Eating For Health

Who doesn’t make some New Year’s Resolutions?   Most of us make resolutions but unfortunately most of us don’t keep those resolutions.     Forbes Health polled Americans about their 2024 New Year’s Resolutions.   What are the top New Year’s Resolutions for 2024?   Top priority was improving fitness (48%), improving finances was second (38%), improving mental health came in third (36%) and losing weight came in fourth (34%).   But a fifth was improving ones’ diet (32%).   Despite good intentions, many of us fail to keep these resolutions .   Only about 8% keep their resolutions for one month, about 22% last 2 months, and only 13% are going strong at 4 months.      But setting goals for yourself is a good idea.   Some nutritionists got together and came up with some New Year’s Resolutions you should not put on your list.   And they give some guidance of how to set some health goals for the new year that are more likely t...

So many people make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight.    Fairfax Hackley, a personal trainer, noted that losing weight is the number one resolution over the past 10 years.   Yet, only 65% of people making those resolutions have lost even one pound after a month into the New Year.   On a local radio show, Fairfax Hackley provided some tips on how to stay on track.   (You can listen to him using the source cited below.)         Hackley’s Tips to Stay On Track:            1.           Focus on FAT LOSS, not WEIGHT LOSS – he notes too many people focus on losing weight, when they need to focus on losing fat.   Focusing on weight loss will lead to more success.  Losing weight can be losing fat, muscle and water.  Losing fat – focus on the unwanted fat, like unwanted belly fat            ...

My nephew posted a sign on Facebook that read:   “ This year I will get to a Healthier place ”.    It was posted at Anytime Fitness in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.    How many people want to be healthier, make New Year’s Resolutions to be healthier and then fizzle out after a few weeks or months?   My husband says the gym was packed yesterday as it usually is in January, then less in February and by May it is back to the regulars.    So what could you do to make 2015 a healthier year with goals you can keep?     1.  Start small – set small, specific, realistic goals a.          NOT - “I will go to the gym more” b.       But set goals like:                                       ...