It has been nine months, and I am hard pressed to answer the question: How ya doin'?

The diet has been going well -- a few slips and falls -- but I am eating healthy, avoiding potato chips, French fries and my other favorites, but I could have been doing more with exercise. Yes, I have the standard excuses: I am too exhausted to go to the gym: It is too late; It is too early -- too this, too that.

This summer, we remodeled our kitchen, and we ate out more than usual. And the highway department is replacing a bridge in front of my house, making it much longer for me to get to the gym, so I have to really want to go. Hey, there's no excuse for not using the treadmill in the basement, but it looks good for the story!!

I know I have to stop the excuses, so I am asking the assistance once again of my New You buddies, and the CNN community to jump start me again to exercise. I really notice the difference when I exercised from when I haven't.

I look forward to working with the next generation of "New Youer" -- just as the past has worked with us.