Thank you very much, for the advice and for the compliment, haven't heard that in a very long time! Lol I was thinking basically the same thing... I have a treadmill so I can walk whenever rain or shine, and I was just going to try to watch portion size and cut out the junk. With three so young it is going to be hard to fit everything in, hope it is hard to fit bad food in!!! My husband leaves in jan for 7 mon also, so hopefully I won't be too exhausted to exercise