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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).
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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3 December
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 3/20
20 days over 12,000 3/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 2/14
4 day over 20,000 steps -/4
10 lunges a day for 10 days 1/10
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 4/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 1/3
Display at my favourite coffee shop. I called in on my walk this morning
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4 December
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 4/20
20 days over 12,000 4/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 2/14
4 day over 20,000 steps -/4
10 lunges a day for 10 days 2/10
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 5/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 1/3
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5,000+ steps: 1/5 days
6,000+ steps: 2/15 days
8,000+ steps: 1/5 days
Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 4/15 days
Lose 1 kilo before (U.S.) Christmas: 0/1 kg
Eat 1 piece of fruit: 4/15 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3 pics
Since ‘seniors’ ( over 65) are encouraged to stay home in Switzerland, I have to be creative to keep busy. So I painted a picture for our Christmas card this year.
For some odd reason, fitbit App turns it on its side. 🙃
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6 December
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 5/20
20 days over 12,000 5/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 3/14
4 day over 20,000 steps -/4
10 lunges a day for 10 days 3/10
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 6/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 1/3
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Finally December! Day 6
| 16K steps/day | 6/31 | |
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 6/31 | |
13 weight-lifting days | 3/13 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 2/3 | |
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 5/20 | |
1 pull-up | 6/31 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 6/31 | |
| Lose 2 lbs. Start 167.7 lbs (Dec. 1) | 12/06 | 167.3 |
| Eat 4 plates (no snacks) of food 21 days out of the month (new) | 4/21 |
@Jotex -- that painting will be great for your Christmas card. I really like the colors.
I'm down about 1/2 lb for the week, and otherwise on goal for Finally December. One scavenger hunt pic below and the route of my 6.5 mile unicycle ride today. Not as far or as long in the saddle as my 11+ mile ride at the beach last week, but I've got HILLS in my neighborhood. A lot more of a challenge and I get my heartrate up quite a bit more than flat rides. Fitbit credits me with 53 floors for the day so far.
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7 December
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 6/20
20 days over 12,000 6/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 4/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 1/4
10 lunges a day for 10 days 3/10
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 8/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
Out on a bike ride today to a neighbouring town
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OK, here’s my first week in December. I must say, this challenge is certainly motivating, @Baltoscott !
My steps and sleep. Pretty much on target. The “good” days made up for when my knee was not cooperating. I’ve also included the scavenger hunt pic.
Best AnswerFINALLY! December 2020 - Day 7
5,000+ steps: 1/5 days
6,000+ steps: 4/15 days
8,000+ steps: 1/5 days
Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 6/15 days
Lose 1 kilo before (U.S.) Christmas: +2/1 kg !?!?!
Eat 1 piece of fruit: 6/15 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 3/3 pics
There’s a Second-Hand Shop 3 doors down from where we live. I walked past it late afternoon to get my car from the VW Garage. Even they are full of good cheer and the Christmas spirit. You can even buy a Swiss cow! 😅
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Week 1 update 🌲
12,000 steps per day: 7/7
3 sets of 5 exercises every other day: 2/3
1 hr of exercise each day: 7/7
6.5 hr sleep each day: 5/7
Log meals & water daily: 7/7
3 pictures: 1/3
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8 December
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 7/20
20 days over 12,000 7/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 5/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 2/4
10 lunges a day for 10 days 4/10
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 10/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
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Goals for December: Steps 11,000, floors 20, active hours at least 12 of 14. Will continue the light weights, stretching, yoga every day.
Off to a good start.
Dec 1--- Steps 13,695
Floors -- under goal at 16
Wts, yogo, stretching 1 of 1
Hmmm, wonder what yogo is? Oh, yeah, Yoga
12/2 steps 11,129 floors 28
12/3 steps 12,392 floors 13
12/4 steps 8,617 floors 15
12/5 steps 13,854 floors 18
12/6 steps 11,861 floors 2
12/7 steps 13,758 floors 7
My step count is getting better now that I'm feeling better, may not get back to my previous levels of over 20k. My floor level not doing so well, still hesitate to walk up the steep hill every day, sometimes the weather is too cold or wet to make the climb.
@Baltoscott Another Owl picture for you, the Owl sat on this limb for 10 minutes before dropping down to the porch railing. This was about 12' from our living room window.
I am keeping up on the wts, yoga, stretching every day
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