Tips to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions

It isn’t that difficult to make a New Year’s Resolution. Just close your eyes and think about what you want to change about yourself and your habits in the coming year, and BOOM resolution made. But, as most people know all too well, setting a resolution is not the hard part.

Starting a resolution is not the hard part either. That is why come January 1st the gyms are packed to the brim with the optimistic masses, everyone eager to make this year different from the last.

The real difficulty comes with keeping a resolution throughout the entirety of the year. This kind of steadfast devotion to a resolution is basically unheard of. However, with the help of some Fitdigits features and functionality, make 2017 the year you stick to your guns and make real change. With that in mind, here are 4 Tips to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions.

  1. Keep Your Resolution Realistic
    The first step to any successful resolution is to keep it realistic. If you pick a goal that you are unlikely to even come close to achieving, it will make it that much easier to quit. This is where your Fitdigits app and my.fitdigits.com come in handy. Look through your health and fitness history to see what you could feasibly accomplish in 1 year. If your previous longest run is 3 miles, taking on a marathon maybe isn’t the best choice. Better to make it a 5k. If you averaged 1 workout a week in 2016, it probably isn’t wise to plan to workout 5 times a week. It is all about baby steps to make real change!
  2. Create a Fitdigits Goal
    If you have a Fitdigits Star Membership or Pro Plus, you unlock the ability to set yearly goals in one of five categories: duration, distance, steps, caloric burn, and weight. Set yourself a goal for 2017, and Fitdigits will keep track of your progress throughout the entirety of the year. That way you can see in real time positive progress towards achieving your resolution.
  3. Get a Resolution Support System
    The human mind can always find an excuse not to do something. Is it raining outside? I’ll wait until the weather clears up. Sunny out? I don’t want to get a sunburn. Cloudy out? This feels like a movie day. Perfect out? Uhh… my workout clothes are dirty. Don’t allow this to happen by developing a resolution support system. Find a person or group of people who has a resolution that is similar to yours, and have them be your taskmaster. Check in with each other regularly, share your workouts to their Facebook page, create a Fitdigits group, and basically make sure your partner stays on top of their resolution (and vice versa).
  4. Track More Then Just Workouts
    Most Resolutions are more complex then they may appear on the surface. Whether you are trying to lose weight, increase productivity, get fit, or any other health and fitness related goal, it is important to record more than just workouts. Think of your body as an ecosystem, with each and every individual part working together in constant harmony. Tracking sleep, nutrition, blood pressure, steps and weight can offer hints into what you need to change in order to make your resolution a reality. All of these options can be found under the Health tab in the app, either as a metric you can manually enter in or under “Health Partners”.