Hey Fools! -- This is no joke! It's the Monthly Step Challenge for April!

[Baltoscott]

OK, you know you made some foolish promises to yourself in January and now you are trying to pretend that never happened, right?  Well, one fourth of 2018 has come and gone.  It is April now and with a nod toward the foolishness in all of us, it’s time for a reset — maybe with some more realistic goals going forward 🙂

   
How It Works:

The primary purpose of these monthly challenges has been 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

Although you certainly don’t have to post daily, you’ll likely stay closer to what you use 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.

[NellyG]

Oh @WendyB do take care! I hope it is nothing serious

23 April

Step goal         1/7        19/22

Swim                -/2        6/8

Bike/Coach     -/1        3/4

Dance               -/8      29/32

[Ennay]

April 22 - 12656

	March	April Goal	Week 1 thru 4/8	Week 2	Week 3	Total
Average	14017	>March	16872	15424	14246
# Days above
10K	30	30	8	7	6	21
13.5K	16	24	6	5	4	15
15K	12	16	4	3	4	11
17.5K	4	5	3	2	2	7
20K	2	3	2	0	1	3
High	21962	>22K	25031	19951		25031
Average burn	2932	3000	3031	2865	2759
Challenge workout	4	16	0	0	2	2
Weight loss	8.8		2.9	1	1	4.9

Will be simplifying my goals next month.  With adding weights and soon adding intensity there will be more rest. 

@WendyBhope everything is ok.

[Jotex]

@GershonSurge — sorry to hear about hurting your back! {Very funny anout the 4 showers, too! 😂} I agree with you about easing back when pain kicks in. Take care and wish you a speedy recovery {maybe an extra shower or two will speed things up}.  

[Jotex]

@A_Lurker — my gosh! Winter weather in April?!! Wait, what am I saying? Us, too!!! 😭 Well, the past three or four days have been summery, until this afternoon. Cloudy and cool, and now rain. At least I hope it’ll rain enough to fill my rain barrel! 

[Jotex]

@A_Lurker - my gosh! Winter weather in April?!! Wait, what am I saying? Us, too, most of the time.  Well, the past three or four days have been summery, until this afternoon. Cloudy and cool, and now rain. But I hope it’ll rain enough to fill my rain barrel! 

[Jotex]

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@WendyB wrote:

So cool @Baltoscott would love to see it in person.

I'm having some problems and I need to drop out. Sorry. I'm in touch with my DR to find out what is going on. But I just cant continue

Keep it up all and I will check in

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Hope everything is soon back to normal @WendyB! Take care. 

[Jotex]

April 24
10,000 Steps 20/30 days —9/20 
Weights 15/30 days —8/15
15-min Trampoline 20/30 days —8/20
1.5 min Modified plank 10/30 days —7/10
Alcohol-free days 10/30 days — 2/10
Lose Weight from 68.9 to 67 — In Progress

I can’t believe it’s been four days since I reported on my goals! I haven’t been a couch potato, though {tempting as it might have been...}. There seems to be no end to the spring cleaning, scrubbing, sorting out closets and getting rid of unneeded items. Yesterday I cleaned away all the moss around our +/- 20x35-foot terrace before it rained. Now my back hurts, but I expect it’ll be alright in a day or so.

[benvegi]

Wendy, hope it's a simple problem please stay in touch with the group. 

[Baltoscott]

Hope it is not too bad @WendyB.  Take care of yourself.

[WendyB]

Thanks all. I just need to slow down for a few weeks.  Then I will be back

[Baltoscott]

April 24

-15K steps/day for all 30 days: 24/30
-1 pushup/day for all 30 days: 24/30
-15 weight-lifting days: 9/15
- 10 Coach/body-weight workouts: 10/10
-Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month: 8/12

Met my body weight workout goal with this morning’s workout, but I screwed up at the beginning of the month when I planned out my weight training goal and I’m go8ng to wind up short on that one.  There is still time to hit the sleep goal, though.

had a nice ride in this morning ... 

[NellyG]

25 April

Step goal         3/7        21/22

Swim                1/2        7/8

Bike/Coach     -/1        3/4

Dance               -/8      29/32

[shaunam.]

hi my name is shuana that is cool  

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[Baltoscott]

April 25

-15K steps/day for all 30 days: 25/30
-1 pushup/day for all 30 days: 25/30
-15 weight-lifting days: 10/15
- 10 Coach/body-weight workouts: 10/10
-Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month: 8/12

[Jotex]

April 25
10,000 Steps 20/30 days —10/20 
Weights 15/30 days —8/15
15-min Trampoline 20/30 days —8/20
1.5 min Modified plank 10/30 days —7/10
Alcohol-free days 10/30 days — 2/10
Lose Weight from 68.9 to 67 — In Progress

[shaunam.]

love the sunset 

[shaunam.]

I like that 

[Baltoscott]

Welcome @shaunam.  Feel free to post some goals for the rest of the month and join in.  Of if you want to wait a bit keep an eye peeled in the Get Moving forum (this one) for the May version of this challenge.  

[Baltoscott]

April 26

-15K steps/day for all 30 days: 26/30
-1 pushup/day for all 30 days: 26/30
-15 weight-lifting days: 10/15
- 10 Coach/body-weight workouts: 10/10 +1
-Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month: 8/12

Starting to think about what to call the May challenge ...

MAYhem step challenge -- Get a little crazy with your goals this month

MAYbe it's time to step it up for a month!

[Jotex]

@Baltoscott —  I love the new name and idea behind it! I’d like to set one goal, but step up (literally) my game from 10,000 to perhaps 15,000. For a month. 🏃🏼‍:female_sign: