I go (when I go ...) Saturday morning early (so while the kids are still breakfasting, pottering around and asking to watch Mike the Knight) or straight after work - as in, gym bag in the car, do not pass go, do not collect $200, directly after work. Then home. Meaning I don't eat with the family and I miss bath time, but am home in time for stories and bed, and then I eat.

Because those are the only times I can really go (as the gym opens at 6am, but I'm on a train by 6.30am) unless I join a 24/7 club and get in to the city even earlier and do it before work, I don't actually get there a bunch.

It's a work in progress.

Any time I'm at the gym is time I'd rather be with the kids, but I figure the healthier I get, the more time I'll be here in general, and the better quality my time here will be.