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New Year's resolutions—they're easy to make but easier to break. Why is it so hard to make the healthy changes that we know can help us feel better and live longer? And why is it so hard to make them last? NIH-funded scientists are learning more about how we can make healthy changes and, even more important, how we can sustain them.
Making Your Resolutions Stick How to Create Healthy Habits
Seeded on Mon Dec 6, 2010 10:52 AM EST
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“It helps when you’re connected to a group, where lifestyle change like weight loss is a joint goal,” says NIH’s Dr. Sanford Garfield, who heads a large study called the Diabetes Prevention Program. Participants who lost weight through dietary changes and physical activity reduced their chances of developing diabetes. Group counseling that emphasized effective diet, exercise and behavior modification were credited, in part, with participants’ success. “There’s a long history of group support leading to good results,” Garfield says. “People learn from each other and reinforce each other in working toward their goals.”
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#1 - Mon Dec 6, 2010 10:52 AM ESTMy mini-stepper just arrived today. I've been cutting back the calories for almost two months now (my work pants don't fit anymore) so I'm hopeful that going into the winter months I can actually take weight off rather than put on the extra insulation. I'd like for the pants I'm wearing right now to be very loose by February. Both my honey and I are trying to lose weight so what they say about the support system is correct. Neither one of us is going to do very well at it if both of us buy junk food & neither of us exercise.
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#2 - Mon Dec 6, 2010 4:34 PM ESTI give myself a lot of preparation leading up to New Years so the event is more like a celebration of the efforts I have made so far and a true "ribbon cutting ceremony" for the hard work ahead!
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