Making Your Fitness New Year's Resolution Stick!

Hoping to make and keep a New Year's Resolution? Make sure to plan ahead to be successful. And while many people out there truly look upon the New Year as their opportunity to commit, too often their efforts end in defeat. It’s not that they plan to fail it’s that they fail to plan. So in order to really keep this New Year’s resolution, here are five easy-to-do, sure-fire ways that can help anyone meet their personal goals.

1. Make a 30-Day Challenge - At least say you'll TRY it for 30 days... In your mind that's easy to digest, right? You can do that. The trick is that after 30 days the habit will be set into you and it will be easy to keep on going.
2. Journal - A great way to stay committed is to keep a little resolution journal. At the end of the night, note your progress for the day and what your goals are for the next day. Planning like this gives you a clear guide to success.
3. Don't Give Up When You Slip Up - Yes, you will fall off the wagon. The trick is to get back on quickly, don't risk losing all the hard work you've done so far. Acknowledge you messed up and move forward fast before you can allow yourself to "justify" failing.
4. Be Realistic - If you set unrealistic goals you won't achieve them, you'll get upset and you'll give up. Be REALISTIC, set goals you can achieve. Take one small step a day, and by the end of next year you'll realize you've came pretty darn far.
5. One At A Time - Don't try and bite off more than you can chew. Shedding pounds is the most popular resolution - if that's going to be yours, great! But that's a lifestyle change which is a big thing. So until you are well and truly underway, don't add another resolution to your list.

So many people give up on their resolutions so quickly. And that's a great shame. Stick to yours and see it through. Make 2010 a life changing year. You'll be glad you did!