Ah, the holidays. A time to visit family and friends, exchange gifts and tokens of affections and friendship, and eat loads of rich, sweet, sugary foods.

It’s interesting that such a myriad of diversity surrounds the holidays, yet when the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31 (or is it midnight on Jan. 1?), the majority of the world’s population becomes focused on a singular goal: not spending the coming year feeling nor looking like a fat, disgusting pig. Yep. New Year’s resolution time.

Getting in shape is hard work, make no doubt about it. It’s the primary reason I’m not in shape. That and… yeah, pretty much just that. Seriously, getting in shape is hard work and it isn’t just the physical part of it that I am talking about.

You need to set goals, plan workouts and meals, juggle schedules around so that you can get into the gym or go on that walk. Then you need to make sure you are tracking your progress, find ways to maintain motivation when mirror-mirror on the wall isn’t really the best friend of all, and keep moving in a positive direction. I’m getting sweaty just thinking about it!

You would’ve thought that by now the human race would