New Years Resolutions

02 Jan 2012 3 Comments

by DrErinDenil in Uncategorized Tags: health, New Year, New year resolution

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  Many people start thinking about setting their new year’s resolutions.  I have found some helpful tips for setting new year’s resolutions.  Check them out below.

5 Reaseon Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Will Fail according to ABCnews.go.com by Lauren Torrisi:

“Every year, December 31 rolls around and I’m forced to acknowledge that I’ve spent the entire month eating tons of cookies.  After I acknowledge that my eating habits have been awry, the realization comes that I need to eat salad, cut out the high-calorie cocktails and work out every day for the next year.  I try to cut back and work out, but a month later, the old habits return as quickly as they left.

I spoke with Dr. Martin Binks, clinical director & CEO of Binks Behavioral Health, to learn the top 5 reasons why resolutions fail, and to find the solution to making this year more successful.” [...]

15 Outstanding New Years Resolution Ideas For Your Health and Fitness by dtalpha.com:

Need some New Years Resolution Ideas? well I have some really cool doable ones for you in the areas of health and fitness.

New Years Resolution around health and fitness top the charts every yet. In fact, according to Positive Change, 40 to 45% of American adult make one or more resolutions each year.

Among the top new years resolutions are resolutions about weight loss, exercise, and stopping to smoke. Also popular are resolutions dealing with better money management / debt reduction.

The following shows how many of these resolutions are maintained as time goes on:
- past the first week: 75%
- past 2 weeks: 71%
- after one month: 64%
- after 6 months: 46%

While a lot of people who make new years resolutions do break them, research shows that making resolutions is useful. People who explicitly make New Years Resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions:” [...]

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• Creating New Year’s Resolutions Isn’t That Bad [Lawrence Perry] (ecademy.com)
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