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Bad $nacks - Big Buck$

If the promise of losing pounds is not enough to cure you of your daily candy and chips habit, maybe the reality of cold hard cash will!

If you give up just one bag of potato chips each day, you could save $150 a year. If you give up a small bag of vending machine candy each day, you could save $250 a year. Not to mention all of the calories and fat that you'll be saving as well.

So next time you pass a vending machine, think of what you can do with the money you'll be saving by not stopping. Every time you get the temptation to buy fattening unhealthy snacks; take the money you would spend and put it into a special place. At the end of each month or year, treat yourself to something with the money. This will make it much easier to keep yourself from giving in to the temptations!