No exercise, Just sticking to cals?

Sometimes its easier to stay on track if you just focus on the calories. Exercising just allows you to eat more so makes it easier in that way, if I don't exercise I can only eat 1200 calories a day. But I do find it easier not to exercise and just to concentrate on eating right if I am busy.
Its a lot , to exercise and diet and run a family like you do. It can really wear you out. weight loss is 80% nutrition anyway so its definitely more important to concentrate on diet.
personally I put exercise ahead of house cleaning etc so if i'm exercising my house may be a mess but I am much happier. But you will find something has to give if you try to do it all! (i work full time as well!)

I think that's an excellent idea. Just a few things here and there can really add up, especially for toning your muscles.

You can find ways to make every movement you make a little bit harder than it has to be to make it into a strength exercise instead. For example, as you lie back in bed at the end of the day, keep your back straight and try to lie back as slowly as possible, using your stomach muscles to resist gravity.

Do squats when you have to pick something up from the floor and walking lunges when you need to move from room to room (or skip, or hop or dance!!!!) Randomly grab your kids and dance with them! If they're little, they can act as weights!

It's harder to add cardiovascular (calorie burning) exercises into a tight schedule, but the muscle toning will help your overall health. I hope you can add in the midday run you were hoping for. Good luck!

I think that's an excellent idea. Just a few things here and there can really add up, especially for toning your muscles.

You can find ways to make every movement you make a little bit harder than it has to be to make it into a strength exercise instead. For example, as you lie back in bed at the end of the day, keep your back straight and try to lie back as slowly as possible, using your stomach muscles to resist gravity.

Do squats when you have to pick something up from the floor and walking lunges when you need to move from room to room (or skip, or hop or dance!!!!) Randomly grab your kids and dance with them! If they're little, they can act as weights!

It's harder to add cardiovascular (calorie burning) exercises into a tight schedule, but the muscle toning will help your overall health. I hope you can add in the midday run you were hoping for. Good luck!

Yep, I call it "Dancing around the house like an idiot while cleaning"! I also do "The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout" on the Xbox 360 w/Kinect. Yesterday I burned 131.3 calories yesterday in 22 minutes!