Are you charting a course and plan for your healthier new year lifestyle changes...the key is to take it slow.

We want to lose weight. Be happier. Eat better. Quit smoking.

Nearly half of us will make New Year’s resolutions this year and, while we may be setting laudable and healthy goals, many of us will be doomed to fail.

But, experts say, there are ways to ensure success.

The key is to stop thinking in terms of “resolution” and reframe the goal as a journey — a lasting lifestyle change that can be accomplished through specific steps.

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