Cardio - You want to get back into doing some kind of cardio exercise for 30 minutes 3-5x/week.  For some of you that's walking.  Make sure your walks are productive.  You can't count a Sunday stroll as cardio unless you are walking at a pace that has you doing a little huffing & puffing or sweating.  Pick the cardio exercise equipment you like at the gym and do your 30 minutes. Or break it up and do 10 minutes on 3 different machines.

Proper Nutrition - You need to get back to making healthy food choices.  Know the calories in the food you're going to eat.  Make the choice to eat that food knowing that you will have to work it off through some form of exercise.  Make sure you're drinking 6-8 glasses of water per day.  Eat 3-5 servings of fruits and veggies, and 3 servings of dairy products per day.  And don't forget your vitamin.

 

Resistance Training - You want to make sure you are doing some kind of resistance or weight training as part of your exercise program.  Ideally you want to do resistance training 2x/week to maintain your weight and 3x/week to lose weight.  You can do resistance training the same day as you do cardio.  You want to lift a heavy enough weight so that you get to muscle failure on the last 2-3 reps.  For arms do 8-12 repetitions and for legs do 12-15 repetitions.

 

Remember to use CPR to rescue your resolution and make it last throughout the year.