Free Help With Weight Loss and Fitness

I love free things and this website offers everything that some of the well known fitness and weight loss sites charge a lot of money for but they do it for free.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/

There is a ton of information on the site along with customized meal plans and excersize programs.  There is also a great community of people on there to help and inspire anyone on their weight loss journey.

I have been a member for a while but have slipped with my program during the summer.  My excuse/reason the kids are home and going to the gym is too expensive when I need to pay $6.00 a time for childcare.  Working-out at home is also really difficult with a 2 year old and 4 year old running around under my feet.

There will be no excuses in a few weeks though.  Both kids will be in school and preschool so I will be able to get to the gym 4 days a week and I will be keeping on top of my diet too.

I am making a promise to this blog now that I will lose 20 lbs by the end of the year.

Rite Aid Video Values for September

Here's a list of the new Video Values coupons from Rite Aid for September.   These will be available to watch from 8/28/11 and will expire on 10/22/11.

I love these coupons because you can stack them with the manufacturers coupons and Single Check Rebates.

There is still time to watch the August videos.  The coupons don't expire until 9/24/11 but won't be available to watch after the 8/27/11.

Here's a list of the new videos

• One FREE FlavoRX Flavoring for Children’s Liquid Medication
• $5.00 off Multiclix Lancets
• $5.00 off Heidi Klum Fragrance
• $5.00 off alli Starter Kit 90ct or 120ct
• $4.00 off any Two Sensodyne Iso-Active 4.3oz Pastes or ProNamel Iso-Active 4.3oz Pastes
• $3.00 off Osteo Bi-Flex
• $3.00 off any Samy Fat Foam Hair color (excludes trial size)
• $3.00 off any Cosamin or OmegaMint item
• $2.00 off Vick’s Thermometers
• $2.00 off Lamisil
• $2.00 off any Samy Twisted Item (excludes trial size)
• $2.00 off any Samy Fat Hair Item (excludes trial size)
• $2.00 of Allegra, Children’s Allegra, or Allegra D
• $10.00 off Accu Chek Compact Plus Meter
• $10.00 off Accu Chek Aviva Meter
• $1.50 off Sensodyne Pronamel Tooth Paste 4oz
• $1.50 off ProNamel 4.3 oz Iso-Active Paste
• $1.50 off Nature Made Fish Oil
• $1.50 off Mucinex DM
• $1.50 off Mucinex Adult Liquids
• $1.25 off select Avery Binders 1” Heavy Duty View binders
• $1.00 Scott Paper Towels
• $1.00 off Zyrtec Tablets or Liquid Gels
• $1.00 off Two Snapple 16oz
• $1.00 off Two Oreo Cookies 16.6z
• $1.00 off Two Kleenex Facial Tissue
• $1.00 off Two Bags Hershey’s Bliss
• $1.00 off Triaminic
• $1.00 off Theraflu
• $1.00 off M&M 8.2oz bags or Larger
• $1.00 off Lysol
• $1.00 off Listerine 1L
• $1.00 off Disney Kids Vitamins
• $1.00 off Depend or Poise (Excludes Poise Hourglass Pads)
• $1.00 off Clearasil
• $1.00 off Benefiber
• $1.00 off any Playtex Baby Item
• $1.00 off any Nature’s Bounty Item
• $1.00 off any Libman Mop or Broom
• $1.00 off any Bayer Advanced Aspirin
• $1.00 off a Non-Prescription Purchase when you watch the Wellness+ Video
• $1.00 off a Non-Prescription Purchase when you watch the Rx Services Video
• $1.00 off a Bag of Hershey’s Air Delight
• $0.75 off Skintimate Shave Gel, Shave Cream, or Cream Shave
• $0.50 off two Reeses
• $0.50 off GE Compact Flourscent Bulbs 1pk
• $0.50 off Chex Mix 5.5 to 8.75 oz, Bugles 7.5 oz, Gardetto’s 5.5 oz, or Nature Valley Nut Clusters 5oz
• $0.50 off “5″ Gum
• $0.50 of Trident 3pks
• $0.30 off Libby’s Fruit
• $0.25 off 32oz Gatorade
• $0.10 off Welch’s Grape Juice 14oz or 64oz

Bad Weather

Looks like I won't be heading to Staples and Office Depot today.  The storms seem to be settled in for the day and a few savings on stationary is not worth taking a 2 year old and a 4 year old out in this weather.   I will be doing a lot more bargain hunting when they are in school and preschool. 

I hope that the hurricane that is due to hit the northeast on Sunday won't prevent me from heading to the grocery store to pick up the paper.  The P&G insert is out this week and I really want that one.  Fingers crossed the really bad weather stays out in the ocean.

Staples and Office Depot Deals

I have a Staples and Office Depot within a few miles of my house so I will be making a trip and hitting both to pick up the following deals

Staples

1 subject Notebooks - $0.01 (limit 6 per cust)
Sharpie Markers(2 pack) - $0.25 (limit 1 per cust)
Poly Binders  - $0.25 (limit 4 per cust)
Pencil Box - $0.50 (No limit stated)
Paper clips (50box) - $0.50 (no limit stated)
Bic Highlighter - $1
Clorox Wipes $2

Total expected Spend $8.31 + tax

Office Depot

1 subject notebook - $0.01 (limit 3)
Round ring binders - $0.50 (limit 3)
Glue Sticks(4 pk) - $0.50 (limit 5)
Sharpie Highlighter - $0.50 (limit 2)
Papermate retractable Gel pens - $2.00

Total Expected Spend $7.03 + tax

Shape Magazine Deal - $2.99 a year expires 8 25 9:00am

I just got a great deal on Shape magazine at http://www.tanga.com/  They are currently selling a 3 year subscription for just $8.97

Just use the code SHAPE in the coupon code box at check out.  The normal price for this is $24 a year so this is a huge savings.

one-year subscription to SHAPE magazine,

This offer expires at 9:00 a.m. EST tomorrow, Thursday 8/25!

Oral Care Deals at Rite Aid

I got some good deals on Toothpaste etc in Rite Aid today. 

Product	Price	Sale	Video Values	Coupon	Total	UP
Reach Toothbrush	$4.49	$4.49	$1.00	$0.50	$2.99	$0.00
Colgate Pro Relief	$6.29	$3.99	$0.00	$1.50	$2.49	$0.00
Crest White	$4.29	$2.99	$0.00	$0.75	$2.24	$2.00
Crest White	$4.29	$2.99	$0.00	$0.50	$2.49	$2.00
Floss Picks	$4.49	$2.99	$0.00	$0.75	$2.24	$1.50
Act Mouthwash	$5.49	$4.49	$1.00	$1.00	$2.49	$1.00
Listerine	$7.49	$5.49	$1.00	$1.00	$3.49	$0.00
	$36.83	$27.43	$3.00	$6.00	$18.43	$6.50

There is an additional Up Reward of $5 for spending $25+ on oral care products.  So the total cost for this purchase was $6.93 if I take off the Up Rewards off this purchase for a total saving of $29.80,  not bad even if I save counting the Up Rewards for next week I have saved $18.40 or got everything for half price.

I got some other bargains and a total of $31.99 in Up Rewards to use next week. I have been looking at the next weeks flier and it looks like there are more great deals coming up.

I have tons of e-mail to read and blogs to catch up on.  A few weeks to go and the kids will be back to school and I will be able to get into more of a routine.

I also bought the ingredients today to make the two recipes I mentioned in an earlier post, I'll let you know how they worked out.

This weeks coupon trip pt 1

I have my Rite Aid shopping list ready and am hoping to get all my diapering needs covered for the next few weeks.  I am expecting to get around $112.00 worth of product for about $70 and also get about $35.00 in Up Rewards to use next week.   I am making an investment now and hope to keep rolling the Up rewards from now on.  So next week my aim is to get $100 worth of product for $70 and use my $35 Up Rewards and get another $30 in Up rewards.  If I can keep doing this I can get $100 of product a week for just $35 out of Pocket.  Some weeks I will spend less, it all depends what is on sale and what I need.

Before Coupons I estimate that I have been spending about $50 - $60 a week for a family of 4 on health and beauty, cleaning, Diapers etc...
Examples:-
Shampoo
Conditioner
Bath Tissue
Paper Towels
Napkins
Tampax
Diapers
Wipes
Razors
Body Wash
Zip Locks
Tooth Paste
Tooth Brushes
Band Aids
Dishwasher Powder
Laundry detergent
All Purpose cleaner

So with Coupons and Up Rewards, It may be possible to start saving up to $1,500 a year.  I think anyone reading this will agree this is huge.