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Category: Five Things To Lose Belly Fat

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Deb Rankin

Foods That Help You Sleep Better

Good News:  Foods That Help Sleep and Show How to Make Plain Yogurt Taste Good Here’s a recipe that includes three foods that likely help sleep. Another benefit? It shows how to make plain yogurt taste good. Watch the video below, then click to print or pin the recipe. Why These Are Foods That Help

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How to Sleep Better in Five Easy Steps

I seem to read a new study about the health risks of poor sleep every week. It’s so important I like to ask my clients this:  What if you embraced how to get a better sleep schedule as often as you start new diets or adopt a new exercise plan?  How Poor Sleep Affects Your

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one of my favorite belly fat loss workouts
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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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Deb Rankin

Transplant A Green Veggie Harvest

A green veggie harvest can give you more than salads for your table. Did you know gardening is good for your health? Researchers in Japan and the UK say gardening is linked to less depression and anxiety, lower body mass, more life satisfaction and sense of community. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.pmedr.2016.11.007 Here’s a short video that has it

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foods to eat to lose belly fat
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Deb Rankin

Foods to Eat to Lose Belly Fat

I remember the excitement when diet sodas called Fresca and Tab first showed up in stores. I remember when saccharin was replaced by aspartame, and then aspartame was replaced by sucralose as the great solution to obesity. Yet here, in the USA, obesity continues to increase. It affects us at younger ages than ever before.

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Belly Fat Health RIsks
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Deb Rankin

Three Reasons to Calculate Waist Hip Ratio

It’s Not About How You Look in a Swim Suit My three worries about belly fat come from health risks associated with excess belly fat. You can get an indicator of those risks if you calculate waist hip ratio. I believe in loving yourself as you are and honoring your body. When you let go

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Deb Rankin

A Green Veggie Harvest

One way to make sure you always have vegetables on hand is to grow green veggies yourself! Unwind by tending your garden, lower the carbon footprint of what you eat, and enjoy a fantastic fresh vegetable harvested the day you eat it! Here’s a video showing how I start seeds for kale. Best Greens to

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Kayaking on Lake Dillon is one of my favorite belly fat loss workouts
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Deb Rankin

What To Do If You Want Better Belly Fat Loss Workouts

I like exercise that’s fun. I want belly fat loss workouts that don’t make me train for hours or do tons of sit ups or crunches. In fact, overly stressful workouts can elevate blood cortisol levels and shift metabolism toward increased belly fat. Not what you want, right? Me neither. So I made this video

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This picture shows the different jump ropes I tested
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Deb Rankin

A Workout to Lose Belly Fat

A good exercise to do at home   A couple of years ago three friends and I celebrated Cinco de Mayo at a Mexican restaurant. We had  fun, but ate a lot, and as we stared at empty bowls of chips and salsa we agreed we needed a workout to lose belly fat. “Jumping rope

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Foods That Help To Sleep

Foods That Help To Sleep   After a sleepless night your head feels cloudy and your mood often makes you act irritable and short-tempered.  How miserable this is! Common advice to counteract insomnia often includes eating certain foods. Is there anything to this? This video describes foods that help to sleep. https://youtu.be/IWZhLZWgagY   Here’s an

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