I believe those readers share. This year it will be different. I have a new sense of optimism about achieving goals. You are motivated, you are committed. You may also be afraid that your best intentions will be compromised by another relapse.
Goal setting is the art that makes everything else possible.
It adds aim to energy, focuses effort and, for some, structures time. Surveys show that people who plan ahead are much more successful over the long term than those who plunge in without knowing where they're going or how they'll get there. Set goals that are measurable in quality or quantity. Measuring body fat percentage, hip to waist ratio or journaling and record keeping of diet intake or workouts achieved or increases in heart rate reserve are powerful and motivating tools to assuring a new habit becomes a long term behavior. Instead, make plans for an individual workout that nurtures you.