Weight Loss Resolutions: Why Are They Popular And Why Do They Often Fail?

Choosing An Unenjoyable Exercise

How you go about trying to lose weight has much more of an impact on your chances of success than you might think. When in doubt, we often turn to typical exercise choices like going for a run on a treadmill or outside, lifting weights, or using other equipment typically found at traditional gyms. But exercise is not a one activity fits all situation! If you don’t enjoy what exercise you chose, your motivation to actually do it is going to drop. No matter how effective this exercise might be, if you don’t actually do it, you are not going to get anywhere in your weight loss goal. Even completing the less effective exercises that burn fewer calories is better when you have the motivation to do them.

Speaking of motivation, did you know it plays yet another role in why we often fail at keeping weight loss resolutions?