FINALLY! December 2020 Step Challenge and Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

FINALLY!!!

It is the last month of the 2020 — FINALLY!  What a year! Of course, it is the year that we shut down the world for a pandemic, had mask wars, and ramped up the drama in US politics, but also … Australia was on fire, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle quit the royal family, Kobe Bryant died, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy; Tiger King! Murder Hornets! BLM! the west coast of the US was on fire; Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) died; RBG died; hurricane, hurricane, hurricane … and, and, and ...

And yet, it is also a typical December — holiday food is everywhere you look and even with social distancing there are all kinds of social events and changes to daily routines.  So now is the time to refocus a bit.  Recommit to your minimum daily fitness/eating goals and re-establish the baseline you’ll aim to beat next month when you plan out 2021.

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 (the one below wouldn't count because it is indoors, but post your indoor holiday pics anyway).

I'm waiting right here until Christmas Morning

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.

[Baltoscott]

Finally December! Day 26

16K steps/day		26/31
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		26/31
13 weight-lifting days		14/13
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		15/20
1 pull-up		26/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		24/31
Lose 2 lbs. Start 167.7 lbs (Dec. 1)	12/20	166.7
Eat 4 plates (no snacks) of food 21 days out of the month (new)		19/26

Jane found a special beer to go along with the new unicycle I got myself for Christmas ...

In the neighborhoodNew uni - big tire for trail ridingnew uni + unicycle beer? HO HO HO

[NellyG]

27 December 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      22/20

20 days over 12,000                                         21/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               14/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/4           

Knee exercises 20 days  (goal modified)     23/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    24/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       4/3

[Ennay]

12/26 11471

Had no idea how I made it to 6700 on 12/25 and still don't.  Yesterday I went for a long walk and had to go for another.  

Week 4 5/7

[Jotex]

FINALLY! December 2020 - Day 27

5,000+ steps: 5/5 days

6,000+ steps:  18/15 days

8,000+ steps:  3/5 days

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 18/15 days

Lose 1 kilo before (U.S.) Christmas:  0/1 kg*

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 18/15 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics:  7/3 pics

[Baltoscott]

Finally December! Day 27

16K steps/day		27/31
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		27/31
13 weight-lifting days		15/13
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		16/20
1 pull-up		27/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		25/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 167.7 lbs (Dec. 1)	12/27	167.2
Eat 4 plates (no snacks) of food 21 days out of the month (new)		19/26

Up half a pound for the week, but still down half a pound for the month.

[NellyG]

28 December 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      23/20

20 days over 12,000                                         22/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               15/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/4           

Knee exercises 20 days  (goal modified)     24/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    26/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       4/3

[SunsetRunner]

Made it thru Christmas! I knew I would be splurging so was determined to keeps my steps high.

Our theaters have been closed in Michigan for covid so the local one off the park near me has been posting uplifting quotations from movies.

[Ennay]

12/27 - 12,249 one giant walk - 

Week 4 summary  - target 10500  6/7   total for week 78521

Week 5 target 10600

Meeting a friend for walking today and can't find the only mask that is comfortable for walking, bummer.  So glad to have this week off of work.  Monday will be a full year at this job and other than holidays I only took 3 days off.  

[Jotex]

FINALLY! December 2020 - Day 28

5,000+ steps: 5/5 days

6,000+ steps:  18/15 days

8,000+ steps:  4/5 days

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 18/15 days

Lose 1 kilo before (U.S.) Christmas:  0/1 kg*

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 19/15 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics:  7/3 pics

[NellyG]

29 December 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      24/20

20 days over 12,000                                         23/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               16/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     5/4           

Knee exercises 20 days  (goal modified)     25/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    27/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       4/3

[Ennay]

12/28 - 11953 good to get a walk in on the last day of sunshine for quite awhile. 

2020 seems to be trying to cram in as much crap as possible into the end.  My mom was in the hospital yesterday, she is fine now after cardioversion, but she sat in atrial fibrillation for 6 hours in the middle of the night trying to reach her friend for "company" rather than calling 911, because she didn't think she needed to go to the hospital.  Atrial fibrillation is a large part of what led to her stroke 7 years ago, but she still thinks it is making a fuss to go to the ER.  

And our neighbors 17 year old daughter had a stroke last night.  17.  

[Baltoscott]

Finally December! Day 29

16K steps/day		29/31
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		29/31
13 weight-lifting days		15/13
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		18/20
1 pull-up		29/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		27/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 167.7 lbs (Dec. 1)	12/27	167.2
Eat 4 plates (no snacks) of food 21 days out of the month (new)		20/26

My '4 plates' metric is a little squishy.  It basically means I only eat four times a day and that what I can eat would fit on a single plate -- though it would be a big plate for most lunches which are almost always salad based. If I snack or if I have more than two drinks on a drinking day it is a fail.  I won't make the goal this month. Mostly because I've been drinking a little too much, though some snacking too.  Holiday season is tough on eating/drinking routines!

My neighbors with the Halloween T-Rex repurposed it for the Christmas season 😃

Hmm, how old is Christmas really?

[Baltoscott]

Hey @Ennay @NellyG @Jotex @SunsetRunner @San12 @SteppingBooks @SLCP @stoughjr @PureEvil @benvegi @UncleDale @Horzzo @WendyB 

The January 2021 RESET - Step Challenge and Resolutions is up.  Go post your goals.

[NellyG]

30 December 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      25/20

20 days over 12,000                                         24/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               16/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     5/4           

Knee exercises 20 days  (goal modified)     26/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    29/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       4/3

[Baltoscott]

Finally December! Day 30

16K steps/day		30/31
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		30/31
13 weight-lifting days		16/13
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		19/20
1 pull-up		30/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		28/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 167.7 lbs (Dec. 1)	12/27	167.2
Eat 4 plates (no snacks) of food 21 days out of the month (new)		21/26

Whoa.  Just one day left in 2020!

[NellyG]

31 December  And that's a wrap for the year!

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      26/20

20 days over 12,000                                         25/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               16/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     5/4           

Knee exercises 20 days  (goal modified)     27/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    29/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       4/3

[Baltoscott]

Happy New Year @NellyG.  I’ll join you in 2021 tomorrow.

[Jotex]

FINALLY! December 2020 - Day 29, 30, 31

5,000+ steps: 6/5 days

6,000+ steps:  19/15 days

8,000+ steps:  4/5 days

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 18/15 days

Lose 1 kilo before (U.S.) Christmas:  0/1 kg

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 21/15 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics:  7/3 pics

Almost made all my step goals, but the one to lose weight was a bust. {What was I thinking, to set that goal this time of the year?!?!} Next year!!! Wishing everyone a pleasant end to the old, and good  start to the New Year! 

[stoughjr]

End of Dec update

GOALS: 😀😀😀
12,000 steps per day: 31/31
3 sets of 5 exercises every other day: 14/15
1 hr of exercise each day: 31/31
6.5 hr sleep each day: 25/31
Log meals & water daily: 31/31
3 pictures: 3/3

[San12]

@Baltoscott   December 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

Steps:2,472

steps: 3,887

steps: 6,070

steps: 3,153

steps: 3,300

Well I didn't make my goal of 500 miles for the year was short by 17.4 miles. But I looked back at my log book and noticed several days of being sick. So this year will be better. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!