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April Showers (2024) — Step Challenge and Photo Scavenger Hunt

Muddy March may be at an end, but the mud and rain will go on. On the plus side, most of the cold (hot, if you live in the south) weather is gone and its a great month to be outside. Take your allergy meds and get out to see the brown go away and the nature’s colors start to spread.                                              

 How It Works

The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to keep track of your daily step goals for the month; though many of us track other things as well, like body weight exercises, sleep, trips to the gym, logging food, etc. This is not a competition to see who can do the most of whatever, instead it is a challenge to measure your consistency. So whether you do 1k, 5k, 10k or even 40k steps a day, this is measuring how many days out of the monthly total you can hit your goal.

Some might have a constant goal of 10k steps every single day and others might have a variable goal throughout the week, (and some might even plan days off!) for example.
Monday -> Friday = 10k steps a day
Sat & Sun = “6k steps a day,” or “not tracking”

Regardless of how you structure your daily goals, the only thing that matters for the monthly challenge is whether or not you reach what you set out to do.

Suggested Posting Format    
1) Post either your constant or variable step goal.
2) Keep track of the # of daily goals achieved out of the monthly minimum and or monthly total

Picture Scavenger Hunt — 3 pictures

Northern Flicker exiting a potential nestNorthern Flicker exiting a potential nest

The theme of the photo scavenger hunt this month is changing seasons. Beginning of Spring in the North and Fall in the South. So blossoms for some of us, especially on the trees, and falling leaves for others.  And, of course, the mud.

Posting

Although you certainly don’t have to post daily, you’ll likely stay closer to what you set out to do by updating the thread several times/week

Injury Notice
If you injure yourself during the month and need to scale back due to the injury, then all you have to do is adjust your goal for that period. If you normally do 10k steps a day but pull a hamstring and decide to do minimal walking (2k steps a day), then all you have to do is change your goal.

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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11 April

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      8/15

10 days over 12,000                                         6/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 2/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   19/35

100km on my bike                                             -/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

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Helen | Western Australia

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12 April

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      9/15

10 days over 12,000                                         7/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 3/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   23/35

100km on my bike                                             -/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

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Helen | Western Australia

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13 April

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      10/15

10 days over 12,000                                         7/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 3/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   25/35

100km on my bike                                             26/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

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Helen | Western Australia

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April Showers (2024) - Goals 

  •   8,000 Steps  x8 days
  • 10,000 Steps  x4 days
  • 12,000 Steps  x2 days
  • Line Dance Class  x3
  • Pilates Class  x3
  • MTT* x8

Have had some major health setbacks and other things going on. Time for me to get it together (again) and rejoin this group.
*MTT stands for Muscle Training Therapy, which is prescribed by a Dr and paid for here by health insurance. I go to a physiotherapy center which has a lot of machines and devices specifically to train the muscles and improve cardio endurance.

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14 March

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      10/15

10 days over 12,000                                         7/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 3/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   25/35

100km on my bike                                             44/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

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Helen | Western Australia

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15 March

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      11/15

10 days over 12,000                                         8/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 3/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   27/35

100km on my bike                                             44/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

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Helen | Western Australia

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April Showers (2024) - Goals - April 15

  •   8,000 Steps  1x8 days
  • 10,000 Steps  0x4 days
  • 12,000 Steps  0x2 days
  • Line Dance Class  1x3
  • Pilates Class  1x3
  • MTT* 2x8
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@Jotex glad you’re back and hope you mend well!!

April Showers, April 15

10k steps per day (Sundays) - 2 /4 days

Over 13k steps per day -  9/15 days

Over 16k steps per day -   4/7 days

Over 20k steps per day - 2/4

Weights -  8/15 days 

Yoga/pilates/stretch - 8/15 days

90 oz Water every day -  15/30 days

5 lb weight loss -  /5 pounds lost

Mindfulness/Meditation at least 3 minutes-    3/7

April pictures.  3/3  

The pictures below were taken at our friends property across the lake who have eagle “viewings“ .. This is the 2nd eaglet this year.  I was able to take these shots with their incredible camera!

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April Showers (2024) - Goals - April 16

  •   8,000 Steps  1x8 days
  • 10,000 Steps  1x4 days
  • 12,000 Steps  0x2 days
  • Line Dance Class  1x3
  • Pilates Class  1x3
  • MTT* 3x8

Thanks @jantonini! Good to be back. Hanging in there. 

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16 April

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      12/15

10 days over 12,000                                         9/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 4/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   30/35

100km on my bike                                             44/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

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Helen | Western Australia

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@Jotex -- I'm glad you getting back at it. I was close to going to PT for the self-diagnosed pinched nerve in my neck last month, but it seems to have resolved on its own. That, and crunch time at work over the past severals weeks has gotten me out of my gym routine, though. Trying to get back on track with that.

@jantonini -- how exciting to have an eagle nest nearby. I see bald eagles flying around in a couple of places I hike, but I haven't found any nests in camera range yet. 

However, just this past weekend I DID find a couple of yellow crowned night heron nests on a stream that runs through Baltimore. Very urban spot, just a couple of blocks from the train station I take to go to DC. Two parents in one of the nests when I checked on Sunday morning (the one preening was laying in the nest when I showed up; and the one sniffing had just arrived with another twig for the nest. The Arrgh bird was on a different nest in the same tree on Saturday evening. There was a second nearby, but out of frame. Another photographer reported 12 different individuals a couple of weeks ago, but I've only seen four so far.

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Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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Oh wow @Baltoscott!! Those are incredible pics! I so love birdwatching and photographing!!

We have at least four blue Herons roaming our lake which is on the smaller side. I will try to get a picture of those those. Sometimes they sit on our boatlift.

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April Showers (2024) - Goals - April 17

  •   8,000 Steps  1x8 days
  • 10,000 Steps  1x4 days
  • 12,000 Steps  0x2 days
  • Line Dance Class  1x3
  • Pilates Class  1x3
  • MTT* 4x8

Thanks for your kind wishes and welcome back @Baltoscott. Glad your pinched nerve has resolved itself. Wishing you success on getting back in sync with your gym routine. 

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18 April

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      13/15

10 days over 12,000                                         10/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 5/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   33/35

100km on my bike                                             44/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

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Helen | Western Australia

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April Showers 4 to 17

11.7K Steps/Day, 22 Working Days: 4/22

10K Steps/Day 8 Off Days: 3/10

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 15/3

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend):  17/30

Weights 2x/week: 6/10

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: /10

80oz Water daily:  7/30

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 163,089/337,000

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19 April

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      14/15

10 days over 12,000                                         11/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 6/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   37/35

100km on my bike                                             44/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

Community Council Member

Helen | Western Australia

Want to discuss ways to increase your activity? Visit Get Moving in the Lifestyle Discussion Forum.

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April Showers (2024) - Goals - April 18, 19

  •   8,000 Steps  2x8 days
  • 10,000 Steps  1x4 days
  • 12,000 Steps  0x2 days
  • Line Dance Class  1x3
  • Pilates Class  1x3
  • MTT* 5x8

April weather is like a wild rollercoaster ride. One weekend we had 28 C (82 F) quickly followed by freezing temperatures and snow. 🙃

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20 April

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      14/15

10 days over 12,000                                         11/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 6/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   39/35

100km on my bike                                             88/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

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Helen | Western Australia

Want to discuss ways to increase your activity? Visit Get Moving in the Lifestyle Discussion Forum.

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April Showers Day 22

17K steps/day for 25 days  13/25

1 pushup for 25 days

 22/25

9 weight-lifting days 

 4/9

post 3 scavenger pics

 3/3

Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month 

 

12/20

1 pull-up for 25 days

 

22/25

Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 20 days 

14/20

20 dry days 3/20
Beat April 2023 bike mileage (446.7 miles) YIKES! 233.5
100 zone minutes 20 days. 

12/20

Watching the rain.Watching the rain.Happy TimesHappy Times

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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April Showers (2024) - Goals - April 20, 21, 22

  •   8,000 Steps  3x8 days
  • 10,000 Steps  1x4 days
  • 12,000 Steps  2x2 days
  • Line Dance Class  2x3
  • Pilates Class  1x3
  • MTT* 6x8
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