New Year Resolutions – The Facts!

“Cheers to New Year and another chance for us to get it right!” – Oprah Winfrey

It's 2015… and many of us have already vowed to change one of our bad habits or start a good one. For the majority of us this is getting fit and getting healthy. But how likely are we to stick to these plans? We’ve compiled a few wee facts about New Year resolutions: 

The most popular resolution for Brits is unsurprisingly to lose weight. Last year (2013) around 29% of British adults made the News Year’s Resolution to beat the bulge - that is 14.5 million people!

An estimated 7 out of 10 people join a gym in January… now that’s motivation.

According to research conducted by the Guardian 38% of us who take up DIY end up with an injury… oops!

Believe it or not there is a particular day in which you are most likely to break your resolution. This day is called ‘Fail Friday’ and usually lands on the last Friday of January. Make it past this day and your success rate is looking pretty good.

Even if you do break on Fail Friday, don’t feel too bad as you could always be within the 2% of resolution makers that don’t even make it past New Year’s Day!

All in all, it is estimated that 8% of people achieve their New Year resolutions – at least some of us reach the finish line eh?

Do you have a New Years resolution? If so, how do you plan to stick to it?