Week 4 = IN THE BOOKS! Two thirds of the way done, and the toughest weeks of all upcoming. Feels great to have made it this far, but I know it won’t be easy to finish. As I keep saying, just have to keep my head up and power through. Tonight was a little rough, I seemed to tire out a bit faster. I almost thought I wasn’t going to make it through the max set, but I toughed it out and had my highest set yet, so that is a positive.

23, 28, 23, 23, 41 (max set, minimum of 33)

As my goal of 100 pushups looms closer, I start to think about what I want to focus on next. When I workout, I feel good. I really do – I have only been really doing this for a little over a month, but when I see little things like a pound or two tick off the scale, or the fact that I can do 40 pushups now and not hurt like I lifted 1000 pounds the next day, it makes me feel really good about what I am doing. I have already said I really want to do the Two-Hundred Situps program, and potentially the Two-Hundred Squats program too. But I want to ramp up the working out a little bit, meaning I want to start doing a little bit more. And I think I found what I want to mix in: Couch-to-5k. Pretty simple concept, a lot like the pushups and situps and squats (oh my!) programs. It’s a running program. You start off slow, and within 9 weeks, you are running a 5k. Literally. Just over 3 F’N miles. Just thinking of running that long makes me sweat. But I want to do it…hell, I need it. I decided on a whim to run to my parent’s house yesterday after work (which just so happens to be exactly one mile away). I have never been a huge runner, but I know it is a great exercise for your whole body, so I figured what the hell. I had been talking about mixing it in, so I did. And wow…I will admit I only ran half of it, but hey, running half a mile for me is pretty big accomplishment in and of itself. Granted, my lungs were on fire by the time I got there and I was about ready to die (and on top of it, my knees have been killing me all day today), it felt good.

So yeah…I haven’t planned out what is going to happen after the pushups, but I have a good idea. And I am happy with it. My diet is turning around very well and I feel really good. And I also appreciate all the support and motivation from everyone too…it really helps