After my Munchy Monday, I've stuck to my no caffeine fix. I haven't just drank water because I must have my orange juice in the morning. In place of soda and coffee, I've had water. Good ol' fashion and free water. Plus the exercise of water to the water cooler! Just kidding, I've been doing my ab and leg exercises twice a day. In the morning and when I come home from work in the evening.

But my new perspective of my healthier lifestyle is to take it from a financial perspective. Money talks. Money will make you think twice about picking up that candy bar! Most of us think, "Oh it's just a dollar." Each dollar adds up, even the change. I have a jar of change, singles and a few five dollar bills. So I thought I would apply this method to my diet. In the past two days, every time I thought about getting something at Starbucks or the vending machine, I jotted down how much it would cost. And I took it a step further - I actually took the money out of my wallet and put it aside. In the past two days, I've put aside $11 (rounded up). Now that's $165 a month! And I probably saved myself from consuming over 2,000 empty calories.

This encourages me to put the snack money aside. When I did actually have a snack, which I'm sure the first thing I'll give into is a can of soda, I will enjoy it. I feel like I was snacking just to snack. I didn't enjoy my treats because I had them so frequently.

I wish this method would work every time I wanted a bag. I would save so much money.