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Well how about that? It is the last month of the 2023, holiday food everywhere you look, all sorts of social obligations so .... why not INDULGE? Hmmmm ... Cookies!
OK, let's not go completely overboard. Recommit to your minimum daily fitness goals so you've got something reasonable to beat next month when you plan out 2024. As for eating, worry less about what you are trying to avoid, and more on what you are trying to include. Enjoy the holidays and your time with friends and family, and try to get a few of them to join you on a walk around the neighborhood.
General monthly instructions are below, including the monthly picture scavenger hunt.
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
This month look for and post pictures at least 3 outdoor holiday displays while out and about.
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.
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I thought I posted my goals already but I guess I didn't. So here they are. I'm lowering the sleep goal a bit since I did so poorly at it last month. I need a little positive reinforcement 🙂
Dancing December Day 4
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 4/25 | |
1 pushup for 25 days | 4/25 | |
13 weight-lifting days | 2/13 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 1/3 | |
Sleep 6:00 hours + 15 days or more during the month | 2/15 | |
1 pull-up for 25 days | 4/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 22 days | 3/22 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 2/13 | |
| Beat December 2022 bike mileage (211 miles) | 62.5 | |
| 100 zone minutes 25 days. | 3/25 |
Santa Grinch was playing the horn for tips outside the Christmas Village in downtown Baltimore, but City Cruises by Hornblower should be paying him for drawing a crowd to their ship.
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5 December
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 4/15
8 days over 12,000 3/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 1/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 10/20
100km on my bike -/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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7 December
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 5/15
8 days over 12,000 4/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 1/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 11/20
100km on my bike -/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
I am currently in Melbourne for a ballroom dancing competition (it IS Dancing December after all) and found these lovely Christmas decorations while out walking. Dancing tomorrow!
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@Jotex - hope the dancing competition went well.
This T-Rex usually pops up in my neighborhood for halloween, but this year it is sticking around a bit longer.
Best AnswerDancing December 2023 - Days 7, 8, 9
5,000 steps: 4/3 days
8,000 steps: 5/15 days
10,000 steps: 0/3 days
Rebounding: 4/20 days
Stretching Exercises: 6/20 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 1/3
@Baltoscott that was @NellyG who was in Australia for the dance competition.
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Dancing December Day 10
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 9/25 | |
1 pushup for 25 days | 10/25 | |
13 weight-lifting days | 3/13 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 2/3 | |
Sleep 6:00 hours + 15 days or more during the month | 7/15 | |
1 pull-up for 25 days | 10/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 22 days | 6/22 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 2/13 | |
| Beat December 2022 bike mileage (211 miles) | 131.5 | |
| 100 zone minutes 25 days. | 7/25 |
Came up on this red shoulder hawk on a low branch about 25 feet away, but by the time I got the camera lined up he flew off to perch on a black ash tree about 100 feet off. I didn't get the detail of a close up, but it's a nice winter habitat shot.
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Thanks @Jotex We came 4th in Open ballroom and in Open New Vogue in our age group, so pretty happy with the results!
11 December
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 5/15
8 days over 12,000 5/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 2/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 14/20
100km on my bike -/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
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