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Dancing December Step Challenge and Scavenger Hunt
Here we are — the last month of decade, holiday food everywhere you look, all sorts of social obligations so .... why not recommit to your minimum daily fitness/eating goals, just to make sure you don’t lose the baseline you’ll aim to beat next month when you plan out 2020?
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 or holiday costumes 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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@Jotex love the star picture!
27 December
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 23/20
12 days over 12,000 17/12
6 days over 15,000 steps 13/6
2 days over 20,000 steps 5/2
Swim 2x per week 6/6
6 bike rides or interval walks per month 5/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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Dancing December Day 27
Steps: Goal 10000: 27/31
Boxing: 27/31
Bike 3 times : 27/31
Weights DVD 18 Days: 15/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 27/31
Leg Exercises: 27/31
250 Steps per hour : 27/31
Log food daily : 27/31
Scavenger Hunt Photos : 6/3
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28 December
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 24/20
12 days over 12,000 18/12
6 days over 15,000 steps 14/6
2 days over 20,000 steps 5/2
Swim 2x per week 6/6
6 bike rides or interval walks per month 6/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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December goals 20k steps per day, 25 floors, 3x a week for weights/yoga
Wow, our weather has been great for Christmas! Look at the temps by day below
12/24 Steps 21,713, floors 12 70 degrees
12/25 steps 25,428, floors 5 74 "
12/26 steps 22,998, floors 35 69 "
12/27 steps 27,619, floors 26 55 today at noon, cloudy expecting rain tonight.
Here is a picture of Jake getting a belly rub on Christmas. He got a buffalo horn to chew on, like tearing the wrapping off.
weights and yoga 12/12
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Dancing December Day 28
Steps: Goal 10000: 28/31
Boxing: 28/31
Bike 3 times : 28/31
Weights DVD 18 Days: 15/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 28/31
Leg Exercises: 28/31
250 Steps per hour : 28/31
Log food daily : 28/31
Scavenger Hunt Photos : 6/3
@benvegiHe certainly looks like one happy dog. I would love to rub his belly 😀
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29 December
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 25/20
12 days over 12,000 19/12
6 days over 15,000 steps 14/6
2 days over 20,000 steps 5/2
Swim 2x per week 6/6
6 bike rides or interval walks per month 6/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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Dancing December Day 29
Steps: Goal 10000: 29/31
Boxing: 29/31
Bike 3 times : 29/31
Weights DVD 18 Days: 16/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 29/31
Leg Exercises: 29/31
250 Steps per hour : 29/31
Log food daily : 29/31
Scavenger Hunt Photos : 6/3
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Dancing December Day 29
| 15K steps/day | 29/31 | |
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 29/31 | |
15 weight-lifting days | 14/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6+ hours 17 days or more during the month | 14/17 | |
3 pull-up + 1min bar-hang /day | 29/31 | |
20 Alcohol-Free days | 16/20 | |
Lose 2 lbs (Starting (11/1) at 163.7 lbs) | 12/29 | 162.8 |
Oops. Up a pound this week! Just too much social drinking and eating, Lots of good times with family and friends though. Good thing Legendary January is just around the corner!
Jane and I started bird watching walks with our local audubon chapter this past month. Went out with the good camera later and got this pic of a red-winged blackbird in flight ...
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30 December
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 26/20
12 days over 12,000 19/12
6 days over 15,000 steps 14/6
2 days over 20,000 steps 5/2
Swim 2x per week 6/6
6 bike rides or interval walks per month 6/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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Yes, I think I pretty much bowed out too. I looked back and see I haven't posted since the 13th! And I haven't been good at meeting my goals.
Dancing December Day 30
Daily Step Goal 5,000 18/25 - I've had some all time low days this month, with some days not even hitting 2,000 steps. UGH! I have a bad headache every single day that typical grows into a migraine and trying to keep up with family commitments has taken all I can do each day. 😞 But I'm not too worried, I have a plan for getting back on track in January!
Yoga Stretching Goal 2/25 - I pretty much gave up on this one early on. I have been doing many of my yoga stretches throughout the day most days. But haven't set aside time to specifically focus on doing yoga.
10 Min Cardio 18/25 - At least this goal closely matches my steps goal achievements.
Lunges 11/15
Planks 11/15
15 Minutes Outside 25/15 - The dogs pretty much see this happens whether I want to or not. (That's a good thing!)
Eat/Drink Fruit 26/25 - I've pretty much nailed this one! Although it's been a challenge some days. My husband made fun of me one night because I sat down with an ice cream sundae covered with a full banana and nuts because I hadn't had my fruit that day and really didn't want the banana I needed.
I did do 2 Christmas challenges with the dogs. A 5 day Ugly Sweater Contest that involved lots of tug of war practice. (Great for Cardio!) And the 12 Dog Days of Christmas that involved lots of Christmas picts of dogs doing certain tricks.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I had fun with dogs and family.
Despite not doing well on my goals, I am still holding steady at a 186 lbs even with all the Christmas eating. That's almost 120 lbs down from where I started 2 yrs ago and just 20 lbs over where I should be. So I'm happy to be holding steady with all the health issues I've had this year!
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Dancing December Day 30
Steps: Goal 10000: 30/31
Boxing: 30/31
Bike 3 times : 30/31
Weights DVD 18 Days: 18/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 30/31
Leg Exercises: 30/31
250 Steps per hour : 30/31
Log food daily : 30/31
Scavenger Hunt Photos : 6/3
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