Are you planning to make New Year resolutions in January? Did you do the same thing last year? Did you succeed? Probably not!

Anywhere between 50 – 75% of us make a resolution – often the same one year after year - but less than 10% succeed. The majority of New Year Resolutions are forgotten before the end of January! Do you ever wonder why?

Well here is a bit of psychology for you. Most New Year Resolutions are based on something negative – a habit or situation that you want to end. Iit is difficult to get motivated from a negative start! It is extremely difficult to get excited about weight loss or giving up smoking – after all we associate it with deprivation – of not being able to do something! Because the start point comes from negative feelings, the whole process becomes a chore and almost a punishment for not having done the right thing in the first place.

So let´s turn it around and make it come true in 2010! Just follow these simple tips

Most Popular Resolution – Weight loss!

So many people have the wrong attitude about weight loss. They look at themselves in the mirror and see themselves now – negative thinking and negative feelings about how you look. So create a different dream.

• Make it a goal much bigger than just losing weight
• Create a dream in your own mind about living a healthier lifestyle

• Make a list of 10 things that you want to be different about your lifestyle or health
• Draw some images of yourself doing these things and put them up on your fridge to constantly remind yourself of your dream
• Then start to act and think like a person who lives a healthy lifestyle –make your own plan and stick to it

Second Most Popular Resolution – Getting More Exercise?

So many people have the wrong attitude about making changes concerning exercise – they know they should do it, but it is seen as a punishment for overeating, time consuming, boring, and so on. So create a different dream

• Create a goal much bigger that doing more exercise – think about it as a improving the quality of your life
• Create a dream about taking a break from a stressful day at work, or what it would feel like to have more energy and a positive outlook

• Make a list of all of the ways that your daily living could be improved if you were more active
• Build your own dream of how life could be different – of all the things you could do
• Then start to act and think like a person who lives that new life – make your own plan and stick to it

Third most popular New Resolution – giving up smoking?

• Create a goal much bigger than giving up smoking

• Think and dream of what it would be like to be a non-smoker, to live longer, to see your grandchildren grow up
• Then think and act like a person who does not smoke – make your own plan and stick to it.

This positive thinking creates an environment in which you will become motivated to succeed - to hold onto your dream even when the road gets tough!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS IN 2010 FROM EVERYONE HERE AT FAMOUSLY FIT