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New Year’s Resolutions

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New Year's Resolutions

Have you made any New Year's Resolutions? While we try to start off every new year on the right foot, we never get official and write any thing down in our family. This year, we're cutting back on sugar and going for a daily walk. Not very ambitious, I know, but we like to be realistic with our goals!  

New Year, healthier you New Year’s resolutions are a bit like babies: They’re fun to make but extremely difficult to maintain.Each January, roughly one in three Americans resolve to better themselves in some way. A much smaller percentage of people actually make good on those resolutions. While about 75% of people stick to their goals for at least a week, less than half (46%) are still on target six months later, a 2002 study found.It's hard to keep up the enthusiasm months after you've swept up the confetti, but it's not impossible. This year, pick one of the following worthy resolutions, and stick with it. Here’s to your health!

Source: Top 10 Healthiest New Year’s Resolutions – Health.com

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Abandoned Resolutions, Fresh Start

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How are your New Year's resolutions going? Have you fallen off the wagon, slipped into old habits, abandoned your new healthy way of eating? If so, you've got plenty of company. 

Abandoned resolutions

According to StatistcisBrain.com, of the people that make resolutions, only 8% report that they actually had success in achieving their resolution. That mean's an overwhelming majority of people just don't "stick with it". That's a lot of abandoned resolutions. 

A fresh start

If you're one of the 8%, congratulations! For the rest of us, every third Saturday in July is a chance to "reboot" and start over! So stop beating yourself up and celebrate National, Toss Away The "Could Haves" and "Should Haves" Day. There are many reasons to blame for resolutions not working out. I know I can point to many factors in my own resolution adventure/debacle. When I really focus on it, I'm overwhelmingly left feeling defeated. That's a feeling that I'm absolutely ready to let go of. Who knows, maybe by the end of the year I can be part of the 8% after all!