7 Habits Of Successful Losers

When was the last time you tried to do make a change in your life or alter a behavior and you knew it would be difficult? What was the first thing you did? Chances are you did a little bit of research to find out what methods there are or what tools could help you. More specifically you probably looked into what others who were successful did so that you could emulate their behaviors and do what they did to increase the chances of your success.

Well if your goal is to lose body fat, get a lean stomach, increase muscle tone and definition, or just become a healthier person, there are several behaviors that you can adopt to guarantee your success.

1. Exercise in the morning.

A recent study done at Brown University found that exercisers who performed their workouts in the morning before going about their daily activities were more than 80% more successful than participants in the study who scheduled their workouts at night.

There could be many factors that ultimately played in to these results but the facts are simple. Life gets in the way. If you put your workouts off till the end of the day, you essentially are placing them toward the end of your list of priorities. As your day goes on you will accumulate reasons to skip your workout and it becomes a cycle. So get your workouts in early.

If you need another reason, note that in the same study, the group of exercisers ALL reported that they had higher energy levels during the day, they ALL felt their work performance improved, and they ALL reported that they fell asleep faster and woke up more refreshed in the morning.

2. Eat at least 1 serving of vegetables every single time you sit down to eat.

Doing so will ultimately reduce the number of “bad calories” you take in and allow your body to function more efficiently. The increase in fiber will also slow digestion keeping your blood sugar levels more stable and reduce the amount of calories stored as fat. Getting your daily diet in order can increase your results by up to 70-80%.

3. Use short high intensity bursts of exercise.

High intensity interval training (HIIT) has been proven time and time again in many studies to be more efficient at burning fat than traditional cardio. Not only is it more effective but it takes much less time. After all, who wants to spend two hours in the gym every day only to achieve mediocre results.

4. Make yourself accountable to someone other than yourself.

Why? Because you give yourself to many breaks, that’s why!

A study conducted but the American Council on Exercise revealed that people who told friends and family of their decision and plans lost more weight than those who did not establish a circle of accountability.

This can be attributed to the fact that they new the next time they ran into those they told, that they would be expected to have progress to report and the eventually visible changes will be expected. If you tell your family of what you are trying to achieve you can be sure that they will assume you will stick to it.  This will aid your motivation and increase your chances of success.

Another way of accomplishing this is to find a workout partner with similar goals.

5. Schedule your workouts.

You show up to work every day because you are scheduled to be there. You pick up your kids from school are the scheduled time. You meet your friends for drinks at the time you scheduled. You do all of your most important daily activities because they are scheduled. Why should your workouts be any different?

6. Track your progress.

You would never go on a road trip and not pay attention to where you are in order to make sure you are on track. You fitness endeavors should be approached in the same way. Make sure that before you start you take pictures, do circumference measurements, and if possible, find out your starting bodyfat percentage. Take these measurements again every 4-6 weeks to ensure you are progressing at a good pace. If you are not dropping about 1-2% body fat percentage points every months and up to 2lbs of body fat per week, you should re-evaluate your program.

7. Get qualified professional assistance.

The simplest way to accomplish all these things in one shot is to hire a personal trainer. Investing in personal training with a qualified professional can help you establish all of these behaviors. With the right program you can get the accountability and instruction you need to get to your goals while doing it in the most time efficient manner possible. Check this Lakewood Personal Training program out if you want to get real results and the satisfaction of knowing your time comes with a 100% money back guarantee.