'Biggest Loser' Dolvett Quince's Best Advice For Staying Motivated Through The Winter (VIDEO)

With all the layers of winter gear we're wearing and swimsuit season some four months away, it's hard to stay motivated to hit the gym this time of year. (Unless, of course you're one of the Serena Williams of the world.)

But if anyone can drum up some motivation, it's "The Biggest Loser" trainer Dolvett Quince. In his second season on the show, Quince cites his biggest accomplishment as helping one client lose 325 pounds.

Not being a total slacker this winter? We're thinking he can help us manage that.

"The winter months don't remind you that you have to be conscious of your body. It tells you: Let me cover my body. Break out the coats, break out the sweaters and cover," Quince says. "Not only that, when it's cold, we tend to eat more just to keep our body temperature up." That equals a diet full of refined carbs that only end up storing fat.

While it's actually okay to seek out comfort and warmth through food this time of year, there are much healthier ways to do it. "You can find warmth in foods like avocado, quinoa, chicken breast and fish," Quince says. "Eat as if you're on an island and you're seeing snow outside," he recommends.

For Quince, winter is the opportune time to get ahead of the fitness curve. "When everyone else is slacking, workout hard to spring forward," he says.

Here, he shares two high-power exercises to incorporate into your winter routine, from "The Biggest Loser: At-Home Challenge."

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[Deborah H]

07:39 PM on 02/09/2012

DOLVETT, TRAINED THE WINNER FROM LAST SEASON, HE AND BOB ARE THERE ON THE RANCH TO INSPIRE THE CONTESTANTS!

[SuperBootCamps]

05:19 AM on 02/08/2012

Really? REALLY? How does this do ANYTHING for your motivation?

What is motivation?

It's the desire to do something.

So how does talking about an exercise and food choices during the winter months promote an extra desire to do something? It doesn't, as the background of the post is about not wanting to exercise or eat foods that help you. When you start a post about how everyone seems to struggle in the winter months to carry on exercising without first addressing the primary reason for that struggle, you have no chance of making any sort of long term progress.

What is the primary reason for that struggle?

The fact that exercise and good eating are perceived as being hard, difficult and un-enjoyable.

The keyword here is 'perceived'. Because that all that it is, just perception. And perception can change. The problem is that we are not taught how to change our perception, but we are taught to try something else, like a new exercise, and we are taught that if only we feel bad enough about ourselves then we'll be motivated to change. And we might be, but not for very long. And that's the problem with pain-based motivation; it's inherently short term, and almost totally ineffective.

It's also why I wrote my book about motivation, so that people can get out of the pain/motivation cycle for good. Feel free to check it out here: http://blog.superbootcamps.co.uk/motivation-ebook