Trainers give advice on keeping with the fitness program

Balance the professional, personal and physical aspects of your life. “If one of those is out of whack, you’re unhappy,” says Stone. “We can work out forever and you’ll still eat the cupcakes because your boyfriend’s cheating on you.”  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Don’t work against yourself by overdoing it, Wimberly advises. “People have to start with accepting themselves and not plunge in to lose-30-pounds-in-30-day programs that leave them feeling like failures if they don’t lose it all.” Focus on strength and flexibility, not the competition of working out.  (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)

“[Newcomers] need to remember why they started when it gets challenging,” says Iseghohi. “There are going to be hard times.”  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)