  July 14, 2004 Today was a fairly rough day, again. I got a phenomenal night’s sleep once again…which meant that, yes, I discarded any notion of getting up early for weight-lifting. I awoke happy and refreshed at 8:15am and decided to call the rec center to see if the baby-sitting service had any openings. Lo and behold, they did! So I had them put us down for a 10:30 appointment, and from then on it was a mad rush to get the kids fed and all of us dressed and ready to go. We made it there and, much to my surprise, Henry had a great time. He was not even remotely ready to leave when I came to get them. Yay! This means we will be doing our lower body weight-lifting later in the day henceforth and hereafter. I know first thing in the morning is best for all workouts, but it really isn’t practical for me. I’ll still try to shoot for an occasional first-thing workout, but for the most part I’m better off doing a lengthier workout later on. I was having a miserable time later, though. Major headache, plus it’s only 9:29pm and I’m dog-tired and ready for bed.
I could not seem to stop snacking today – it was like a freight train, it had so much momentum. I did limit myself to a bite of each thing. But let’s just say I sampled way too much of this and that. I’m skipping my BFL-sanctioned evening snack, as a result. The lower body weight lifting was great – my legs were trembling from the effort, even when I was actually done working my legs.
I was doing sit-ups on the mat and my knees were still movin’ and groovin’ all by themselves! So it’s off to bed, now. Scale this morning shows I am down 3.5 pounds, but of course not all of that is bonafide fat loss. But I’m still pretty pleased. I’m going to try to skip the scale tomorrow and add in a looonnng walk outside with the kids on top of my treadmill workout. Goals. Ya Gotta Have ‘Em. 
