Figuring out how to stick to a workout routine is tough. Let’s face it: It’s much easier to make fitness resolutions than it is to find the sustained exercise motivation to keep them.

We all have the best intentions on January 1, and then as the year rolls on, we lose steam, confidence, and motivation.

What seemed so feasible just days or weeks ago—going to the gym five days a week/running a half marathon/enter resolution here—can somehow morph into something impossible.

Some simple steps to ensure success:

• Focus on simply getting yourself to your workout
• Be patient, you are playing the long game with fitness
• Ditch your all-or-nothing mindset, gradually ease into this process
• Accept that you won't always be motivated
• Break your workouts into small chunks and visualize each exercise
• Try to not compare yourself to those around you
• Don't be a perfectionist, one mishap in your diet or workout should not spiral you out of control with every other plan you set

Social Settings

• Cook for your friends instead of going out
• Bring a dish for everyone to share
• Choose the restaurant
• Eat before you go out