MACON, Ga. — Many people use the New Year as a chance for a fresh start and set resolutions to focus on health and wellness.
According to a national survey by Data Decisions group, 62% of Americans expect to enjoy better health in 2022 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
"My New Year's resolution is to eat better, exercise more, be more consistent. I started playing pickleball in 2021 and I'm going to play more of it," said Mark Walz.
He says he can have fun while staying active.
"Meet a lot of new people with a lot of the same goals. You get addicted to that pop, pop of that pickleball going back and forth," he said.
For Claudia Wise, she's taking a bit of a different approach and rescued a dog named Roady.
"We live right down the road. We love Amerson. We love walking here, and so he is going to be part of my New Year's resolution to get out here and do some more walking and get some more exercise. So, it's going to be good for him and it's going to be good for me," Wise said.
Others want to get back into running. Lalaine Basa and Alan Wacter plan on taking full advantage of how close they live to the park.
"I was really thinking about going back racing again, half marathons and marathons. I just turned 50, and it's just something that I need to go back to," Basa said.
"Kickstart what we were doing in the past pre-COVID. We were really active. We found an online program that's called Run For God, basically a couch to marathon," Wacter said.
According to the National Institute of Health, any resolution to change needs to include small goals that are definable and accompanied by a solid plan on how you'll get to your goal.
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