things to miss about my Bothell apartment but I am very ready to have my own place and space.
In 2017 the guest bathroom was remodeled. You can see more photos and read about that here. Almost everything came out and all new things went back in. From emails and comments people have been asking for sources so I have rounded up what I could in this post to share paint colors, products and links that I could find for the bathroom.
Bathroom Sources and Details:
Wall color: BM Balboa Mist
Trim and door color: BM Chantilly Lace
Floor Tile: Pental Mark Chrome 12×24 matte
Shower tile: Jeffrey Court Weather Gray 4×12 gloss subway
Niche tile: Daltile clio mosaic
Bathtub: Maax Rubix tub
Cabinet: Spencer Cabinets – painted BM Cape May Cobblestone
Countertop: Pental Quartz Misterio polished 3cm
Cabinet hardware: Schaub Menlo Park Pull in chrome
Faucets: Hansgrohe Metris single handle in chrome
Shower trims: Kohler slide bar kit, wall mount supply and Hansgrohe tub spout in chrome
Mirrors: Homegoods
Towel Hooks: Delta Tolva robe hook in chrome