Walking, walking, walking

I think the best thing I ever did was buy my MP3 player... I leave it in my car and when I stop off at the church to do my walking... I put it on and set it to play whatever I'm in the mood for... and I start huffing my butt around the rather large church lot at the end of the road. 3 trips around the perimitter... I'll work up to more, but 3 is about my limit on cold days. If I do to much... I start hacking... ugh... I hate asthma.

It is sooooo much easier for me to deal with my eating correctly when I'm at work. My typical day of food consists of: (this is what I had today)

Breakfast
1 c. oatmeal with splenda
1 slice toast (35 bread) with a scraping of butter
1 c. milk

--> 32 oz. water while teaching in a.m.

Lunch
1 1/2 c. salad with 1/2 packet of fat free salad dressing (usually ranch or 1,000 islands)
1/2 c. chopped turkey
1/2 c. fruit
12 oz. lemonade or water

--> 32 oz. water while teaching afternoon classes

Walking-- 30 mins. moderate pace

Dinner
Ground turkey patty
3/4 c. brocolli
1/2 c. pasta
24 oz diet coke

Evening computer munchies (aka snack): handful of shelled walnuts and usually some more water.

this is pretty typical... although the amount of water varies from day to day... sometimes I don't make that afternoon 32 oz. My older sister doesn't seem to think I'm eating enough... but geesh... isn't that the whole idea of dieting... I'm not starving and I don't feel deprived... what do you think?? BTW... the food journal is going very well.