One in nine Brits has already given up on 'get fit' New Year resolutions
MORE than one in nine of us has already given up on our New Year resolutions to get fit, a survey revealed yesterday.
Most people quit their resolutions because they are bored or don't have time
The most common reasons for quitting so soon included boredom and lack of time.
A third of those questioned said that feeling fitter gave them a confidence boost. But many could not stay the course.
Quitters also said it takes too long to see the results of a fitness regime and the novelty of exercising quickly wears off.
People tend to choose the same resolutions every year
People think they can change more quickly than is the case
The research, by health club group Fitness First, involved more than 2,000 people who had made New Year resolutions.
Meanwhile, Professor Peter Herman, a psychology lecturer at the University of Toronto, said New Year resolutions often fail because they are too ambitious.
In a scientific paper published in American Psychologist, he said: “People tend to make the same resolutions year after year, vowing on average 10 times to eradicate a particular vice.
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People are recommended to set more realistic goals
“Obviously, every renewed vow represents a prior failure, otherwise there would be no need for yet another attempt.
“They are unrealistic. People think they can change more quickly than is the case.”
Instead he suggests we “scale back” our resolutions to “something that is actually manageable”.