Here's another fat loss prediction for 2009. This year, you'll see that Fat Burning Competitions & Workout Challenges will be found in more fat loss programs, in all the major magazines, and in your local personal trainer studios.

Transformation Contests are hot, hot, hot, and are becoming popular in gyms, online, and in the major magazines. Heck, the Biggest Loser TV show is a giant Transformation Contest.

The classic 12-week "Before and After" Transformation Contests (made popular by the Body-for-Life book) are making a big comeback on the Internet, but the contests these days are New and Improved thanks to social support.

Social support is an essential part of a fat loss program that most people neglect. Your best bet to lose weight is to join an online Transformation Contest that features a positive website forum where you can get help and answers to your fat burning questions.

With social support you'll meet new friends from all over the world to help you with your fat burning program. And a recent research paper from weight loss expert Dr. James Hill says that one of the best ways to stick to your plan is to make new friends and stop hanging around folks with bad habits.

Men and women are finally breaking through fat loss plateaus thanks to the social support found on the Internet combined with the internal motivation of a Transformation Contest. They are finally getting the encouragement and strength they need to get through the tough times. Once you start using support and challenging yourself, you'll never skip a workout or cheat on your diet again!

One other way to stick to your program is to get involved in a Workout Challenge. The focus on Workout Challenges for fat loss all came about from the popular 300 challenge workout published in Men's Health magazine in February of 2007.

The effective, fun, and fast 300 workout program revolutionized fat burning workouts because it introduced a new method internal motivation. So what's this mean to you? By adding some form a challenge workout to your program - such as a workout you try to complete faster and faster each week - you'll have a better chance of sticking to your program.

In addition to the 300 workout, you could also try one the Bodyweight 100 or the Bodyweight 500 workouts. You can even do a challenge workout in your gym, getting a trainer to set up a circuit or even an obstacle course outside in the park. The key is to use a safe, but challenging program that you want to do once per week for 4 weeks, and where you work to improve your performance on a weekly basis.

That constant commitment to improving your performance will keep you coming back for more each week. You'll never miss a workout! Challenge yourself and you'll find this to be a powerful motivational tool. Combine that with the social support found on a weight loss website forum and I guarantee you'll lose weight and burn belly fat fast!