Every New Year, most of us make resolutions that will help us change for the better. Unsurprisingly, after over-indulging during the festive season, many of these resolutions involve improving our diets, losing weight and exercising more.
However, keeping these health-related resolutions is much harder than making them. A study shows that half of us who make New Year’s weight loss resolutions drop them after the first couple of weeks.
“Making weight loss a New Year’s resolution is tough. There’s so much pressure during this time to lose weight. The weeks around New Year are both festive and feast-heavy, with parties and celebrations that include high caloric intake, unhealthy food and alcohol. And most people don’t exercise much during this period,” said Thanit Vinitchagoon, a lecturer at Mahidol University’s Institute of Nutrition who specializes in nutrition…
