Weight Loss Resolutions: Why Are They Popular And Why Do They Often Fail?

Guilt Driven Response To Holiday Eating

There’s no doubt about it: the holidays are known for indulgence. This often comes from the holiday parties we receive invites for: large holiday dinners with family and friends, the drinks and snacks involved with a countdown for the New Year, et cetera. The holidays, many will say, are meant to indulge in delicious food from stuffing and turkey to chocolate, cheesecake, alcohol, and any number of desserts your mind can think of.

But with the many opportunities to indulge over the holiday season comes the danger of overindulging. When this happens to us, we often feel guilty about the amount of indulging we have done over the last couple of weeks in the year, even if we don’t need to. The most common response then becomes losing the weight we gained to reverse the effects of the overindulging, which leads us to the next reason why weight loss resolutions top the most popular lists.