New Years Resolutions Revisited

I have been working on a post to nail down some tips on how to achieve New Years Resolutions without failing, or at least, make it past the typical 30-60 day initiation. I could write on and on about how, perhaps, "failure to plan is planning to fail" and that calling it a "diet" and and not a "lifestyle" change is a recipe for quitting. While I had a lengthy draft written out, I decided it was best to delete it and cut my losses. I have written diet and exercise plans in the past and it turned out to be the biggest waste of time. Here are some bullet points and I'll simply leave it at that

-Failure to plan is planning to fail: Go into your weight loss/fitness regime with a clear cut plan. Half-assing it is a surefire way to minimize your results. Plans can be modified, but only if you make them

-80% of weight loss/body composition is diet related- Eat like crap and exercise? Sure, you'll see some results. Eat really healthy and skimp on some of the exercise and you'll see more results this way. I do believe the latter of the two would be the easiest. But take the hard road if you want. EXAMPLE: I was running 40-60 miles per week, eating grains, and weighed in around 175. I cut the running, lift weights 3 days per week,do Tabata sprints, reverted to the paleo diet, and I'm down 5 pounds and I am more lean.

-If you can last two weeks, you can last 1 month. If you can last 1 month, you'll see the results that will make you want to stick with it.

Have confidence. Eat to live, don't live to eat.