Weight loss chronicles

Scale showed another 2.5 pounds down since the beginning of the month. Quite pleased. Taking my walk tonight, which I extended to a half hour, I was thinking about how to go from here. First off, although it's okay that the weight loss is slow, I wonder if it's unnecessarily slow because sometimes it still seems like I'm seeing how much I can get away with. Instead of trying to live the healthiest I can, I often seem to be trying to rebel against my own rules. Really, with Conor taking about 500 calories a day (love it - what other time of her life can a woman get rid of 500 calories sitting around?), if I was eating like a healthy, normal person, I think the weight would be coming off a lot faster. Plus, how long do I really want to be overweight?

Thought about a goal weight. Still not sure what that should be. The range considered healthy for a 5'7" female is something like 120-160 pounds. Where is right for me? 120 is a no go. I do not have a slight build, I think I'd have to get anorexic to get down that low. I here people talking about a weight that feels right. Would I know it when I reached it?

Also thought about exercise as our lives will be turning topsy turvy in...[counting]...11 days. I think for now I'll stay the course, trying to get in 3 - 20 minute walks (or something else) a week and stretching the time when appropriate. I may be able to get in walks at lunch hour. I also will still need to check my mail at the college every so often and it's probably about a 20 minute walk from my practicum to there, so that's a once a week thing. I think it will be, if not easy, reasonable to stick with what I've been doing. Have to rethink when cold weather hits, though. Any ideas?