Every year it seems losing weight is right at the top of the list of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions. But sadly, by February most of these people will have given up on their goal and reverted to their old ways, only to resolve the following year to lose the weight once again.

This year, we’d like to suggest you make keeping off any weight you lose in 2021 your resolution. We like that resolution better than to lose weight because losing the weight is only part of the battle keeping the weight off is really the way to make the resolution mean something.

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In just over a week, we’ll be counting down till midnight and ringing in 2019. The start of the New Year motivates millions of Americans to lose weight, but why wait until the ball drops to get started? In this Holiday Weight Loss Survival Guide, we discuss how getting active can get you through New Year’s celebrations and help you with your resolutions.

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Sticking to a weight loss plan can be challenging on any ordinary day, but we are now entering the Olympic season of weight control. It starts with the hurdle of Halloween, then moves onto the high bar of Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah, and finally culminating in New Year’s Eve. The last few months of each year can truly feel daunting.

But like any challenge, you can choose to live in denial and surrender to the dark forces, or you can face it head on and fight. We say, this Halloween, don’t be afraid! Look those weight-sabotaging demons in the eyes and don’t back down. And then use that courage as practice for the holidays coming down the pike.

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