Three Tips to Help You Stick to Your 2011 New Year's Resolutions

With more Americans making New Year's resolutions this year, here are three tips to help you stick to three of the most popular:

1. Get Fit/Lose Weight

Tip to Stick to it: Involve Money:
Diet and exercise are always at the top of the list, and while everyone has a plan -- "to fit into the jeans I wore in college," "to get down to the weight I was when I got married," "to drop 10 pounds for my high school reunion" -- reaching that goal is another thing altogether if there isn't money involved. In fact, according to a study conducted by the Journal of the American Medical Association, patients motivated to meet weight loss targets in order to win money -- or not lose it -- were up nine times more likely to meet their targets than those without such incentives.