UPDATE: 100 Push Up Challenge

I am in  the middle of week 4 of the 100 Push Up Challenge and am beginning to hate doing my push ups. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday the bf has to hear me say, "I don't want to do my push ups!". Tonight I will do 5 sets of 20, 25, 20, 20 and 28 push ups and they are starting to get pretty difficult. Why am I doing this again? I feel like I typically quit everything so I am determined not to quit this, but I really want to. I don't think I see too much change in definition, but I have gained a 1/4" around  my bicep. I am not too sure if this is what I was going for...

Read here about the start of the challenge.

Wisco Here We Come!

First time going to Wisconsin! We are finishing packing up for some Labor Day camping in Wisconsin. We are supposed to go tubing down some river tomorrow, but it may be only 60ish degrees. I may have to pass on that. I  love the fall weather though, perfect for camping at Wolf River.

And, on a side note, GO STATE!

Also, I just finished week 2 of the 100 push up challenge and I already feel it. I re-did week 1 because it was pretty difficult, but since then I have been feeling confident! We'll see how week 3 goes :)

Lord Have Mercy!

My sister just came over for dinner and respite. We made deluxe grilled cheese reminiscent of the Yard House's grilled cheese using asiago pepper bread from Trader Joe's, cheddar, swiss, fontina, bacon, avocado, and tomoato. I must say, the bread is what really makes the sandwich. We also had tomatoes and roasted red pepper soup from TJ's and I added some stolen basil leaves from our neighbor's herb garden. It was delicious and very sinful, so I only ate half of my sandwich.I forgot to take a picture, which really doesn't matter because my food pictures never turn out well.

Now, for the Lord have mercy part. Tonight is Day 2 of the hundred push up challenge. Monday I did 5 sets of push ups, totaling 25 and I am still feeling it today. Surprisingly, it was way easier than I thought it would be. Unfortunately, Tuesday my shoulders, back and armpits hurt and today my lower abs (or what should be abs) ached. Tonight I need to do sets of 6,8 6,6, and 7. I am already feeling like I bit off more than I can chew! I feel like giving up on day 2. If I was a counselor applying my classroom management theories to the quitting behavior I would say it is to avoid failure. This is probably 100% accurate. The 1,000 caolorie grilled cheese is not helping my motivation!

I am going to do them right after watching Hard Knocks.

On a side note, the BF has orientation tomorrow. Life of law school begins tomorrow!

How do you motivate yourself to do things you don't want to? And, a favorite quote of my sisters, what would you do if you knew you could not fail?

#6 Do 100 Push Ups

This weekend was yet another reminder that life is precious and helped put the "list" into perspective even more. Some items on the list take a fair level of commitment or more money that I have access to at this time. So I decided to start with #6 100 Push Ups, because it only takes 3 days a week for six weeks and it is free! Now, I don't think my arms are necessarily bad, but I wouldn't call them great. I have never considered myself strong and sometimes play the weak Korean card. I remember in elementary school, during P.E. with Mr. Zbikowski, doing the pull up test and just dangling there waiting for my turn to be done (same for the rope climb). Maybe once I can do 100 push ups I will feel empowered?! (Shout out to Justin for the question/exclamation punctuation combination. I am beginning to understand your affection for it.)

Here are the before pictures taken this evening:

Tonight I completed the initial test as instructed by hundredpushups.com. This test let's the participant know where to begin on their journey to buffer arms! I was shocked that I was able to do 7 real push ups. Granted, my form was horrible, but I was certain I would only be able to do one or two. I am going to try to do real push ups throughout the course of the challenge! We also measured my arm and it is a whopping 9 1/4 inches. I am not sure if I want bigger arms, but I would like them to be more defined!

Ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, I present you with the video of the initial test!!!

 

How many push ups can you do?