GET WITH A PROGRAM
SoCal and Baja fitness resorts can help you tackle and hold on to your resolutions
Yesterday you devoured the leftover party meatballs and washed them down with a doublechocolate fudge milkshake, thus shattering your day- old resolution to shape up in 2016. Slacker. Maybe it’s time to put your money where your mouth is, so to speak, and try a f itness camp vacation. If you’re ready, we’re ready to help. We’ve gathered info to aid in your search for the perfect weight- loss resort, a place where you can see new scenery, grab a little R& R and — perhaps most important of all — be barked at by an army of buff f itness coaches. California has some of the best destination wellness spas in the world, luxury boot camps that will kick your weight- loss program into high gear. They’ll help you drop pounds, learn to eat healthfully and discover how to reduce your stress level. You’ll be able to tackle that weighty resolution that’s hanging over your head — and showing up on your scale — on a weeklong spa vacation. Or, if your pockets are deep enough, a six- week or two- month program that may cost upward of $ 50,000. The price tag is high, but the results often are stunning. In late December, I visited Palm Desert, striking up a conversation with a 31- year- old Montreal resident who had lost 46 pounds in six weeks at the new Biggest Loser Resort there. “I still have a long way to go,” the program participant said, asking that his name not be used. He added that he had started his diet at 348 pounds, “but I’ll make it. I’ve learned how to be healthy here.” He also learned how good it feels to put on his old clothes and have them hang on him, he said. “And I’ve learned to like to work out,” he said. The Palm Desert Biggest Loser Resort opened [ See Wellness, L4]