Day 11..

Am I halfway there???

Today was actually the FIRST day that I really, really didn't want to work out. I started Dec. 1st and have been hitting it strong ever since. Hey I lost 3.6 pounds week 1 WOO HOO! about 3-6 more lbs to be where I want to be (again). But today was different... was today a hump I had to over come. You'll be happy to hear I DID work out...

I am doing a lot of baking for Christmas. I'm having a cookie decorating party this weekend and had to prepare a lot of dough. I also have a elfster friend I cooked for and got those done today as well. I had never heard of Molasses Cookies until reading what my elfster likes (hopefully she isn't reading this because her package is going to be in the mail tomorrow). Anyway so I decided to venture out and make them. Well, they aren't too bad.... they aren't bad at all... I just happen to eat one from each batch I made because the last one wouldn't fit on the cooling rack. Mind you I baked the cookies 'instead' of working out and after eating the 4 1/2 cookies... that is kinda what pushed me over the edge to get my Day 11 in. And boy am I glad... I calculated the calories for the cookies after I worked out. So here is the info for one of the cookies:

Calories: 146
Fat: 7g
Sodium: 164mg
Carbs: 19.8g
Sugar: 10.7g
Protein: 1.4

So after 4 1/2 cookies that comes to almost HALF my daily allowance of calories spent on 4 damn cookies! SHESH! (4 1/2 cookies = 657 calories, 89g of carbs, 31.5g of fat)...

Oooops... and I only burnt 262 calories working out.

I don't think I'll have a problem getting motivated for my workout tomorrow.

A lot of people say "that's why I don't want to know how many calories I'm eating" but then I think "that's why I get fat, cuz I DON'T know" If I didn't sit down and figure that out after my workout to tally up my daily total to see what I should fix for dinner (which I will be eating green beans... but it's my own fault) then I probably would have eaten 1-3 MORE cookies!!!!! I just can't stay healthy if I don't know what I am putting in my body. I know what I need to do, I just need to do it. Counting works... counting and working out works!! Yah for those 3.6 pounds, I hope I can drop a few more this week... even after all these cookie temptations.