John Barban

Another Top 10 Diets Tip Starting a weight loss program usually involves some form of diet or nutrition habit change, and a workout program. It is essential to include a workout program in your weight loss goal. Trying to lose weight and keep it off with diet alone is a losing proposition as most people who try this usually fail in the long run. Reducing calories with diet as well as burning more with a smart workout is the best way to lose weight and keep it off. This is easier said than done. Even the most dedicated gym goers and fitness fanatics have their days when they just don't want to go to the gym and would rather devour a bag of cheetos or a jumbo meatball sub.

Sticking to a workout program requires dedication, effort and determination as well as your ability to put some work in now for a payoff later. This doesn't really sound like as much fun as a double cheeseburger or a double layer chocolate cake. But afterwards the workout will feel so much better, and even the tastiest foods will leave you wishing you hadn't had that last bite (or even the last 5 or 10 bites for that matter!)

So when it comes down to crunch time and you feel your motivation to workout slipping away what can you do?

The best thing you could ever do to stay on track with your weight loss workout program is to get a workout partner. Hands down this is the number one factor that will keep you going more than anything else. The only thing better than a workout partner is two workout partners! And three partners is even better than that!

If you always have someone to workout with there is a much better chance that you will actually start and make it through most of your workouts. One partner is way better than working out alone, two partners is even better.

A group of three is probably the most effective as you end up being accountable to two other people. None of the three will want to be the weak link letting the other two down. A group of two is weaker because it is much easier for a person to influence one other person. As soon as a third person is added, one person cannot dominate the others and the goal of the group takes over helping everyone stick to it.

As a coach and trainer I have found the more people that are in the group the more serious everyone will take the workout. Most people don't have a full team to train with, so you need to create your training "team". If you can recruit two partners dedicated to a similar weight loss goal you will be well on your way to having an effective weight loss workout "team".