Ahhh Friday evenings...


So calm...so smooth...so much for THAT line of BS.


My kids are all so full of energy & Friday nights it all comes to the surface. Ashley's work usually keeps her out. SO, it is up to me to keep these little ones fed and "under control". HA!


But, ya know, I wouldn't have it an other way. After being away from the family for 4 days, I am ready to be immersed in my kids lives. Don't get me wrong, when it is time, I am ready for them to go to bed. But until then....I am all theirs.




The only hard part of Friday nights is, well, there are THREE of them and ONE of me.
I know I have talked about this before, but man is it ever tough to be active with 3 kids; good heart or bad.


To that end, I need to keep my energy as high as I can. So, you'll be happy to know that I have been keeping my fitness regimen religiously and I have been continuing to eat right.....well eat right MOST of the time.


I continue to hit the gym 3-4 days a week. A run on the treadmill, and some strength training.


As for the eating...
Now that I am 10+ months out, I have relaxed my eating habits a little. A cookie here, an ice cream there; I have let myself loose a little. I continue with a glass of wine most nights and I LOVE Mini Wheats for breakfast and snacks (they are fat, sodium and cholesterol free).


I am glad to say I am still about 145 lbs. or so & my last blood test came back with great numbers. The best number was my cholesterol (the root of my original problem). It was up from the low of 112 to 120. A bit sad that it went up, but almost ALL of the rise was in my "good cholesterol", my HDL. That is where you WANT the number to rise.


It seems like I am doing what I need to do so that my kids and my wife will have MANY years of knowing how much they mean to me......I sure hope I am anyway.


Talk to you tomorrow.


Good night and God bless.