Start fresh with simple changes for the New Year.

Instead of making promises you can’t keep for 2013, try these seven simple changes for the new year. Fitness Magazine points out that typically, when we make outrageous New Year’s resolutions our commitment quickly fades and we feel badly for not following through. I resolve not to put myself through that again!

Seven Simple Changes For the New Year

It’s that time of year again. Time to vow that you’ll never miss another workout, always eat healthy, save a mountain of money, and lose every single pound you’ve gained since you were 15. In other words, it’s time to make gigantic, far-reaching resolutions that you suspect (and rightly so) are destined to fail, just as they did last year, and the year before that.

Here’s a better way: Ease into 2011 with a reality check. “The smaller and more exact the actions involved in achieving your resolutions, the greater the chance that you will actually see them through and reach the goal,” says Keri Gans, RD, author of the forthcoming book The Small Change Diet. Your path to better health starts with these seven easy changes that you can truly achieve. Let’s ring in a happy new you!

I resolve to…dress for fitness success.

Maybe Stacy and Clinton are on to something on their show What Not to Wear when they tell bedraggled, sweats-clad ragamuffins that they’ll feel better about themselves once they step up their style. “Wearing clothes that you feel good in can boost your body image, simply because you like your new look,” says psychologist and fitness instructor Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, author of A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness. Despite what you may think, covering up the parts you’re trying to whittle down isn’t doing your self-esteem any favors. “Baggy clothes can actually perpetuate low body image,” Lombardo adds. So kick-start your motivation with retail therapy. You’ll be in style — and in the mood to work out — in figure-flattering black yoga pants, a bright fitted tank or tee, and a cute patterned headband.

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Making long lasting changes is what we all strive for in our hearts, but changes always come in fits and starts. Three steps forward two steps back, we’ve all been there!  If you should get off track remember you do not really need to “start over” you need to pick up where you left off, there’s a big difference.

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