THE EXERCISE GAP GROWS

Winter such as we will ever know it is here. Excluding skiers and igloo makers, this means short days, less outdoor exposure and activity, more clothes, couch time, TV, turkey, parties, Superbowls, flus, colds, aches and pains. Discipline goes in the closet with the bikini and the exercise gap grows. Evidence of the above is found in the form of a distinct bulge around your middle - maybe.

We're at the crossroads partner; go left and it's Fat City, go right and it's Trim Town, USA. You can't miss your destination if you chose to go left - it's downhill and not very far. However, if you're headed for Trim Town during the winter months, let me be your guide. It takes energy, a fistful of discipline, a lot of heart and 60 powerful minutes three or four times a week.

Please, allow me one more tiny metaphor. I've traveled this road 30-some winters in a row. I know every inch, every ditch, every hairpin curve. (And if you're in Santa Cruz, I have at World Gym the best informed, most encouraging staff this side of the moon.) Let me walk you and talk you over the dangerous exercise gap and teach you how and why to eat just right.

Don't say "Ugh. Exercise" or "Ugh. Diet." You'll miss out on a lot in life. This body stuff is all in the mind, your imagination, your greatest resource. Think "Ugh!" and in the spring you'll look and feel Ugh!

Why do we hesitate? Take the right road and add challenge, vitality and cheer to your life. Seriously plan your own unique Winter Revival/Survival Course. It works.