{"id":5140,"date":"2020-01-01T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2020-01-07T01:27:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T06:27:08","slug":"survey-reveals-nearly-50-of-respondents-would-give-up-pizza-or-alcohol-forever-to-maintain-goal-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/survey-reveals-nearly-50-of-respondents-would-give-up-pizza-or-alcohol-forever-to-maintain-goal-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey Reveals Nearly 50% of Respondents Would Give Up Pizza or Alcohol Forever To Maintain Goal Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time-300x90.png\" alt=\"Life Time  - The Healthy Way Of Life Company\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time-300x90.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time-200x60.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time.png 677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Life Time  &#8211; The Healthy Way Of Life Company<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINNEAPOLIS, MN<\/strong> &#8211; Each January, millions of Americans make resolutions to become healthier and lose weight, but research suggests the majority of resolutions fail. Life Time, the nation&#8217;s premier healthy lifestyle brand, surveyed thousands of its members nationwide to determine trends, habits and what was motivating them to get healthy in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, nearly 50% of respondents would give up alcohol or pizza forever in order to stay at their goal weight\/physique; women favored giving up pizza while men favored giving up alcohol. 1.5% even said they would be willing to give up sex, while 11% would give up caffeine and 19% noted they wouldn&#8217;t be willing to give up anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to motivation, 11% of respondents admitted their main motivating factor was &#8220;doing it for the &#8216;gram.&#8221; Similarly, 30% were motivated by their own self-image. And, 44% noted health concerns as the number one reason motivating them to lose weight in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Additional highlights of the survey results include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 66% of respondents say they feel healthier now than they did 5 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>47% of respondents note working out in small group setting (less than 20 people) would be the most motivating, 21% say working out by themselves is the most motivating and 19% noted working out with a friend would motivate them the most; women favored small group workouts while men favored working out with a friend.<\/li>\n<li>47% of respondents feel the hardest commitment to stick with is a wellness\/fitness routine, 33% noted a subscription service (i.e. meal service delivery), and cable TV tied with marriage with 8% of respondents noting they could be the hardest commitments to stick with long term.<\/li>\n<li>99% of respondents feel working out is good for their mental health, and 97% of respondents noted that working out helped to relieve stress. These results support growing research about the benefits of exercise and its role in overall well-being.<\/li>\n<li>When asked about which area of the health club intimidates them the most? 37% noted weights followed by 17% noting group fitness and 14% noting yoga. Women were most intimidated by weights while men by yoga.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Life Time conducted the survey as part of its annual promise to help American&#8217;s commit to One Positive Action through Commitment Day which launched on January 1, 2013, as a nationwide movement to inspire and encourage positive change. Since then, hundreds of thousands have participated in making a commitment to better their health, communities and selves.<\/p>\n<p>Commitment Day 2020 events will be held across Life Time&#8217;s 150 athletic resorts in the United States now through January 5 with complimentary fitness and family workout classes as well as a 5K on January 1 and an Indoor Triathlon on January 5 at participating locations. Life Time clubs are also open to the public during this time. For more information or to register for events please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.CommitmentDay.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.CommitmentDay.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MINNEAPOLIS, MN<\/strong> &#8211; Each January, millions of Americans make resolutions to become healthier and lose weight, but research suggests the majority of resolutions fail. Life Time, the nation&#8217;s premier healthy lifestyle brand, surveyed thousands of its members nationwide to determine trends, habits and what was motivating them to get healthy in the New Year. Notably, nearly 50% of respondents would give up alcohol or pizza forever in order to stay at their goal weight\/physique&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5141,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions\/5141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}