INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Sugary sodas, juices, and teas increase your caloric intake each time you drink them. Water has 0 calories and aids in digestion, circulation, and nutrient absorption to keep you healthy so you can work on losing weight. Keep a water bottle with you at all times so you can drink from it any time you're thirsty. Stay away from dehydrating liquids like coffee, soda, and alcohol. While improving your diet won't necessarily increase your metabolism, it will help you lose weight. Check the ingredients on every food item that you purchase. If you notice it has added sugars or trans fats, try to limit your intake or take it out of your diet completely. These ingredients provide little nutritional benefits and will make you gain more weight over time.Crackers, cakes, cookies, frozen pizza, and fast food all contain a lot of added sugar and trans fats. Processed foods are packed with salt, sugar, and fat, and contain few or no nutrients and vitamins. These foods taste great, but they will leave you hungry and wanting more, leading to even greater weight gain. Avoid sweet baked goods, soda, chips, candy, fast food, and other processed foods. Eating an occasional treat is okay, as long as you don't do it every day.

SUMMARY: Drink water whenever you are thirsty. Limit the foods you eat with added sugars and trans fats. Avoid eating processed, low-nutrient foods.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Forgiveness is a personal choice, to be made for personal reasons, and on your own timeline. Consider your feelings, and whether you feel ready and willing to forgive. Don't let others push you into forgiving if you aren't ready. It's okay if you aren't ready to forgive them yet. You're allowed to take your time. Take care of yourself and assess the damage first. Then consider forgiving once you feel ready. It's okay if you never want to forgive them. Forgiveness should be done freely, not because you feel like you have to. Everyone heals differently, and it's okay if forgiveness isn't part of that process for you. Focus on what works best for you. Forgive your parent for your own benefit, not theirs. Do it so you can reclaim your life and let go of any poisonous anger you've been holding onto. Forgiveness is a personal choice to let go of the hurt they caused, and not let it damage you anymore. Here are some examples of bad reasons to forgive: Because someone else said you should. Forgiveness is deeply personal. Your abuser may manipulate others into trying to get you to forgive them. People with no experience of abuse may naively suggest that you re-establish the relationship, not realizing that this could be terrible advice. Because you think it will fix things. Your actions won't turn your parent into a better person. They would need to make that choice themselves. Don't expect an apology or a better relationship to automatically happen after you forgive them. Because you hate being upset. Difficult feelings are important to process. You need to experience your anger, sadness, fear, and other tough emotions on your own timeline. Don't push yourself to forgive if you aren't ready yet. It's not healthy to bottle up your feelings or sweep them under the rug. Because you think you owe them. Just because they have changed (or "changed"), or they now need someone to care for them, doesn't erase all the harm they caused. You don't owe someone your forgiveness. If someone abuses you, that erases any obligation you have to them. Forgiving your parent doesn't mean you think their abusive behavior was OK, and it doesn't mean you would let it happen again. Let go of your anger and bitterness, but don't downplay how the abuse affected you. Similarly, you shouldn't put yourself in harm's way in the name of forgiveness. Keep yourself safe, especially if they've shown that they are willing to hurt you again. Nobody deserves to be abused, and that includes you. Protect yourself first. Worry about forgiveness after you are safe (physically and emotionally). You do not have to have a relationship with your parent if you do not want to. If you do want to keep your parent in your life, do it on your own terms. Decide how often you'll see them and let them know how you want to be treated. Be prepared to defend your boundaries or distance yourself if your parent challenges you. For instance, if you've told your verbally abusive mother that you won't talk to her if she starts saying cruel things, you may have to hang up the phone on her a few times before she starts respecting your wishes. If your parent refuses to put any effort into changing the relationship, your best option may be to cut them off. Forgiving someone doesn't mean you have to make them part of your life. Even if your abusive parent is elderly, you are not obligated to take care of them. Work with other family members to make other arrangements for them. It's important that you protect yourself, even if your parent tries to make you feel guilty. Abuse negates responsibility. You have no responsibility to care for your abuser.

SUMMARY: Keep in mind that you don't have to forgive your parent if you don't want to. Forgive your parent for the right reasons. Know that forgiving someone does not mean condoning their behavior, or trusting them. Set limits on your relationship with your parent.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If there is an unusually large amount of tombstones in an area, that means there were deactivated traps there. Other players have used up the traps, which means you can spawn your troops there without fear of traps. Another tip: If you can spawn troops inside of a village, be careful. They can place a spring trap there or a Giant Bomb, so place a single troop to activate it, then throw in everything.

SUMMARY: Look for tombstones.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Because you will be actively pursuing your dream, you may not have time to pursue a whole career like teaching or working a 9 to 5 job. You may still need an income to pursue your dream, however. So look for a job that you can work at consistently while you pursue your passion. Eventually, with enough education and experience working in the field you are pursuing, you will be able to make money doing what you love. Some examples of flexible jobs include doing freelance work marketing, writing, doing graphic design or working in social media. Working at a restaurant, coffee shop or bar is another way to provide for yourself financially while you pursue your dream. Work to find a room or place to live that gives you the space you need to pursue your dream but allows you to save your money. Once again, what you want will might take time before it starts paying off financially. Finding sustainable ways to live is going to be essential to staying afloat while you work toward your dream. Live with other people. Share a room or house with friends or family. However, make sure that your living arrangements are helpful and not harmful. Living with friends or family can be great but not if it hurts your ability to pursue your goals. This is going to help you identify what you need to do in order to get where you want to go. Decide what you want your end goal to be first. What do you want your lifestyle to look like, and where should your career be in five years? This should be a broad idea of what you want. For example, you may want to be living on your own and supporting yourself fully selling music and teaching music classes. Set a realistic timelines for the smaller goals that will lead to the end you created. For example, write down goals like receive training, get an internship, work with a mentor, get a job at a school. Write down your goals and display them somewhere you will see them often. For example, tape the goals to your mirror or near your desk to remind you of the things you are working toward. Track the progress that you make. If you do not get that internship, for example, cross out that goal and replace it with a comparable goal or a goal that will still serve to get you to your end goal. Reevaluate your 5 year plan. If you change your mind about what you want, that is okay. Make another 5 year plan.

SUMMARY:
Find a job that will keep you afloat. Find affordable housing. Make a five year plan.