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Transformation coach reveals his

top tips for acing any New Year

fitness resolution

Former Men’s Fitness magazine editor turned transformation guru, Jon
Lipsey, shares his expert advice for getting in shape fast

Research shows that 80% of people who make
New Year resolutions will have abandoned
them by the second week of February. The fix,
according to former Men’s Fitness magazine
editor and creator of the New Body Plan fat-loss
system Jon Lipsey, is to use a few simple tricks
that mean you don’t have to rely on grit and
willpower when trying to build healthy habits.
“We all know that if you want to get fitter and
healthier then eating broccoli rather than biscuits
is going to help. And it’s no mystery that if you
want to get in shape then going for a run or
working out at the gym trumps sitting on the
sofa. What people are less sure about is how
to curb their biscuit cravings or how to muster
the motivation to turn up at the gym in the first
place. The good news is that there are a few
simple things you can do that take the grind out
of a New Year resolution.” bottle next to the tea bags and take the pill when

Here are Lipsey’s top seven tips to make getting you first make a brew.
fitter and healthier in 2021 easier than ever:
Forget perfection
Give new habits a piggy back If you’re chasing perfection then you’re setting
Want to create a healthy new habit? Then piggy yourself up for failure. It’s too hard and it’s also
back off an existing one. Let’s say that you’re not necessary. Eating healthy food about 80%
struggling to remember to take a multivitamin of the time is likely to be enough for you to start
pill in the morning. If you can find something seeing results. If you can nudge that up towards
that you already do each morning without 90%, you’ll be flying and feeling amazing. All you
thinking, such as sticking the kettle on to make do when you shoot for perfection is pile on the
a cup of tea, you can use that automatic action pressure and make yourself feel like a failure for
to establish the new one. Just keep the vitamin having one tiny square of chocolate.

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