I know that right now a lot of people are thinking about the new year coming up for whatever reason.  Some will be ready to take on all that the year has to offer and others might be silently contemplating the resolutions that they are unsure about making.  Isn’t it strange that most resolutions that we make for the new year all have to do with our health and fitness?  We strive and struggle to keep them and become healthier, yet we end up giving in a couple months into it only to go back to how we lived before.  This year you can accomplish your goals.  There is no reason why you cannot kick your bad habits for good once and for all.  No matter your vice:  soda, cigarettes, unhealthy eating, laziness, or whatever you can be done with them.  Here are tips for anyone trying to stop any bad habit in this new year.  

• Find a buddy or support group.  If you are trying to stop doing something that you have done for years, it can be incredibly stressful and tough.  When you have someone going through the same thing, you can both be encouraging to one another and promote healthy habits over bad ones.  Buddies are also great to go to the gym with, share healthy recipes and more.
• Tell as many people as possible what your goal is.  I know I am the type of person that if I tell all kinds of people I’m going to do something, then I will be more likely to do it.  This is especially true of people that I do not know so well.  My family knows me and I know that they will forgive me if I give up, but I want to prove to others that I can do it.
• Keep a journal.  Food journals, exercise journals, quitting journals, whatever it is write it down.  If you have a slip up, then write about it and the next time you feel like you are slipping read about how it made you feel.  You’ll likely step away from the vice.

Happy New Year and good luck on finally kicking those bad habits!