Slug blog

My diet and fitness resolutions seem to have recently stalled slightly, and with a looming medical to pass things need to get back on track. I guess that starting a new business project on chocolate is not really the best topic to be involved with when trying to shift a bit of excess flab. But in reality it means that I'll have to limit the tastings, or exercise more, or both.

When I woke up this morning the sun was shining and the ground was white, yes, unexpected snow. What better way to spend Sunday morning than going for a brisk walk in the snow.

...doesn't mean that you can make the excuse not to exercise. The colder it is the more calories you'll burn trying to keep warm. So crawl out from under your duvet and get moving.

Gyms are interesting places. Full of the body beautiful and the body not so beautiful. If you're a member of a gym look around you on your next visit, you can see a multitude of different personalities and types.

For fun I like to give each of the regular participants at my local gym a name, for example we have the 'personal panderer' (privately employed personal trainer), the '60 year old thong' (yes she really does wear one at that age), the 'dominatrix' (I'll leave that one to your imagination), lurch (yup, he could have auditioned), the 'cardio junkie' (obvious isn't it), 'no.4' (has to have that locker number every visit), etc etc.

Now what on earth is a slug jar you're probably asking. Well you can call it many things, slug jar, fat jar, exercise fund, mileage pot. Whatever you want.

The important bit of this is that it's a 'pat on the back' fund for you every time you exercise. So this means that once the jar is full then you get to spend it on yourself, for example: jewellery, book, cd, dvd, makeup, luxury smelly stuff, or if it's a big jar: expensive jewellery, mp3 player, massage, pampering day at a spa/health club etc etc. I'm sure you get the message.