New Year's Resolution

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Ah, a new year, a fresh new start, a new you, right? Every year when that calendar resets to 1/1, millions of Americans make an enthusiastic vow for change. Well, we're now two weeks in and unfortunately nearly 30% have already fallen off the change wagon! Let's look at the data and find a way to get more of us on the path to successful resolutions this year. A THE BASICS 45% Popular New Year's Resolutions: MEGA MILLIONS of Americans set new Lose Weight $$$ Spend Less, Save More year's resolutions every Interestingly, more Americans take a shot at hitting a lotto year. jackpot (57%) each year than Get Fit and Healthy Learn Something New Fall in Love make a resolution to take a shot at improving their lives. Quit Smoking Spend More Time with Family 38% set resolutions related to weight & fitness $$$ 31% of people resolve to focus on relationships 34% set resolutions related to money 47% of people setting resolutions aimed at bettering themselves SUCCESS RATES / | of YYY 52% achieve their resolutions 08 feel confident every year | they'll succeed of people never successfully achieve their resolutions 24% 12% actually do of people are successful some years, but not 49 others How long do most of us stick to it? WHERE'S THE 100 DROP-OFF? 75 50 25 Past Week 1 Past Week 2 Past 6 Months Past 1st Month RESOLUTION FOCUS 1: LOSING WEIGHT SOMETIMES IT'S GREAT TO BE #1, BUT NOT WHEN YOUR #1 RANKING IS FOR THE TITLE OF THE MOST OBESE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. U.S. OBESITY RATES HAVE CLIMBED DRAMATICALLY IN RECENT DECADES. 1 in 3 U.S. adults 1 in 5 children 50% AT CURRENT RATE, 50% OF U.S. ADULTS WILL BE OBESE BY 2030. 35% 15% 1980 2010 2030 Obesity is a common path to some of the leading causes of preventable death: heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and even some types of cancer. 2008 U.S. GOV SPENDING Medical costs related to Education obesity in 2008: Police Spending Unemployment Spending $81.3 billion Spending $101 billion $115 billion $147 billion (Fed, State, & Local) (Federal spending only) (Fed, State, & Local) BATTLE OF THE (BULGING) STATES (ADULT OBESITY RATES) MOST OBESE STATES MISSISSIPPI (34%) WEST VIRGINIA (32.5%) ALABAMA (32.2%) LEAST OBESE STATES COLORADO (21%) NEVADA (22.4%) UTAH (22.5%) CONNECTICUT (22.5%) Coloradans, don't go getting too excited just yet, at 21% that's still higher than every industrialized country in the world except for 5 (Mexico, UK, Slovakia, Greece and Australia). 21% WEIGHT LOSS SUCCESS TIPS: Make your goals measurable. "I want to lose 15 lbs by losing 2 Ibs per week so I can fit into my favorite jeans" is a measurable goal. "I want to lose weight" is a wish, not a goal. There's strength in numbers: Find a workout buddy or group. YYYYYY Track your progress both in the gym and in the kitchen with tools like MY Plate and the LIVESTR ON G.Com Calorie Counter. If you mess up, and we all do, forgive yourself and recommit to your goal. RESOLUTION FOCUS 2: QUITTING SMOKING SMOKING IS THE #1 CAUSE OF CANCER AND #1 CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. 1 1 OF EVERY 5 DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY 23 A SMOKER'S CO$T: Yearly cost PACK PER DAY HABIT -$1500 -3 months of life Expensive 45.3 MM U.S. SMOKERS SPEND $80 BILLION/YR ON CIGARETTES 70% 50% 6% of smokers want to quit have tried in the past year have succeeded THINGS YOU CAN DO NOW TO MAKE THIS THE YEAR YOUKICK THE HABIT: Talk to your Doctor for medical options. Talk to your HR Department. Patches, prescriptions, gum, clinical trials The Affordable Health Care Act has provisions requiring employer based health plans to pay for smoking cessation programs Get digital help with the MyQuitCoach App, stop-smoking text alerts from the National Cancer Institute and online communites like L I V ESTRONG.com's Dare To Quit Smoking group. RESOLUTION SUCCESS TIPS Make CLEAR resolutions with a specific goal, otherwise it is just a wish. Keep it simple and realistic. Write it down! Keep yourself motivated by first understanding what it is that motivates you. Tell your friends and family, tweet it to the world, post it on FB, start a Pinterest board. Make it public, ask for support and make yourself accountable. Plan rewards for yourself along the way as you hit key milestones. Remember that 1/1 is not your only chance this year. Be persistent, patient and persevere through the ups and downs along the way. LIVESTR ONG".COM THE LIMITLESS POTENTIAL OF You Sources: CDC, U.S. Census Burcau, ODEC, NAPSL, usa.gov, University of Scranton Journal of Clinical Psychology. StatisticBrain.com, Obesity.Procon. Org, The LIVESTRONG Foundation %8 %L2 75% NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Ah, a new year, a fresh new start, a new you, right? Every year when that calendar resets to 1/1, millions of Americans make an enthusiastic vow for change. Well, we're now two weeks in and unfortunately nearly 30% have already fallen off the change wagon! Let's look at the data and find a way to get more of us on the path to successful resolutions this year. A THE BASICS 45% Popular New Year's Resolutions: MEGA MILLIONS of Americans set new Lose Weight $$$ Spend Less, Save More year's resolutions every Interestingly, more Americans take a shot at hitting a lotto year. jackpot (57%) each year than Get Fit and Healthy Learn Something New Fall in Love make a resolution to take a shot at improving their lives. Quit Smoking Spend More Time with Family 38% set resolutions related to weight & fitness $$$ 31% of people resolve to focus on relationships 34% set resolutions related to money 47% of people setting resolutions aimed at bettering themselves SUCCESS RATES / | of YYY 52% achieve their resolutions 08 feel confident every year | they'll succeed of people never successfully achieve their resolutions 24% 12% actually do of people are successful some years, but not 49 others How long do most of us stick to it? WHERE'S THE 100 DROP-OFF? 75 50 25 Past Week 1 Past Week 2 Past 6 Months Past 1st Month RESOLUTION FOCUS 1: LOSING WEIGHT SOMETIMES IT'S GREAT TO BE #1, BUT NOT WHEN YOUR #1 RANKING IS FOR THE TITLE OF THE MOST OBESE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. U.S. OBESITY RATES HAVE CLIMBED DRAMATICALLY IN RECENT DECADES. 1 in 3 U.S. adults 1 in 5 children 50% AT CURRENT RATE, 50% OF U.S. ADULTS WILL BE OBESE BY 2030. 35% 15% 1980 2010 2030 Obesity is a common path to some of the leading causes of preventable death: heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and even some types of cancer. 2008 U.S. GOV SPENDING Medical costs related to Education obesity in 2008: Police Spending Unemployment Spending $81.3 billion Spending $101 billion $115 billion $147 billion (Fed, State, & Local) (Federal spending only) (Fed, State, & Local) BATTLE OF THE (BULGING) STATES (ADULT OBESITY RATES) MOST OBESE STATES MISSISSIPPI (34%) WEST VIRGINIA (32.5%) ALABAMA (32.2%) LEAST OBESE STATES COLORADO (21%) NEVADA (22.4%) UTAH (22.5%) CONNECTICUT (22.5%) Coloradans, don't go getting too excited just yet, at 21% that's still higher than every industrialized country in the world except for 5 (Mexico, UK, Slovakia, Greece and Australia). 21% WEIGHT LOSS SUCCESS TIPS: Make your goals measurable. "I want to lose 15 lbs by losing 2 Ibs per week so I can fit into my favorite jeans" is a measurable goal. "I want to lose weight" is a wish, not a goal. There's strength in numbers: Find a workout buddy or group. YYYYYY Track your progress both in the gym and in the kitchen with tools like MY Plate and the LIVESTR ON G.Com Calorie Counter. If you mess up, and we all do, forgive yourself and recommit to your goal. RESOLUTION FOCUS 2: QUITTING SMOKING SMOKING IS THE #1 CAUSE OF CANCER AND #1 CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. 1 1 OF EVERY 5 DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY 23 A SMOKER'S CO$T: Yearly cost PACK PER DAY HABIT -$1500 -3 months of life Expensive 45.3 MM U.S. SMOKERS SPEND $80 BILLION/YR ON CIGARETTES 70% 50% 6% of smokers want to quit have tried in the past year have succeeded THINGS YOU CAN DO NOW TO MAKE THIS THE YEAR YOUKICK THE HABIT: Talk to your Doctor for medical options. Talk to your HR Department. Patches, prescriptions, gum, clinical trials The Affordable Health Care Act has provisions requiring employer based health plans to pay for smoking cessation programs Get digital help with the MyQuitCoach App, stop-smoking text alerts from the National Cancer Institute and online communites like L I V ESTRONG.com's Dare To Quit Smoking group. RESOLUTION SUCCESS TIPS Make CLEAR resolutions with a specific goal, otherwise it is just a wish. Keep it simple and realistic. Write it down! Keep yourself motivated by first understanding what it is that motivates you. Tell your friends and family, tweet it to the world, post it on FB, start a Pinterest board. Make it public, ask for support and make yourself accountable. Plan rewards for yourself along the way as you hit key milestones. Remember that 1/1 is not your only chance this year. Be persistent, patient and persevere through the ups and downs along the way. LIVESTR ONG".COM THE LIMITLESS POTENTIAL OF You Sources: CDC, U.S. Census Burcau, ODEC, NAPSL, usa.gov, University of Scranton Journal of Clinical Psychology. StatisticBrain.com, Obesity.Procon. Org, The LIVESTRONG Foundation %8 %L2 75%