The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

Five ways to achieve your health goals in 2016. Making positive changes is simple.

You know exactly what to do and what you should do.

You've got a list of changes you'd like to make.

It's all there on paper in plain language.

You know how to eat better.

Eat healthy animals, tons of plants, cut unnecessary carbohydrates, ditch grains and

seed oils, eat enough fat and protein for hormonal health and satiety. You know how to train

effectively. Sprint once in a while, lift heavy things, stay physically active throughout the day,

don't sit so much. You want to eat less fast food, so you stop going through

the drive-through. You want to sleep more, so you sleep more, right? Except it doesn't work like that.

Real change is simple, but it's not easy. It takes planning. It means facing fears and overcoming stress. To really succeed, you have to know what you're changing and have the willpower to see it through.

Here are five tips for ensuring your success in anything this year. I tried to make them as general as possible, so they should apply to most changes you folks are trying to make.

In a way, you can

see them as the necessary conditions to check off your list before tackling whatever goals you

have your site set on. So let's go. Number one, get specific. Setting general goals doesn't

amount to much. It's easy to say get more sleep because it's open-ended. There's no

line in the sand. And, hey, technically going to bed at 1215 rather than 1230 does give you more

sleep. It's slightly better. But is it good? Is it enough to make you bound out of bed

excited to take on the day? Probably not. Most people

fail to make real changes because they don't define their terms with any degree of specificity.

What is success? What is failure? When you don't have hard numbers or specific definitions,

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