Don’t Lose Weight Alone

Having a hard time keeping up with your New Year’s Resolution to lose weight? Don’t go it alone. It is always easier to find excuses not to work out when you are doing it by yourself. So grab yourself a workout partner that you don’t want to let down and that you can count on to show up to each workout. Getting someone else involved in your workout plan commits you to it just a little bit more. It could give you that extra umph you need.

If you don’t have anyone to workout with, then find someone to workout against. Make it a little competition to see who can lose a bigger percentage of their body weight. It doesn’t hurt to have a little wager to keep things interesting either. This will keep you more motivated if you know something is on the line.

Don’t let the competition go too long. I had a coach in college that taught us if we won the little games we would win the big games. So we would always try and be the first team to 5 points. And if the other team got to 5 points first then we had more work to do to win the next little game to 5 points. You can apply this to losing weight as well. If you set the end date for 6 months from now, chances are you will get bored and lose sight of what you are doing and may get stuck and give up because it seems hopeless. But if you challenge yourself each week to win the “little games” then by the end of 6 months you will be impressed with what you have accomplished. So if you want big results, keep the competition period brief and then just do it again so there is a new “prize” each time to keep it fun and challenging and you will surprise yourself in the end just how much you have done.

Remember to try and encourage each other, but do a little trash-talking as well. Just keep yourself motivated to win all the “little games” and you will end up being a big winner in the end!

January 14, 2010 Posted in: Basics to Losing Weight, Tips to Lose Weight