Today is day 30 of my 100 pushup/day challenge. Remember a few posts ago when I pondered trying to do 50 pushups in a row on my last day? Well, at the gym this morning I went for it and BAM, 50 straight! (albeit on my knees, it still counts!)
I don't think there has been too much change in the appearance of my arms (sad face), but I definitely got stronger. I'll take measurements tomorrow or something to see, but it's doubtful. Just wanted to post my 50 pushups victory. Only 36 more to go today until it's DONE.
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Showing posts with label 100 Pushups Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100 Pushups Challenge. Show all posts
Friday, October 21, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
I'M GOING TO PUMP *clap* YOU UP!
If anyone knows what my title is from, we will be friends forever. I picture it EVERY TIME I talk about pumping iron. Hah. I thought since I was over the halfway point of my 100 pushups challenge, I would briefly update my progress.
I haven't measured or taken any pictures since I started, BUT I've noticed a stamina difference. First, let's clarify that I'm only doing knee pushups...not real ones. When I first started the challenge, I had to break them up into 5 sets of 20, and the last set was usually a struggle to finish. Then I was doing 4 sets of 25. Then I missed a few days and was doing over 150 a day. (Oops) But for the past two days, I've done 3 sets of 30 and then a last set of 10. BOOM.
You know what would be awesome? Being able to do 50 in a row. I'm thinking maybe on my last day, I'll try that and see what happens. And who knows, maybe after these 30 days I'll be able to do a real pushup...? All right, that might be unrealistic. Ha.
GO PACKERS!
I haven't measured or taken any pictures since I started, BUT I've noticed a stamina difference. First, let's clarify that I'm only doing knee pushups...not real ones. When I first started the challenge, I had to break them up into 5 sets of 20, and the last set was usually a struggle to finish. Then I was doing 4 sets of 25. Then I missed a few days and was doing over 150 a day. (Oops) But for the past two days, I've done 3 sets of 30 and then a last set of 10. BOOM.
You know what would be awesome? Being able to do 50 in a row. I'm thinking maybe on my last day, I'll try that and see what happens. And who knows, maybe after these 30 days I'll be able to do a real pushup...? All right, that might be unrealistic. Ha.
GO PACKERS!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Another Weigh-In
Something very strange was happening with my stomach/gut last night and this morning, so I'm not sure how accurate this weigh-in is, but I still lost so I'll take it! The official weight this morning was 194.2lbs, which is only a 0.6lb loss from last week BUT....that marks the 40 lbs total loss since I started this journey in last June! FORTY POUNDS. (I did a whole picture post on MFP of my progress if you want to see that.)
But for this blog, I want to take a second to really think about how much 40 lbs is. When I was born, I weight 8 lbs and 6 oz. I LOST MORE THAN FOUR BABY MEs. I use a 10lb kettlebell in my workouts. I LOST FOUR OF THOSE. My boyfriend's cat is about the size of a 20 lb turkey. I LOST TWO OF STRETCH! I know these sound silly, but sometimes when you have a long weight loss journey, 40 lbs can get lost in the thoughts of "but I still look fat" and "I still have so much more to lose" or "how come when SHE loses 40 lbs, she looks like a f*&$ing model." Forty pounds is a lot. BE PROUD OF YOURSELF, ME!
Anyways, enough of that. I am proud, even though I do know I have so much more to go. And going off of that, I am starting the 100 push-up challenge today. I vow to do 100 pushups everyday for 30 days! I took some starting pictures of my arms in hopes that they will be BALLER AWESOME when I finish this! Ha.
Weight=194.2lbs; BMI= 27.86 (Overweight); Body Fat=26.65% (Acceptable)
Time to get moving for the day. Cheers!
But for this blog, I want to take a second to really think about how much 40 lbs is. When I was born, I weight 8 lbs and 6 oz. I LOST MORE THAN FOUR BABY MEs. I use a 10lb kettlebell in my workouts. I LOST FOUR OF THOSE. My boyfriend's cat is about the size of a 20 lb turkey. I LOST TWO OF STRETCH! I know these sound silly, but sometimes when you have a long weight loss journey, 40 lbs can get lost in the thoughts of "but I still look fat" and "I still have so much more to lose" or "how come when SHE loses 40 lbs, she looks like a f*&$ing model." Forty pounds is a lot. BE PROUD OF YOURSELF, ME!
Anyways, enough of that. I am proud, even though I do know I have so much more to go. And going off of that, I am starting the 100 push-up challenge today. I vow to do 100 pushups everyday for 30 days! I took some starting pictures of my arms in hopes that they will be BALLER AWESOME when I finish this! Ha.
Weight=194.2lbs; BMI= 27.86 (Overweight); Body Fat=26.65% (Acceptable)
Time to get moving for the day. Cheers!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
100 PushUps Challenge
I looked into the 100 PushUp Challenge based on someone's post on MFP. But after taking the initial test and realizing that I can barely do ONE normal pushup, I decided I didn't really care to be able to do 100 "good form" pushups in a row.
Luckily, someone I follow on Tumblr also put up a 100 PushUp Challenge, but in this case, you just complete 100 pushups everyday. So throughout the day, you can break up the pushups into sets of whatever. 4 sets of 25. 5 sets of 20. 10 sets of 10. Whatever. And I can do my "girl" pushups. My arms are abysmal and I feel like they never get any smaller so this should do something...right?
Wish me luck! I plan to start after my weigh-in on Thursday (mostly because I plan to take measurements then so it will be a good start to show progress.
Luckily, someone I follow on Tumblr also put up a 100 PushUp Challenge, but in this case, you just complete 100 pushups everyday. So throughout the day, you can break up the pushups into sets of whatever. 4 sets of 25. 5 sets of 20. 10 sets of 10. Whatever. And I can do my "girl" pushups. My arms are abysmal and I feel like they never get any smaller so this should do something...right?
Wish me luck! I plan to start after my weigh-in on Thursday (mostly because I plan to take measurements then so it will be a good start to show progress.
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