“Your greatest interruption will be you.” This suggestion by author Anne Grady is important to remember as you start working toward your New Year’s goals.

The day you want to plan a healthy meal, you’ll come home late to work and conveniently stumble across a coupon for pizza.

Right before you start the car to head to the gym, you’ll be interrupted by a phone call or a family member.

Without always recognizing it, we allow these “emergencies” to bump important things lower on our “to-do” lists.

Instead of getting off track so quickly, keep focused on forming new, healthy habits. Habits don’t come overnight or even in a week.

Habits begin to take hold after at least 21 consecutive days. I’m Mac Hammond, and this is the Winner’s Minute.