Day 17, Phase 2:I've invented a new exercise.

It's called Trudging. It will become the latest fitness craze. Gyms across America will fill their studios with 3 feet of snow and charge 30 bucks a pop for members to suit up in 10-pound goose down parkas and perform aerobic routines.

The warm up -- led by a crusty plow operator named Walt who reaks of gas fumes, motor oil and b.o. -- will consist of simply making a path to your spot in the floor. Talk about resistance! No need for mats, as the snow will break your fall.

Then Trudge in place until your spot becomes an icy sludge that no amount of Gortex will protect your already numb feet from. If in fact you still have any sensation left in your lower extremities, you just might feel the burn!

Your cool down will be a feeble attempt at finding a traffic cone or lawn chair to claim your spot so that other people won't use it. But they will. Even though you spent all that time clearing it.

Advanced classes offer the same features, but with 30mph gusts of wind and sub-zero temperatures.

Your excess pounds will melt away.

Unlike the snow.