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2011.......Don't Make New Years Resolutions

The first day of a new year is a great day to look back at the previous year and look forward to the next. It is a day when many people examine themselves and consider what they should change going forward. New Year's resolutions may include exercising more (losing weight), spend more time with family, start a business, write more blog posts, go out more, etc.

New Year's resolutions are not effective ways to make or break habits. One of the hardest ways to break a habit (like smoking) is cold turkey. It is just as difficult to jump into a new habit and make it stick.

The best way to try to improve yourself, start good habits, or break bad habits is to regularly (not annually) evaluate yourself and take action immediately. Don't wait until New Year's to change.

Top 10 New Years Resolutions

#10 Get Organized
#9 Help Others
#8 Learn something New
#7 Get Out of Debt
#6 Quit Drinking
#5 Enjoy Life More
#4 Quit Smoking
#3 Tame the Bulge
#2 Fit in Fitness
#1 Spend more Time with Family and Friends

Top Websites For Weight Loss

LiveStrong.com

The weight loss website LiveStrong.com offers complete tips. For fitness, you can learn exercise routines, stretching exercises, weight training and some other tutorials; for diet, you can learn recipes, food to avoid, fast food & restaurant nutrition, and some other eating tips; for calculation, you can use Body Mass Index, The Daily Plate, Body Fat Calculator, and some other tools.

MSN.com

The MSN Health and Fitness center offers 15 videos, many diet & fitness tips, and a lot of success stories.

On the Fit Zone, you can select a body section, and learn how to improve the fitness of that section.

There are also Body Mass Index, Metabolic and Weight Loss calculators for you to archive your goal.

MyFitnessPal.com

On the MyFitnessPal.com website, you can search over 510,000 foods and get their volumes of calories, sugars, fat and many other nutrition facts; you can search or select an exercise you like, enter your weight and practice time, and check out how many calories will be burned by that exercise; you can also use Recipe Nutrition Facts Calculator, Basal Metabolic Rate Calculator, Body Mass Index Calculator, and some other tools.

After registration, you can track your weight loss progress and discuss with the community members.

Caloriecount.about.com

On the About Calorie Count center, you can search a food and check out its calories, fat, sodium and other nutrition facts; you can enter your recipes and get the nutrition facts; and you can also browse the nice recipes submitted by its members.

For fitness, you can check out the calories burned with an activity, and you can also refer to the detailed exercise plans.

Health.com

Health.com offers many stories about how to lose weight, with both diet and fitness tips.

Besides weight loss, the website also offers stories about how to have a healthy living.

FitDay.com

On the free weight loss website FitDay.com, you can check out the nutrition facts of the food cooked in different ways, you can search the activities and check out how many calories they will burn, you can create a weight loss goal and track your progress every day.

After registration, you can join the forum discussion and get weight loss advice.

Besides tips of nutrition, fitness and health, you can also set your weight loss goal, track your progress, and join the community discussion after registration.

SparkPeople.com

The SparkPeople.com website offers tools for you to set your nutrition, fitness and customized goals.

3FatChicks.com

The weight loss tips of 3FatChicks.com mainly divided into Diets, Fitness, Food and Lifestyle categories, each of which includes detailed advice for many other smaller topics.

You can also register and join the forum discussion.

WebMD.com

The Healthy Eating & Diet center of Webmd.com offers fitness and diet tips for healthy weight loss. You can learn how to fuel your body, how to eat healthily, how to read food labels, and many other weight loss tips.

Besides recipes, you can also learn how to shop smart, how to eat out, how to cook for the season, as well as how to do fitness.

There are many success weight loss stories on the WeightWatchers.com website, and you can register and join the community discussion.

I am here for you in 2011. Happy New Year!
Yours in Health,
GI JANE

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