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one of my favorite belly fat loss workouts
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Deb Rankin

Belly Fat Loss Workouts

If you’re having trouble shedding belly fat and getting a toned stomach, you’re not alone. Although you might automatically think that you need to do endless crunches, research has shown that spot-training exercises are not the best belly fat loss workouts. https://www.prevention.com/fitness/g20459708/best-workouts-to-target-belly-fat/ While crunches and other targeted routines can help strengthen your core, there are

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exercise for stress relief
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Deb Rankin

Three Keys to Exercise for Stress Relief

Exercise for Stress Relief Exercise can be a huge contributor to stress relief. Yet if you push yourself too hard or workout too intensely, you set yourself up for injury, burnout, and increased blood cortisol levels that may promote the accumulation of belly fat. Watch this one-minute video, then read on to learn three keys

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kale chips in oven
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Deb Rankin

Margaret’s Specialty Kale Chips In Oven

Kale Chips In Oven When I heard that my five-year-old granddaughters requested their mother’s kale chips in oven recipe for their special birthday meal, I knew I needed to learn how to make them! Easy Green Veggie Recipe The recipe is super simple: Three ingredients (four if you add the optional Parmesan cheese) Five minutes

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Deb Rankin

Recipe Spinach Balls for Green Veggies

Recipe Spinach Balls A Quick and Easy Appetizer This appetizer recipe for spinach balls is a fun way to eat green veggies without having to have a salad every day! The recipe spinach balls makes two dozen, which is great for a party. If you have left overs, re-heat four to six for a quick,

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Deb Rankin

What gratitude means: ways you are rich

What Gratitude Means To me, what gratitude means is a mindset focused one the good things in my life. That helps me see how many ways I am rich, regardless of circumstances. Certainly it’s easy to dwell on dire warnings of a possible recession, the high price of gas and groceries, and the elevated cost

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greens and beans
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Deb Rankin

Powered with Nutrients: Greens and Beans

No Bake Cooking Perhaps you’ve thought you need to eat more green vegetables. What makes it hard? What holds you back? My latest recipe Greens and Beans addresses many challenges you might face. Things like: I don’t have time to cook. (It takes nine minutes.) It’s too hot out to heat up the kitchen cooking.

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nature meditation to relieve discouragement
Affirmations for Good Health
Deb Rankin

A Nature Meditation to Relieve Discouragement

What’s on your mind? I hope life is all you want it to be, and you’re full of hope for the future. Awesome! Sometimes, though, we hit bumps and obstacles. Then we need to step back and see things from a broader perspective, as I did during this nature meditation to relieve discouragement. The message I

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green veggie
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Deb Rankin

Green Veggie Barley Bowl

This green veggie barley bowl is one of my favorite new recipes. It’s a meatless meal packed with flavor, nutrition, and bright colors. A nutrient-packed, delicious meatless meal     Foods to Eat to Lose Belly Fat A recipe like this green veggy barley bowl may promote belly fat loss in several ways: Soluble fiber

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Affirmations for Good Health
Deb Rankin

Always Look in the Direction You Want to Go

Health Goals That Work What if the secret to getting what you want is picking positive goals? Health goals that work mean you focus more on adding a good thing than taking away something you feel is “wrong.” When you focus on what you don’t want to do, you often end up more inclined to

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Affirmations for Good Health
Deb Rankin

Follow Nature and Be the Bloom

Meditation on Nature The last Friday of every month I share a video meditation on nature. I ask you to sit back, relax, and take deep breaths. Let you mind focus on this one thing for forty seconds. https://youtu.be/M9nycQ79OMk   What Meditation On Nature Did For Me  Once upon a time, I thought multi-tasking was

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