keeping in the spirit of everyone and their mama making new years resolutions, i decided to focus this week’s tech news on a popular one: getting in shape.

before i get into that, however, check out ramit sethi’s blog regarding personal finance, specifically his post on how making modest resolutions are best.

“traineo is a free and simple website that gives you the motivation and support to reach your weight loss and fitness goals.” one of its appeals, besides being free, is that you and your friends can sign-up together and compare who’s still fat motivate each other.

lifehacker has a cool article called ‘weight loss hacks‘ on how to meet that weight loss new year’s resolution with helpful hints. some of my favorites are ‘dont ban your favorite foods for life’ and ‘drinking more water to fill up’. good luck with that. i’m sure your bathroom will thank you later.