The time of the year is here that is out with the old and in with the new!! The time for resolutions and promises for the New Year is upon us!Everyone makes resolutions, but how many people actually KEEP them?

Why we fail!

We all have ambitions, which are great, but are they based in reality? Will you really go to the gym EVERY day? What happens when you miss that one day, then the second, then the days are behind you and you forgot all about that resolution!

Tips for keeping that new years resolution!!

1. Keep it simple! Pick just ONE thing at a time! Dont vow to learn 100 recipes, join a yoga class, and walk your dog every day. Pick just one and stick with it! Eyes on the prize!

2. Make it measurable:  “Do Better” or “do less” are goals that we can justify away. Are you going to eat out only once a week? Or make two healthy meals a week? We want to be able to see and measure our accomplishments, and words like less, more, better, worse don’t help us gauge where we are at.

3. Make it attainable: Is it really going to happen if you promise to do something EVERY SINGLE DAY? How about starting off saying that you will go to the gym twice a week! If you make that goal once or twice, you are 10x more likely to keep it up! As humans, we love feeling accomplished, and heck, even beating and doing more than we expected out of our goal!

4. Keep at it – one slip up is not defeat! So what if you eat that extra cookie..slip up once or twice? One slip up doesnt mean that you throw it all away!

What are your new years resolutions?!