Dancing December Step Challenge and Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

Here we are — the last month of the year, holiday food everywhere you look, all sorts of social obligations ... so .... why not recommit to your minimum daily fitness/eating goals -- and maybe even DANCE a bit around the mistletoe -- just to make sure you don’t lose the baseline you’ll aim to beat next month when you plan out 2019? 

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 of at least 3 outdoor holiday displays while out and about.

Union Station - DC 34th Street - Baltimore

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.

[Jotex]

Dancing December — Day 17
10,000 steps - 12/20 days
Training w/weights - 9/15 days
40 jumping jacks - 9/15 days
Line Dance - 2/3 days
Scavenger Hunt  7/3 pics

NEW: stay under 500 calories - 2/4 days

@Ennay- whatever you decide {I'd probably adjust my #s, though}, the main thing is to hang in there!

[WendyB]

Dancing December Day 17

Steps: Goal 13000 31 days: 17/31
Boxing 31 days: 17/31
Bike 2 times 31 days: 17/31
Weights DVD 18 days: 10/31
Stomach Youtube : 17/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 17/31
250 Steps per hour : 17/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 8/3

My friend made me this wreath it also caused my husband to put out some lights to

@EnnayYour DH sounds like mine. Do what you want with you goals. Like @Jotex said just hang in there!

[CatLover74]

Dancing December 17

5,000 steps on at least 10 days of the month  -  10/10.

10,000 steps on at least 10 days of the month  -  5/10.

15,000 steps on at least 2 days of the month  -  2/2.

Walk along the foreshore of my local beach twice during the month  -  1/2.

Sleep for at least 7 hours a night on at least 15 days of the month  -  14/15.

Complete 10 wall pushups on at least 20 days of the month  -  14/20.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  15/30.

[Baltoscott]

Dancing December Day 17

15K steps/day		16/29
30 jumping jacks/day		17/31
1 pushup/day		17/31
11 weight-lifting days		5/11
post scavenger pics		5
Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month		8/12
Weight loss of 2-4 lbs (Dec 10 = 161.3 on TW)	Dec. 16	161.1
No seconds		10/20

Got a little break from the rain today -- after 3 days non-stop!  Since I was working from home, I got a few scavenger hunt pics from the neighborhood. 

Sunsets are nice even when I am NOT on vacation

[Baltoscott]

@LisefromCanada -- I've got a neighbor with similar holiday lighting enthusiasm.  I haven't gotten the picture yet, but I will at some point.  I always wonder how much their electric bill goes up during this time of year.

[LisefromCanada]

Here are my December Step Challenge and Scavenger Hunt

Results as at Dec 17:

Over 10,000 steps 20 days this month - 14/20

Minimum 5,000 steps daily - 17/31

Calorie intake at least 400 calories less than calories burned for 25 days - 16/25

Swim/aquafit class for 45 minutes 10 times this month - 13/10  Exceeded Goal!

10 floors daily - 17/31

Lose 4 pounds - lost 2.9/4.0

3 scavenger hunt posts - 5/3

Plus...

... courteous of @Baltoscott ... on the 5th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

5 Reverse Lunges

4 minutes of Jumping Jacks (modified, one leg at a time, because of a poor knee)

3 minutes of Body Weight Squats

2 minutes of Plank Push-ups (modified, kept my knees on floor)

1 minute of Russian Twists

@Baltoscott Lovely pics - these are tastefully done (not like my pic posted yesterday).  However, there is a french saying, "des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas",  which translated would mean something like - "Ones tastes are not debatable".

[WendyB]

Great Pictures @Baltoscott

There is a house on the way to the Goat House brewery that is loaded with Christmas Decorations. I wanted to get a picture but there is no place to pull over to get it.

It must be about 1/2 Acre and every sport has something in it.

 I always wonder where they store all this stuff.

There is another house close to me that does the same. I need to get there and take a picture

[CatLover74]

Dancing December 18

5,000 steps on at least 12 days of the month  -  11/12.

10,000 steps on at least 10 days of the month  -  5/10.

15,000 steps on at least 2 days of the month  -  2/2.

Walk along the foreshore of my local beach twice during the month  -  1/2.

Sleep for at least 7 hours a night on at least 20 days of the month  -  15/20.

Complete 10 wall pushups on at least 20 days of the month  -  15/20.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  16/30.

[Jotex]

I love your front door @WendyB!!! The wreath your friend made is just gorgeous. I also love the color of your door, and your hubby set it all off so well with the lights.

I am enjoying all the photos of Christmas lights and decorations. Not many people do that over here. Mine are nothing special compared to some of those shared here, but I'll try to remember to take a pic tonight that captures my own decorations. Til later...

[Jotex]

@CatLover74- I forgot to mention in my last post that I really like your goal of eating one piece of fruit a day. I've incorporated that into my daily habits now, and will add it to my next month's goals. Thanks for the idea!

[helenejoyeux]

Here are my goals, every month, every day since... 2 years ?

 >12 000 steps => min 25 days/month

> 18 000 steps => min 4 days/month

=> now, it's super easy for me to do it :-))

and here are my new goals for 2019 ...

 >12 000 steps => min 25 days/month

> 20 000 steps => min 4 days/month (with 8 000 =>10 000 running)

3 -> 20 minutes of Happy Gym (funny Hiit) => 5 days/week in the morning 

Thank you for this challenge & happy christmas !

Hélène

PS : Sorry if I do some mistakes with English... It isn't my mother language 😕

[NellyG]

18 December

Ive had a few off days with my eyes so swollen and itchy I hardly moved, but getting better now. 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                                  10/20                 

4 days over 15,000 steps per month                         2/4       

1 day over 20,000 steps                                               1/1                    

Swim 2x per week (when I'm home)                          5/5                                         

Dance at the Aussi Open. Hoping for a placing!       Yes yes yes!             

6 bike rides or interval walks per month                   1/6

At least 3 Scavenger Hunt Pics                                  3/3

[Mel9]

I notice some goals about sleep.  I have had insomnia for years and really need to put focus into creating better sleep hygiene.  The fitbit tracking my sleep is providing me with lots of interesting information.  One such piece of info is that I don't sleep enough!  Sunday night was especially bad with only about 4 1/2 hours.  Fitbit told me that I got significantly less than my average of 6 hours and 20 minutes of sleep.  Oh dear!  I remember telling people that I need more sleep than most people...but my average is only 6 hours and 20 minutes?! 

I think I'll add a sleep related goal for January.  

[WendyB]

Dancing December Day 18

Steps: Goal 13000 31 days: 18/31
Boxing 31 days: 18/31
Bike 2 times 31 days: 18/31
Weights DVD 18 days: 10/31
Stomach Youtube : 18/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 18/31
250 Steps per hour : 18/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 8/3

[Jotex]

Dancing December — Day 18
10,000 steps - 12/20 days
Training w/weights - 9/15 days
40 jumping jacks - 9/15 days
Line Dance - 2/3 days
Scavenger Hunt  7/3 pics

NEW: stay under 500 calories - 2/4 days

Reached my step goal, but no time for the others today. Spent the day cleaning, shopping, and cooking for,  and then serving friends for dinner tonight. We had raclette. Besides the traditional small potatoes I served wrapped green beans. Yummy!

Bacon wrapped green beans.

More Christmas lights in th kitchen.

Christmas lights in the kitchen and covered terrace.

Table set for raclette!

[Baltoscott]

Dancing December Day 18

15K steps/day		17/29
30 jumping jacks/day		18/31
1 pushup/day		18/31
11 weight-lifting days		5/11
post scavenger pics		10
Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month		8/12
Weight loss of 2-4 lbs (Dec 10 = 161.3 on TW)	Dec. 16	161.1
No seconds		11/20

More lights

[Baltoscott]

Welcome @helenejoyeux.  And happy christmas to you to!  

[LisefromCanada]

Joyeux Noel @helenejoyeux et bienvenue

Here are my December Step Challenge and Scavenger Hunt

Results as at Dec 18:

Over 10,000 steps 20 days this month - 15/20

Minimum 5,000 steps daily - 18/31

Calorie intake at least 400 calories less than calories burned for 25 days - 17/25

Swim/aquafit class for 45 minutes 10 times this month - 14/10  Exceeded Goal!

10 floors daily - 18/31

Lose 4 pounds - lost 3.3/4.0

3 scavenger hunt posts - 5/3

Plus...

... courteous of @Baltoscott I am doing the 12 days of fitness, and,

on the 6th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

6   V-Passes (without the ball - I don't have one)

5   Reverse Lunges

4   Minutes of Jumping Jacks (modified, one leg at a time, because of a poor knee)

3   Minutes of Body Weight Squats

2   Minutes of Plank Push-ups (modified, kept my knees on floor)

1   Minute of Russian Twists

[Mel9]

December 18:

5,000 steps a day: 18/31

10,000 steps a day: 2/5

Get 250 steps per hour:  171/315

Water intake of 64 ounces a day:  17/31

Scavenger hunt photos: _/3

Check in and log status: 10/20

[NellyG]

19 December

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                                  11/20                 

4 days over 15,000 steps per month                         3/4       

1 day over 20,000 steps                                               2/1                    

Swim 2x per week (when I'm home)                          5/5                                         

Dance at the Aussi Open. Hoping for a placing!       Yes yes yes!             

6 bike rides or interval walks per month                   2/6