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Dianne Orwig

http://www.lovelivingfit.com

Known as the physique transformation specialist with a twist, Dianne’s Living Fit Online™ program has helped thousands of people live stronger, healthier, happier lives. “While most people come to me with their eyes pointed on the aesthetic end of fitness, they ultimately come away not only looking great, but with a renewed outlook on life.” Dianne has trained personal, corporate, and online clients from all over the world using her 12-week proven system, which combines brief, enjoyable workouts (taking less than 4 hours per week to perform) great food, fun accountability tools, and guidance designed to train the whole person.

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Feb

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The 6% Solution To Weight Loss

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Health

Let's face it. Americans are fat, fat, fat. According to current statistics, a whopping 60% are overweight and, of the 40% left, only about 6% fall into the lean category. (Those nice folks who can see their abs.) So, whether your goal is to show off your six-pack or just shed a few nagging pounds, it makes sense to take a hard look at what sets this small group of lean-and-strong apart from the rest. How do they manage to accomplish what 94% of Americans find nearly impossible? The answer might surprise you. Walk This Way In an effort to...

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Jan

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14 Ways To Shift Your New Year's Weight Loss Plan Into High Gear

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Health

Okay…today is THE DAY – it’s a brand new year, a fresh start, a place to begin again. And while it’s likely you have some semblance of a plan to slip back into those skinny jeans in 2012, I’ll venture to guess that it’s not your waistline, but your PLAN, that needs a major overhauling. In 12 years of coaching and training thousands of men and women, I can tell you that most weight loss endeavors (especially the New Year's kind) fail, not from a lack of self-discipline, but rather a lack of “pre-paving. “ Consider how easy it is, when...

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Dec

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De-Clutter Your Life – Discover Your Dreams

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Life

We all deal with clutter on one level or another, whether it’s the visual clutter of a messy room, the mental clutter of inner chatter filling our heads with past disappointments and pending dead lines; or the physical clutter of carrying too much body fat, which often goes unnoticed until one day you find yourself staring in the mirror at someone you no longer recognize. As a success coach and fitness trainer, I warn my clients that clutter saps energy, intensifies stress, robs you of time and focus, and keeps you from moving toward your true dreams and desires. Often,...

De-Clutter Your Life – Discover Your Dreams

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Jun

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The True Secrets To Burning Belly Fat

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Health

If you've been trying to flatten your stomach, it's likely that you've done more than one Google search using the 3 most popular key words in the fitness industry: lose belly fat. It's also likely that you did NOT make it through the 440+ pages (and over 2,030,000 links) that followed. My #1 goal today is to save you all of that reading and research by giving you the absolute and definitive recipe for flatter abs, leaner thighs, and a smaller waistline. In other words, you?ve just hit the belly fat jack pot! I should warn you, though?it may not...

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Mar

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Want to Lose Weight? Start By Becoming a Big Baby About Food!

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Health

We've all heard the familiar mantra "calories in - calories out" right? For years it has been the tried and true chant of the weight loss industry. While there is plenty of hard scientific evidence to back this theory, anyone who has tried to lose weight just by cutting calories knows, there is a lot more to the story than just eating less food. So, the real question is, "What is the missing link?" I can tell you with all certainty that, no matter what your goal might be, whether you are interested in losing fat, gaining muscle, getting healthy, reversing the aging process,...

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Oct

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What About Loose Skin?

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Health

This great question came in from one of my clients yesterday. It's a pretty common one, so I hope you find it useful! Q: As I am removing the layer of fat padding, I am seeing more loose skin and wrinkled skin on my arms and legs when I bend them. I am hoping that this goes away...It's not like I have lost 75 pounds and have large amts of skin...but the looseness is odd looking. Makes me feel "old." A: My first suggestion is to give your body some time to produce more collagen. It does this naturally in...

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Nov

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Use the Holidays as a Time to Plan for Success

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Health

You know what I love about the holidays? I love the fact that lots of things get put on the back burner. Yes,even eating right and exercising. Now, that might sound surprising coming from a success coach and fitness trainer. You might even wonder why I would suggest that giving into this natural shift in focus that seems to happen on a global level this time of year could possibly be a better choice than sticking to your guns. "Isn't the back burner a bad thing?" you might ask. "Isn't it your job, Dianne, to make sure people don't let...

holidays are a great time for planning goals

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Aug

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What Exercise Gets Rid Of This?

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Health

Oh, how I wish there was an exercise that would get rid of the myth that doing tons of leg lifts will somehow force the fat off your thighs, or that hundreds of crunches can help melt the body fat off your waist. Sorry to wreck your plans of doing 1000 sit ups tonight before bedtime but, here are a few hard-ab facts: body fat will not automatically move away from any area of your body just because the muscle underneath it has become stronger. That's just not how it works. SEE SPOT RUN The idea of "spot reduction," (pinpointing...

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Nov

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Want To Save Calories? Watch What You DRINK!

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Health

If you are concerned about packing on that wicked 6 to 8 extra pounds this holiday season, you should be! For every pound of body fat you gain now, it will take an average of 8-10 days of concentrated effort to shed each one of those pounds ? so a gain of 8 pounds can take up to 2 full months to drop. Ah...we're talking March 1st here. Don't go there, please! A much better choice, of course, is to find a way to reduce your gain, or at least break-even on the scale come January 1st. Beware of Liquid...

celebrate with weight gain from drinking

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May

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What All Mothers Know

Posted by Dianne Orwig in Heart

On this beautiful Mother?s Day, I can think of no words on earth that better describe the depth of love between a mother and her child than this exquisite poem written by Edward E. Cummings: I carry your heart with meI carry it in my heartI am never without itAnywhere I go you go, my dear and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darlingI fear no fatefor you are my fate, my sweet I want no world,For, beautiful, you are my worldmy true Here is the deepest secret nobody knowsHere is the root of the rootand...

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