She Says: 6 Pushups!
For a couple of months I’ve been doing my Shred video and trying to get stronger. Pushups are an accomplishment that have always alluded me, but recently I learned I can do things I never thought I could do. I’ve been practicing my pushups – before bed, during commercials, etc. After first I couldn’t do any at all. Then I did 2. Then 3. I was stuck on 4 for awhile and last week did 5. Last night before I went to bed I did 6! To someone else, this might seem lame, but it’s an accomplishment for me and I like to celebrate the little things!
This morning I wasn’t that hungry for breakfast, a sign that I had a few too many Blue Corn Chips too close to bed time! I waited a bit, but then had to have something because I had to make it to Girls on the Run practice.
I chose some yogurt, blackberries, strawberries, bananas and flax. The blackberries were so sweet and delicious. Perfect!
Today’s GOTR is my favorite practice because it’s all about body image and self-acceptance, two of my favorite topics to talk about with anyone of any age! Have a wonderful day!
Tags: bananas, blackberries, flax, strawberries, yogurt
May 16th, 2009 at 9:18 am
The shred does up the arm strength quickly! Congrats on the pushups, it makes all the Jillian seem worth it, right?
May 16th, 2009 at 9:18 am
hmm delicious. I’m the first comment i think! WAHHHOOOOOOO!!!!
have fun at girls on the run- such a great organization!
CONGRATULATIONS ON 6 pushups!!! NOT LAME AT ALL!!
Jeff and I have always done push up contests since the night we met. I’ve beat him everytime! hahaha. I always feel super strong when it happens!
“Even if things get heavy, we’ll all float on alright”…lyric from Modest Mouse
Push (up) on Super Woman!
May 16th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Yeah, I can’t do a push up to save my life. Well. Maybe to save my life. But not voluntarily.
May 16th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Way to go with the push ups!! Those take time so 6 is GREAT!
Have fun today!!
May 16th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Your GOTR practice sounds like it’ll be awesome today! Awesome job with the pushups, I’ve been trying to do them more often but it’s hard to get motivated, I like the idea of doing them between commercials, etc.
May 16th, 2009 at 9:37 am
GOOD FOR YOU!!! Its such a great measure of strength! Have a great day today
May 16th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Congrats with the push ups! You should be proud. Have fun at GOTR! It sounds like it will be great.
May 16th, 2009 at 9:42 am
WTG on the pushups! I’ve been shredding too and that’s by far the most difficult part. I can do like… 3. I have zero upper body strength.
May 16th, 2009 at 10:04 am
congrats with the pushups girl! more power to ya – im still an avid “girl-pushuper” and am lucky if i can get in one regular one.. so I am very impressed!
May 16th, 2009 at 10:14 am
I think 6 push ups is awesome!!! I still can’t do any on my toes, so I think that’s verrry impressive
May 16th, 2009 at 10:25 am
congrats heather! improvement is improvement, cant deny that!
May 16th, 2009 at 11:30 am
I seriously can’t do a single real pushup yet. So embarrassing! Um, I think it’s time for me to hop on the Shred train.
May 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Congrats on 6 push ups! I definitely can’t do 6 pushups!
May 16th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can’t even do one haha
May 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Congrats! It’s all about celebrating the little things and I’m totally with ya on the push ups. I still do them on my knees.
p.s. I haven’t forgotten about sending you the Zoe Bars. I just haven’t made it to the post office yet. I’ve been lugging them to work everyday in an effort to make it there, but haven’t and I’ve actually been tempted to eat one. haha But I haven’t, so they will be on their way soon!
May 16th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Dang way to rock those push-ups, i can do the “knee” ones, and actually have never tried normal ones, scary!
May 16th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
My GOTR 5K is this weekend. For their community service project, last week they came over to my house and made dinner for a family that needed help. My group is only 7 girls, but 7 girls inside trying to cook was a little nuts. I had such a big headache when it was over!
May 16th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Oh my god, great job! Yeah, can you believe that Level 1 of has a million push ups!? I’m like this is level 1?!?!?!
May 16th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
6 push-ups rocks! way to improve the strength!
May 16th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
woo-hoo! way to go heather! I can’t even do one! haha!
May 16th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Congratulations on the pushups!! I know exactly what you are talking about!! I have been running for years and years and last September I did a fitness test at the gym and it was seriously embarassing. I couldn’t do a single pushup, among other things. Since then, I’ve strength trained on my own and see a trainer and I can do pushups now too! I feel amazing about it too!
Have a fabulous evening!
May 16th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Hey girl
that Girls On the Run practice thing sounds great! I would love to hear more about the organization!!
May 16th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Yaaaaaaaaayyy for push-up success!!!
I’d love to one day be able to say the same thing about pull-ups!
May 17th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Julie: I did a post on Girls on the Run. http://www.hangrypants.com/2009/03/she-says-stuffed-lentils/
Let me know if you have any questions!
May 18th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Congrats on the push ups accomplishment! Now I need to see how many I can do – I have no clue! I’m sure it’s not 6 though!
August 14th, 2009 at 9:00 am
That’s cool, this morning I progressed to 6 too! They are very hard… and I like to make mine harder by doing 3 second ones.