Friday Weigh In

Fridays are my day to weigh myself.  I have learned in the last few weeks to only weigh myself on Friday, once a week, not several times a week.  As a woman my weight can fluctuate like crazy, so for my own mental health, I now just weigh myself once a week.  Today I am happy to report that I lost 1.5 lbs since last Friday!  The milkshake yesterday did not do me in and if anything got me motivate to actually exercise.  So far all the weight loss has been because of calorie counting.  The only day I purposely did some exercise was Superbowl Sunday.  Last night I felt so guilty about the milkshake that I did a half hour on the Wii EA Active 2.  It was a good workout.

Total weight loss since January 7:  11.5LBS!!!

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big mistake

So, I am counting calories, which allows me to have sweets from time to time, I just have to eat less somewhere else during the day.  I still enjoy a fancy coffee here or there.  Well, my bright idea today was to have a small milk shake from McDonalds.  My friend Kristen and I thought we could get a small milkshake and then just have a salad for lunch.  Lets be honest, it was my idea and I talked her into it.  Not a bad idea, right?  I should have looked up the calories before I purchased it and drank 'er down.  Guess how many calories are in a small, 12 oz, chocolate milk shake...








wait for it.......








580!!!!!!

maybe that is common knowledge and I am just naive but I was thinking around 300 calories at the most in one of those little milk shakes.  Holy cow, I have been having an awesome week and now I just feel disgusted with myself.  Tomorrow is my day to weigh myself and I really want to see some progress after only losing 1/2 lb last week and the high calorie weekend I had.  Time to get moving and burn some extra calories.