Weight Loss and Workout Motivation

Reasons You're Destined for Weight Loss Success

Whether you're the wisecracker or geek with no shame, uncover the slim-down secret hiding in your most prominent—or quirky—personality trait
By Hollis Templeton fitbie
 

The Morning Person

“Morning is the quietest time. If you’re up before others, it’s the perfect time to set a positive mindset for the day, visualizing yourself as a success,” says Baron-Reid, who starts work each day at 5:30 a.m.

“Morning is also a good time to plan your food,” she adds. “Know how many meals you’re going to have and what they’ll involve. Answer the real question 'What do I need?' on a day-to-day basis.”

The a.m. hours are also the best time to squeeze in a workout. Research shows that morning exercisers are more likely to stick with their routine than those who exercise later in the day, and some research shows that exercising in a fasted state can give you a slight fat-burning edge. As part of a Belgian study published in the Journal of Physiology, men ages 18 to 25 ate a high-calorie diet for 6 weeks. Study participants were divided into three groups: those who ate a fatty breakfast and did not work out, those who ate a carb-rich breakfast before working out, and those who ate a carb-rich breakfast post-workout.

After 6 weeks, nonexercises gained an average of 6 pounds and men who ate breakfast before working out gained 3 pounds, on average. Those who were given breakfast after working out gained almost no weight, demonstrating that exercise in a fasted state may help your body use fat to fuel exercise.

You can learn to be a morning person. To start, test drive the a.m. workout for nonmorning people.

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