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Web Exclusive: Apps to keep your New Year's resolutions

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(CNN) - Make 'em and break 'em seems to be the theme for many New Year's revelers who make promises for the New Year, only to stumble weeks later.  Now your smartphone could be your resolution solution.  

Out with old habits, in with the new.  
"I'm going to join a gym, and become more active," says one person making a New Year's Resolution.  "I'm gonna drink more water because I drink too much diet soda."  

New Year's resolutions are easy to make, and even easier to break.  What if you had a reminder in your pocket every day?  That's the goal of smartphone apps like Resolutions 2012, which lets users choose goals, identify habits they need to change to meet them, and track progress.  

Weight loss is a popular resolution each year.  The Daily Burn app for iPhone manages workouts and calorie counts.  The Noom Weight Loss app for Android gives day-by-day tips on eating, working out and slimming down.  The My Quit Coach app from Livestrong is for those who want to kick butts in 2012.  The app presents daily guidelines for quitting smoking gradually over time or helping you go cold turkey.  The Quitter app for iPhone tallies how much money you've saved since putting down your last cigarette.  

Keeping a resolution can require a support system. You can even try posting your goal on social media so connections can cheer you on.