200 Squats challenge

When I saw the challenge for 200 squats, I had to jump on it right way. Usually, squats are the only thing I do at home if I don’t go for the exercise. I’m following the program from twohundredsquats.com. I took the initial test and did 34 unbroken squats. This put me in the week 3 program to start out.

Day zero – 11/17/18: – 34 squats (After dinner)

Each set done with 60 second rest time in between. Last set is the max reps.

Week 1 – 11/19/18 – Day one – 16 – 22 – 17 – 17 – 40  Total reps: 112

I did this set at 3PM. I was kind of surprised that I was able to max rep to 40 today! Took me about 7-8 minutes including 4 minutes of rest time.

Week 1 – 11/21/18 – Day two – 19 – 25 – 19 – 19 – 40 Total reps: 122

It had been a long day. Forgot to do them in the morning before going to work. After work, went to watch the movie (Fantastic Beasts) as soon as I got home. Then, went to mom’s home to stay overnight and prepped for the monkey bread for the next morning. Next thing I know, it was almost midnight. But I made sure to get those squats done! Not bad after a long day!!!

Week 1 – 11/23/18 – Day three – 22 – 29 – 20 – 21 – 50 Total reps: 142

Did this set at 7:45, right before dinner. Seems like I’m doing better already!

Week 2: 11/26/18 – Day one – 24 – 30 – 22 – 22 – 55 Total reps: 153

Week 2 – 11/28/18 – Day two – 27 – 34 – 27 – 27 – 55 Total reps: 170

Week 2 – 11/30/18 – Day three – 31 – 38 – 31 – 31 – 55 Total reps: 186

I’m super excited about the progress I’m making! On day three, I was tempted to cut it short by only doing 45-50 squats on last round. I had already bought workout in the morning involving all legs, but I stuck it out and finished with 55 strong  I did have to take 3-5 seconds breather every once in a while, but I picked myself back up and kept going!

Onto week three! By end of the week three, I’m supposed to finish with 75 squats on last round or else repeat the week again. So, I made a plan to finish round with 60-65-75 on three days.

Week 3 – 12/4/18 – Day one – 38 – 47 – 34 – 30 – 60 Total reps: 209

Week 3 – 12/6/18 – Day two – 24 – 24 – 27 – 27 – 19 – 19 – 22 – 65 Total reps: 227

Week 3 – 12/8/18 – Day three – 23 – 23 – 27 – 27 – 23 – 23 – 27 – 75 Total reps: 248

Yay!!! I did it!!! Finished off the week with 75 consecutive squats! I did need to take 3-5 seconds breaks to take a deep breath, but I kept on going with final number as my goal. Also, I didn’t follow regular routine of doing this on Monday, Wednesday, Friday this week. Instead I started off with Tuesday, Thursday and then on Sunday. I just kept forgetting to do them on Saturday even though I had the best intentions for it. Most of time, I did them after the dinner.

Week 4 – 12/11/18 – Day one – 34 – 40 – 27 – 20 – 80 Total reps: 201

Today was the tough day to get this done. After two 12 hrs workdays, I was physically drained. New shoes aren’t helping either, they’re killing my feet! I didn’t get home till 7:30 (really bad traffic, took me hour and half to get home). I had set timer for 9pm to get the squats done. But I just couldn’t bring myself to get to it. Finally, I forced myself at 10:30 when I was almost falling asleep. I knew I’ll feel better about it, once I get them done, but just getting out of comfort was taking all the will power. BUT, I did it and I even did 5 more than I did last week. Recommended minimum was only 54 and I did 80. Super happy about it!!!

Week 4 – 12/13/18 – Day two – 19 -19 – 21 – 21 – 19 – 19 – 13 – 13 – 90 Total reps: 196

I meant to do this earlier, but time slipped by and by the time I got around to it, it was 10PM! But, it’s never too late to get it done. So, I got it going and this round was so much easier with very small numbers of reps per set. I guess that’s what gave me the boost to finish up with the bang! I meant to finish off with 85. Even while I was at 65, I told myself, only 20 more to go! By the time I realized that I had passed 85 already on 88! So, I finished off at 90. I’m pretty sure I could’ve gone for at least 3-5 more. This time, I set the timer for the last set to see how long it takes me. I completed first 40 in one minute. Finished off 90 squats at 2:45. Not bad at all. I’ll curious to see my time for 100. Let’s see if I’ve caught up with my time from 2 years ago, or I still need some more work to do. That will be interesting to see.

Week 4 – 12/15/18 – Day three – 18 – 18 – 23 – 23 – 22 – 22 – 19 – 19 -100 Total reps: 264

I was too tired and actually sore from yesterday’s workout. But Since Pooja is coming home tomorrow, I knew I won’t get chance to get this done unless I do it today. Finally, at 9:45pm, I dragged myself to just get it over with. After all, I need to wake up at 3:45am, so I can’t put toff any longer. At times, I didn’t think I’ll beat Day Two’s max number of 90, but I kept on going and finished it strong at 100!!!! My time for last set of 100 reps was 3:!5!!! Not bad at all! Now, it’s all about the final test. Let’s see how I do it next week.

Greek Tortilla Wrap

Dad brought us some giant spinach tortilla and we didn’t know what to do with it, so Kalpu came up with an idea of tortilla wrap. It was very simple to make and great tasting! We’ll be sure to make them again, IF we can find those tortillas again. Dad bought them from restaurant supply store that general public doesn’t have access to! :(

Ingredients:

10 Monster tortillas

32 Oz. Hummus

1 long Cucumber

1 large Red Onions

1 head Lettuce

4 Tomatoes

3 Avocados

24 Oz. Feta Cheese

Alfalfa Sprouts

Hot Chili Sauce

Spread Hummus on top 1/3 of the tortilla. Start adding all the vegetables. Add the sprouts. Add hot sauce if you want. Top with feta cheese. Fold the tortilla from both sides(right and left). Start rolling the tortilla with all the stuffing very tightly. Cut diagonally in the center. Enjoy!

Makes 15-20 servings.