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

Not Celebrating Progress

We already know about the instant gratification in making the resolution to lose weight. There is also the fabled celebration of actually succeeding in this resolution at the end of the year for the lucky few who make it there. If you have failed at this resolution in the past, did you ever stop to consider celebrating progress and smaller milestones throughout the year? Without occasional celebrating for a resolution such as this one, your ‘steam’ is likely to run out, and your goal will fall by the wayside. Don’t wait until the end of the year to congratulate yourself, because if you do, the moment may never actually arrive!

Waiting to celebrate until the end of the year means you are depriving yourself of the motivational boost celebrating brings. But there’s more when it comes to deprivation and failing to keep weight loss resolutions.