These are some of the resolutions we make long before new year

Research shows the most-common goals people make are linked to improving the healthiness of their lifestyle.

These are the top 5 resolutions Brits make

1 Eat healthier/Exercise more 47%

2 Lose weight 43%

3 Consume less alcohol 34%

4 Smoke less 26%

5 Make lifestyle changes, ie reading more often 18%

Although most people actually set goals between December and January, more than a third say they don’t associate a specific time of year with making a new resolution.

Data reveals that people are more likely to set a new intention for themselves on the date of a celebration or anniversary with a third of people setting goals on their birthday; almost a fifth on an anniversary, and 21 percent making resolutions around Easter time.

As for why people make resolutions in the first place, over a quarter of Brits admit they do to conform to social norms.

Given Brits’ reason for making new lifestyle goals is simply to fit into the status quo, it’s perhaps unsurprising that a quarter of people claim they break goals one month after they first committed.

"A further fifth struggle to stick at their new