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How to achieve New Year's resolutions

The BBC's Kristian Digby has been finding out how to stick to New Year's resolutions.

Right, get gym-tone body like David Beckham's, find love and stop listening to Chubble Wobble. Oh, sorry I was just refining my new year's resolutions, but the question is, is it really worth it? Because apparently only one in ten of us will ever stick to them. Surely, we can do better than that. Surely. Time to find out.

How do you ever had a new year's resolution?

Have I have one?, (Yes) Yes, I have.

And what was it and did you stick to it?

Ur, I can’t remember, actually I don’t remember whether I stuck to it.

Do you not do it any more?

No.

Never? So nothing for this year?

No.

Because you know that you are never gonna stick to it?

That's probably true.

Weak-willed!

I know. It's so weak.

An embarrassment to the nation. (I know, it’s a whole embarrass.) Apologize to the nation now please.

I am so sorry.

There you go.

Excuse me, is your resolution to keep fit by any chance?

Is it now your resolution to keep fit, no?

A lot of count, /

Alright. OK. Well it’s worth considering it as a resolution? Lots of people do.

I always start with good intentions as not drinking and things like that and then can never stick to it.

For many of us new year resolutions are all about improving our relationships, or most to the point, finding one in the first place.

So Joe, there are plenty of souls out there looking for lover at this time of year and it's their resolve to do something about it. So what do we do?

One of them is to take advantage of all opportunities, I think. Some people think, in if, there isn’t a party, or there isn’t a club, or there isn’t a bar to go to, I can’t meet somebody. Give yourself some sorts of, you know, reasonable target. They say it's ok. I'm going to join an online dating agency. I am going to go to a singles' event. I'm going to go to that event that doesn't look at all promising.

OK, but what about the really tricky beat, which is, you know, you've seen someone in the club, you've got you hair cut, you're going in for the maneuver, what do we do? You know, that moment of dialogue.

I think, I… often people do find that very difficult. Their opening conversation. Actually for guys or women the best opener is Can I get you a drink? The thing to do is not do it, like few not do, when she hasn't seen you. Get a bit of eye contact going. Get a smile going. Then make your approach.

Well, in that case then. Joe, do you fancy a coffee?

Let's go.

Great, let's go. Great. It works.

Well, whatever your dating techniques may be, recent research from the University of Harvad says the best way to achieve your resolves is to set yourself very definite goals, and to tell as many people as possible about your aims. So, I want to lose 2 inches of the waist, and tone up my glopes.

I'm feeling slightly better aready.

Dieting is of course a very popular resolve, but how can we always end up feeling so disappointed by the results?

One of the big problems of weight loss is it takes a lot of time to actually lose a significant amount of weight. So anything that claims to drop your dress size in two weeks, just abandon that, it’s going to be expensive, it is not going to work in long term.

So, Catherline, do you think that actually setting yourself a diet mission as a new year's resolution is a good thing or a bad thing?

On the whole, I have to say it’s a bad thing, because you're almost setting yourself up to fail. It’s cold. It’s miserable outside sometimes and then people want warming foods which tend to be the stodgy type of food, and once you've broken your expected diet, then you just lose confidence completely.

It's also advisable when choosing your resolutions to go for something new, or approach an old problem in a new way. I’m certainly gonna be taking more care, of my figure.

This is Kristian Digby in central London reporting for BBC News about to break his resolution in record time.

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锻炼出David Beckham那样健美的身材，找到真爱，不再听Chubble Wobble音乐。噢，对不起，我正在想我的信念打算，但是问题是，真的值得这么做吗？因为很明显，只有十分之一的人会执行他们的新年计划。当然，我们可以做得更好。当然，时间会证明一切。

你曾经制定过新年计划吗？

有没有？是的，曾经有过。

是什么计划呢？那你有没有按计划执行呢？

呃，不记得了，实际上，我忘记自己有没有执行了。

你现在没有再制定新年计划了呢？

没有。

从来没有？那么今年也没有任何打算？

没有。

因为你知道你肯定不会执行？

差不多吧。

意志力不坚定！

我知道。我的意志力很薄弱。

在整个国家的人面前很尴尬。（我知道，这的确很尴尬。）现在请向全国人民道歉。

对不起。

打扰一下，你有没有以保持健康为新年计划呢？

你现在的计划就是保持健康？

好的。那么，将这个作为新年打算是否值得呢？许多人确实这样做了。

我总是决定不再饮酒，或者类似的打算，但是从来没有坚持过。

对大多数人来说，新年打算都跟改善与恋人的关系有关。但是最重要的是，先找到一个再说。

Joe，这个时候有很多人在寻找恋人，他们打算为此做一些努力。那么我们应该怎么做呢？

其中一点就是把握一切机会，我认为。有人认为，如果不去派对，不去俱乐部，不去酒吧，我就肯定与不到任何人。给你自己一些合理的目标。他们说好啊，我去加入网上约会机构。我去参加单身派对。我去参加一些看上去根本就没有什么希望的活动。

那么，实战性的呢，你知道，你在俱乐部看到了一个人，认认真真的理了发，假设开始演习，我们应该怎么办呢？你知道，对话的部分。

我认为，通常人们会觉得很困难。他们的开场白。实际上，对男女来说最好的开场白是“我可以请你喝杯酒吗。”当她没有看到你时，最好的办法就是不采取行动。进行一些眼神交流，微笑一下，然后一步一步采取行动。

那么，在那种情况下那么做。Joe，你想不想喝咖啡呢？

走啊。

不错，走。不错，确实起作用。

无论你的约会技巧是什么，哈佛大学的最新研究表明，能够实现计划的最好方法就是尽量制定非常明确的目标，把你的目标告诉尽量多的人。比如，我想将腰围减少两英寸，让我自己更健康。

我现在感觉稍微好一点了。

节食当然是非常流行的计划，但是我们经常为结果感到失望。

减肥最大的一个问题就是，需要很长的时间才能减掉适当的体重。如果有人声称可以在两周内将你的服装尺寸减小，尽量放弃那种方法，这会很贵，而且长期效果也不好。

那么，Catherline你认为将节食作为新年打算是好事还是坏事呢？

总体来说，我不得不说是坏事，因为你基本上已经设立了一个注定要失败的目标。天气很冷，有时候在外面很痛苦，人们就想吃一些比较暖的食物，这通常是各种各样的食物，一旦你打破了自己设定的节食目标，你就会完全失去信心。

我们建议可以选择一些新的东西，或者用新方法来解决老问题。当然，我会更加照料我的身材。