How To Salvage Your Failing New Years Resolution

17 August, 2020  |  Jabbar Ali - MPharm

Eighty percent of people have abandoned their New Year’s resolutions by the time February rolls around. If you’ve already put off going to the gym or you’re hitting snooze on your alarm clock instead of getting up that whole hour earlier, you’re not the only one.

New Years resolutions fail for several reasons.

TOO UNREALISTIC

Let’s say you’re used to eating out for breakfast, lunch and dinner for convenience and suddenly decide you’ll prepare everything at home with fresh ingredients, go vegan and cut your daily calories.

Stop!

This is too much, too soon. Our brains don’t like change, that’s why habits take so long to form (and undo).

Our Clinical Authors

Written by

Jabbar Ali

MPharm Clinical Lead | GPhC Registration: 2205490

Medically reviewed by

Omar El-Gohary

CEO & Superintendent Pharmacist | GPhC Registration: 2059792

This page has been written by a registered UK pharmacist and reviewed by our clinical team to ensure it is accurate, clear and reflects current clinical guidance.

Last medically reviewed: 17 August, 2020

Last updated: 17 August, 2020