How Long Americans Stick With Health-Related Resolutions

Today is Quitters Day, the second Friday in January is the day people are most likely to give up on their New Year’s resolution. So if you’re still on track with your goals, you’re doing better than the majority of folks out there. And it turns out, even active people have a hard time sticking with their resolutions for very long.

A new survey of 2-thousand Americans who work out at least once a week looks at how long they stay on track with health-related resolutions and finds they give up on them about seven weeks into the new year. And nearly a third (29%) admit they don’t even last a month.

The poll also reveals:

  • People start missing their favorite “unhealthy” food even sooner, just 14 days after giving it up.
  • But they may be too strict with their definition of “unhealthy,” as one in six mistakenly think all foods that are high in calories are “unhealthy.
  • A third also think eating healthy means committing to certain foods or cutting out specific foods entirely, while 24% believe carbs should be avoided and 18% think healthy eating means giving up food that tastes good.
  • Respondents are evenly split on how challenging it is to eat healthy, 34% consider it a chore and the same number say it’s an easy part of their lifestyle.
  • Over the last year, the average person found that a third of their health goals ended up being too extreme, including cutting out a food group they enjoyed (40%) and lowering their calorie intake (39%).
  • The goals people have had the toughest time achieving are trying to go to the gym every day (18%) and following a restrictive diet (17%).
  • This year’s top specific health-related resolutions include wanting to “have more energy,” “balance overall health” and “tone up” their body.

Source: SWNS Digital

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