Week 2!

Today I did the Couch to 5K, Week 2.  My shin splints suck - they could be worse, but the actual run was much better.  I have also discovered that it is much easier to run without the dog, but the dog is mad at me.  He loves going with me so much and will follow me closely in excitement until I clip his leash on.  Today I just about shut his nose in the door way on my way out.  He really thought he was coming with me. 

I'll have to take a break tomorrow as I'll have both kids home with the 4 day weekend, and I'll be getting the van back (with luck).  We took it in to get repaired after the lady rear-ended us.  She's officially been found at fault, but our insurance company is still trying to contact the owner of the vehicle to accept responsibility.

This HHR we've been driving as a rental is so not working for me.  While unlocking Mikey's door at school I knocked the horn so I completely lost cool points there. Mental Note: Tall people should not drive little cars.

Jeremy is heading to Boston tomorrow morning for a week which means silent evenings for me.  I've got pretty used to him being home, so I'm not sure I'll like it.  It's going to be a week of pizza, soup and grilled cheese and burgers for the kids, and I dunno...salad for me.

Frustration

So, it's been a few months since my husband got home, and with that came a common complaint: weight gain.  Now, I'd worked my butt off to take 10 lbs off when he was gone, and now it's all back.  Grrrrr. 

So about 1 1/2 weeks ago I decided enough is enough, and started working out.  I went out and got the Perfect Abs machine.  I have issues doing crunches because it hurts my neck and back.  But with this machine it gets me in the right position and supports my neck.  So I get an effective workout, and I don't have that additional pain.  I have also been doing the 30 Day Shred every night (I'm on Level 2 now), and I've been doing the Couch to 5K again.  On my off running days I've been doing bike rides or walking the dog.  But I had to take a little rest from running as I was getting shin splints.

You would think that doing all that, plus tracking calories that I would lose some weight.  NO!!  Nothing!!  In 2 weeks NOTHING!! I don't understand.  I really don't .  It's so frustrating. What am I doing wrong.  I've gone from doing not much at all, to doing some form of exercise 3 times a day and I've seen no change!! The exercise is getting easier so I know I'm doing something, but why won't my body change??

I'm going to try to keep it up, but I'm hurt.