According to surveys only 8% of Americans successfully achieve their New Year's resolutions. This means that 92% are not kept! By January 20, 80% of those who make New Year's resolutions have failed!!!
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percentage_of_people_fail_the_resolutions_they_make_on_New_Year's_Day#ixzz1k0uybxF3 How would you describe your commitment level to healthier living today, January 20 as opposed to what it was 19 days ago???
Find a partner to pursue a healthier lifestyle with. The power of accountability and companionship is immeasurable! This is one of the main reasons I teach aerobics twice a week! The commitment I have made to YOU gets my body moving on days I would wimp out otherwise!
Give yourself incremental rewards. I personally like the 5/2 principle. I try to really discipline myself 5 days a week with the happy awareness that I will have 2 free days to eat whatever I want!!!
A 5 day stretch is do-able for a girl like me!
Remember that this is a PROCESS!!! Consistently implementing small changes over time will have a much more lasting effect than a few over-kill experiences in the gym or at the table!
I love the age old adage-
Inch by Inch it's a Cinch... Yard by Yard it's too Hard!!!
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