Meh, whatever works for people to change their lives. I don't have any new year's resolution this year(since my only real problem is I am not very social). I remember new years of 2010; I was motivated to start losing my 100 pounds of fat because of the new years... Fast-forward to August 2012, and I went from 250 pounds to 150 =). Today I am 170-175 pounds (Even after my two surgeries to get rid of all the excess skin and some remaining fat, so I did grow some muscle). I mean, it's hard to do awesome life-changing stuff like I did, but if the new years helps people start them off, and they ultimately succeed more power to them =).