It's Monday morning -- time for a fresh start....a "reset" as I like to call it.    Last week is over and done with.    Ain't no do overs.  

Is that really true?    

Depending on how you look at it, I guess this week could be a do over.    Really, I'm doing most of the same things this week that I did last week:   going to work, attending my groups, eating my food, working out at the gym, etc., etc.    So I get another chance to do it right.     It's all about perspective.

Perhaps you are getting the sense that last week wasn't so great?    You would be correct.    It's funny how you measure things changes over the years.  


So saying I had a bad week is slightly laughable when comparing it to six months, a year, two years ago.    Even with improvement in my life, it's still necessary for me to evaluate my days so that I identify any patterns that might start creeping back in.     I don't want to dwell on the things that went wrong last week, I want to learn from them.

About last week.   Did you ever see that movie, "The Perfect Storm"?    I kind of felt like George Clooney at the end of the movie trying to navigate the seas in the midst of 3 colliding storms.   Ok, it wasn't that bad.  And Marky Mark was not with me either.   Let's just say the planets seemed to align against me.    I ate off my plan several times (not horribly mind you....just not "on"), I had a few days of really being under the weather.......and...........<WARNING, WARNING: FEMALE TALK AHEAD> I had my little monthly visitor which seemed to come on with a raging vengeance.     Did I mention a raging vengeance?

So here's my Monday reset.......last week is OVAH (that's New Jersey for "over").    It's a new week, a new opportunity for me to eat "on" plan, not be sick and not be....ahem.....you know....female talk.    And my trainer - God love him - has punished me beyond anything I can imagine by sending me crazy workout assignments for the week.    Thanks :)  

Do you have a place in your life where you need a reset?   There's no guilt or shame.....learn from where you've been and let that enable and motivate you to do it better this time!    Today is your opportunity to start fresh.......and really, it's your choice.

Thanks for reading....and a big thank you to those of you who have shared how Tuggin' is impacting you.     It means more to me than you know.