The Myth of Winter—it's not time for rest, it's time to get ready for spring!

By Team Beachbody

To some, winter is the season of hibernation. Unfortunately, those are the people who will be frustrated that their swimsuits are tighter this year than last.

The truth is, now is the perfect time for you to start working to fulfill that promise you've always made to yourself: that THIS is the year for you to look your best in a bathing suit.

If you want to look great this summer, [not good, but GREAT!] now is the time to start because your body needs 90 days to really transform itself and get results that will last. Here is a quick breakdown on why it's better to start a program now than wait until summer's almost here.

First, you can lose a lot of weight in 30 days. People do it all the time. Women often go on crash diets to fit into a piece of clothing or look good on vacation. If you are motivated, you can do amazing things. Problem is, these body changes don't last. Studies have proven that crash diet results are easily reversible. The reason is that because you've lost the weight so fast, it is absurdly easy to put it back on. Your body isn't used to "thin" being its natural state. You must train it to do this. If you want to alter your body for keeps, you need to commit for 90 days. Once you hit that milestone, you will be amazed at how easy it is to maintain.

And starting now for 90 days means that you could be in prime condition for Memorial Day Weekend!

This is how it works:

The first 30 days are the toughest because you are changing your old routine. But because you are on a 90-day plan you don't need to be as drastic and the day to day is easier. You may see good results in the first month. However, even if you reach your target weight or desired fitness level, you shouldn't stop.

During the second month you will plateau a little. Your body gets better at its new routine and you need to learn how to tweak it to keep improvement coming. Because of this, month two will usually provide smaller gains. However, you are getting more used to the workouts and they are becoming easier. Your body is also getting used to a fitness lifestyle. So while you aren't getting mass improvement in how you look, you will make up for it in how you feel because your body is adjusting and getting ready for.

Month three. You are now used to your program and your body is poised for another blast of improvement like month one. So your body is now looking better than ever and feeling better than ever. But even more important is this: after three months of training you are now adjusted to this newly conditioned body and you will be able to keep it this way with relative ease. Your metabolism will have increased so that you are now used to being this new fit person. This means that your body will more easily filter out extra fats and junk foods. And because you are also used to exercising, your body will crave it. So working out now becomes something you desire, rather than something you have to do. This may sound unbelievable to you right at this second but it's true! The body can do some amazing things.