Monday is here again

Every day is a new day, every week is a new week...of the rest of your life.

That's a cliche, but it's also true.

It's never too late to make a new year's resolution - the new year starting the day after you make it and lasting 365 days.

So if you have tried my program...eaten too much during the hype leading up to the Super Bowl and feel like you have no willpower, don't despair.

And it may well be that you have no willpower, yet. But willpower is like any other muscle. Exercise it, and it will get stronger.

Today is also weight training day.

Take today as an evaluation day as well. Step on the scale if you must. Don't despair if you've gained a couple of pounds - if you've been weight training three times a week. If you haven't been weight training, and you've gained weight, then you instead of cutting down your portions - ever so gradually - you've been increasing them.

If you've been following the program and you haven't gained or lost weight, don't despair, either. The fact that you haven't gained any weight is a positive! Continue wiht the program, and within another week or so, you will see your weight drop by as couple of pounds.

Patience. Patience. Patience. When it comes to losing weight, and maintaining weight once you've lost it (and I always put the two of those together because they are inseparable) patience is the watchword. With patience, and a plan, everything can be accomplished.