It's all too easy to make those pledges to diet and workout, but cold, dull days and a return to work can sap our resolution, and knowing that you've failed for another year can be dispiriting.
So why now follow the advice and tips of three celebrities to help you stay on track and succeed in 2013.
Alesha Dixon
What's your advice for 2013 health and fitness?
I always say to my friends, "Just imagine your body is like a car – you wouldn't put the wrong fuel in it because then it wouldn't run properly. So give your body the right healthy ingredients and it will be more efficient and healthy".
It's never too late to claim back your fitness, work towards your goals and have that feeling yourself – that's what a fitness resolution is all about.
What's your new year health resolution?
To be consistent with my health regime. This year I'm determined to be disciplined and maintain my fitness levels, and avoid those dips and dives and silly mental battles with myself about getting out there for a run or a workout.
What's your fitness routine?
I train with a personal trainer, Janet Malinowska, twice a week. She keeps it fun and interesting by challenging me to a different combination of cardio and body conditioning each time. Avoiding boredom is key.
We also either work on equipment I have at home or go to the gym together, and then I love going for a jog for 20 minutes outdoors. Once a week I'll do cardio work on my own and I walk my four dogs regularly.
What's your diet?
Breakfast: eggs, boiled or poached, and rye toast and half a grapefruit. I drink hot water with fresh lemon juice.
Lunch: I'm a pescetarian so I have fish such as salmon fillet or sea bass with spinach or green beans. I snack on nuts and apples, and drink water or green tea throughout the day.
Dinner: Fish with vegetables mixed with quinoa and chillies, which are great for speeding up the metabolism.
How do you look after your wellbeing?
Exercise probably helps me more than anything in maintaining a positive mindset as it keeps me focused. I've also had reiki and crystal healing in the past.
What do you struggle with health-wise?
Sleep. I've always found it hard to switch off and ignore the millions of thoughts running around my brain. I have to distract myself by listening to music, watching a favourite TV programme or reading a book to help me drift off.
What are your hopes for 2013?
I can't wait for another series of Britain's Got Talent, but I don't believe another dog will win! I'm also hoping to bring out a new album in the summer.
Gok Wan
What's your advice for 2013 health and fitness?
It's so important to feel good mentally and to build your self-esteem, confidence and wellbeing, so I want people to make a 'to-don't' list, not a 'to-do' list. Have a really good think about the things you need to be doing in a day, and the things, such as worrying, getting stressed and feeling insecure, that you shouldn't do. Then make a conscious effort to stop those naughty feelings creeping in.
What's your new year health resolution?
Last year I had a serious problem with my back, resulting in two operations and ongoing treatment.
It's finally improving; I'm off the medication and I don't have to use a stick any more, which I feared I'd be stuck with for life, so it's all very positive, even though I don't know whether it will ever fully recover.
So my resolution is to rest more and take care of myself.
What's your fitness routine?
I try to do regular gentle exercise and I have physio which is good for my back. I also walk Dolly, my French bulldog puppy, every day.
What's your diet?
I eat pretty healthily, although I probably drink too much coffee.
In the morning I start the day around 6am with a coffee and a handful of nuts which I have while I walk the dog. Then I come back home for a breakfast of porridge or fruit.
At lunchtime I'll have sushi or fish and in the evening I'll have seafood, noodles and vegetables or another fish dish.
I also make a ginger soup, the recipe came from my grandmother who was a herbalist. I use goji berries, fresh ginger and coriander, then I make a stock and add lemon juice. It's brilliant if you're feeling off colour or if you are ill.
How do you look after your wellbeing?
Walking my dog is key to my wellbeing. Getting her was a massive learning curve because it was the first time I had something completely dependent on me.
I enjoy all the caring, cuddling, the walks and getting about with her, and doing something that was just about my happiness and not work.
What do you struggle with health-wise?
It was a horrible feeling to discover your body can let you down and I realised last year I had taken my health for granted.
I have a real respect for anyone with a disability as I've had a tiny experience of how hard it can be when you're restricted physically. Thankfully, I'm on the up again now.
What are your hopes for 2013?
I love working with people and helping to show them that you can gain control of your life, and that what you eat and drink and how you live is truly up to you.
Karren Brady
What's your advice for 2013 health and fitness?
I think it's important to take a fresh look at what you eat and be honest with yourself about how much you're eating and what you're eating. Writing down what you eat in a day can be very revealing.
What's your new year health resolution?
Regularly at the beginning of every year, I've promised myself I'd shape up and end up looking like Elle Macpherson. But good intentions have always gone out the window because I often eat on the run, love food and lose resolve by the end of January.
So I'm thrilled to already start this year 9lb lighter, so that I can fit into a smaller dress size and I am back into my skinny jeans.
It's thanks to Diet Chef, which delivers healthy meals in a hamper so you can eat around 1,200 calories to 1,500 a day but not feel hungry and still burn calories.
What's your fitness routine?
I'm always running around. I'm juggling four jobs and family life in Birmingham with my husband, Paul Peschisolido, and our children, Sophia, 17, and Paolo, 15.
That makes it difficult for me to have a fitness routine. I fit in exercise when I can.
What's your diet?
The new diet has reintroduced me to breakfast, which I've skipped for years. Now I've found that eating one of the Diet Chef muesli bars and having a skinny cappuccino in the morning stops lethal snacking before lunchtime.
Following the diet has helped to educate me about portion sizes and re-educated my brain to want food which is tasty and filling but not fattening.
How do you look after your wellbeing?
Enjoying time with my husband and children and being a wife and mum, as opposed to "Karren Brady the businesswoman", is the way I recharge.
What do you struggle with health-wise?
Nothing. I'm really lucky in that I'm very healthy.
What are your hopes for 2013
It's going to be really busy with West Ham being named the preferred choice to move into the Olympic Stadium.
On the family side, my daughter will be taking A levels and learning to drive this year, so that will be challenging for me as a mum.
I hope to try to get the balance between work and family as good as possible – it's never possible for it to be perfect, but you have to keep juggling to aim for that.
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