Every New Year's, many Americans make resolutions for self-improvement during the next 12 months. Some intend to take up a new hobby. Others promise to participate in community service. But among the most common resolutions are smoking cessation, exercise and weight loss.
Research previously published by the Journal of Clinical Psychology compared people who made New Year's resolutions to individuals intending to enact life changes at a later point in the year. After six months, only 4 percent of the latter group were successful in achieving their goals. For those who made New Year's resolutions, that figure went up to 46 percent.
While that's a much better result, it still demonstrates that less than one-half of resolvers can reach their goal!
So how do people who resolve to lose weight stick it out? For starters, try not to overdo it.
"Most people work out too hard and they're not burning the fat they want, get frustrated and start to work out a little harder, and that's how people get injured," said personal trainer Casey Ruff, as quoted by an ABC news affiliate. Furthermore, it's important for an individual to take up something that they find fun.
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