Week One: Not Too Bad

Update: I wrote this post a couple of days ago and it didn't post when I posted it for some reason. Thanks, Internet.....
Anyway, my weigh-in today? I am down to 285 pounds. That's three pounds down. Nothing earth shattering but, hey, I'll take it, right? Baby steps, baby. Baby steps.
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So week one of new me is going pretty well. I am not constantly hungry, nor am I stuffed and feeling like I am cheating myself. I have been to the gym twice this week and skipped a trip because we, here, in the great state of Connecticut, have turned into North Pole 2.0 lately, and another storm dumped about 20 inches of snow on my front lawn. When you are shoveling huge piles of snow for two hours, I count that as a day in the gym.
What's funny about working out is how your body reacts to things. I went to the gym on Monday this week, did 10 minutes of cardio, did about 25-30 minutes of weight training, then finished up with another 15 minutes of cardio. At the end, I felt like I had been through a workout, but I wasn't dead. In fact, I felt pretty darn good.
I took Tuesday off, then, Wednesday, went back.
Half way through essentially the SAME workout (different weight training) I felt like Hulk Hogan had repeatedly body slammed me into the ground. As opposed to Monday, where my 15 minutes of cardio finish had seemed okay, I was dying this time around. I didn't even know if I could make it through all the time that was left.
Simply put, Monday told me I could work out, Wednesday reminded me why I needed to make it a routine.
My plan is to hit the gym again tomorrow (Sat.) for a quick routine. Hopefully, I won't be as winded as I was Wednesday.
As far as eating, I am doing a pretty good job of gauging calories I believe. I think I have been pretty firm on the 1,800 for the day. Might have been a tad over once or twice, but nothing significant. It's hard to judge the calories in some meals. For instance, last night for dinner I had a bowl of noodles, lean chop meat, in cream of mushroom soup. How much could that have been? I am trying to calculate on the high end, so that I leave some wiggle room, so I calculated that as being about 750 calories. Was it that much? Hard to imagine it was, but I want to put myself in a position to be pleasantly surprised.
I have my weigh-in on Sunday. I feel like I have already lost some weight and can see it, a little bit. I guess Sunday will tell the tale.
I am not going in with any set weight goal for the week, I just want to see loss so I know what I am doing is working, mainly because what I am doing is something I believe I can continue to do.
The question is, can I translate this into my weekend?
Usually, I go out with friends after work. That mean some food, some beers, and some laughs. How much that adds up to during the course of the week, I can't tell you, but I am going to try and cut back starting tonight. We will see.