Tip #1 is the MOST crucial of all the tips.

If you have a vision of how you want to look and what you want to be... everything will fall into place and the rest is up to your willpower to keep fighting for that vision.

There's a great motivational video, it's a speech from Arnold Schwarzenegger about how he envisioned his success.

Really great post man, I'll be following you, keep up the good work!