Here comes a brand new year: don’t tarnish it with your same old reasons why you’re not in shape. Actually, all your excuses have done is kept you overweight and out of shape. Almost every weight loss forum will be talking about gearing up for another new year.

This is a good time to get rid of all your fitness contraptions and miracle supplements that wouldn’t work even if you were using them.Don’t fall for any more of those trendy gimmicks: do some old fashioned exercises.

Think critically about the fitness marketing you see so you can hold onto your money and start losing fat instead. A good thing to do is add up how much your health care bill will be, then compare it to the cost of healthy food, gym membership and a few weights to use at home. That should make you want to start working on that body of yours.

Take a page out of the sociologists’ book: they claim that your income is about equal to the average income of your friends.

Take that premise and apply it to your body: you’re going to be in similar shape to those you hang around. So you don’t have a good support network? Hanging around with obese, fast food eating beer drinkers isn’t how to lose weight fast.

Get out there and meet some new people with good fitness habits. They will be a good influence on you.

Don’t try saying that you are fat because of your genetics.

While some factors of obesity might be heritable, hardly any mean that you have no control over your weight. Even supposing you are genetically inclined to be obese, that should make you want to spend more time at the gym!

This year, stop being nonchalant about your supposed weight loss goals. Get a clear picture of what you want to be: this is a pre-requisite for success. You’ll be surprised at how the power of the subconscious will guide you in the right direction.

With another New Year comes another chance to get the results you need for your body.

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