January 2021 RESET— Step Challenge and Resolutions

[Baltoscott]

Welcome to 2021. It is a new year; Covid isn’t gone, but vaccines are on the way. And, even though it is cold in the North, and hot in the South, it is healthier to get outside. So let’s start off the year with another monthly challenge.  Go ahead and try out something new. A RESET ,,, a diet or exercise change, less drinking or smoking, going to bed earlier, learn a new skill … But in this case, commit for just a month and see how it goes. You can do anything for a month, and if it still makes sense on January 31, try to make it ordinary come February. Or adapt it a bit.                                                        

   
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 — 3 pictures

The idea of a monthly picture scavenger hunt started a couple of years ago as a way to get people into the great outside to show off where they live.

The theme this month?  It is an old favorite for me; street art or hidden pictures.  Street art is any graffiti you come across and any art designed built into architecture.  Hidden pictures are designs in nature that might be there on purpose (someone carved something into or hung something on a tree) or might be something you see in a natural formation (a shoulder or face in a mountain). It can even be something left over from the holidays ...

From Baltimore Zoo lights, 2020

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]

January Reset Day 19

16K steps/day		18/31
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		19/31
15 weight-lifting days		9/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		13/20
1 pull-up		19/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		19/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 167.7 (Jan. 1)	1/17	166.9
10 beers or less		4/10

[NellyG]

20 January

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                       17/20

20 days over 12,000                                          17/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               13/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     7/4           

Knee exercises 20 days  (goal modified)       19/20

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

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       5/3

[SteppingBooks]

January 2021 RESET 19:

11.5k Steps: 03/31

700 Calorie Deficit: 13/31

IF (12:12 weekdays;16:8 weekends): 18/31

20 Squats/day:  04/15 

Weights 2x/week: 03/8

Stretch 4x/week: 05/16

Photo Scavenger Hunt: --/3

Month Step Goal: 175,289/360,000

[San12]

@alexthecat January 18, 19

steps: 1,974

           2,847

Bike: I tried something new that I haven't done in a while. I road my stationary bike for one mile. Baby steps...

[Jotex]

January 2021 RESET — Day 19&20

5,000+ steps: 3//5 days

6,500+ steps:  3/15 days

8,000+ steps:  6/8 days

10,000+ steps: 5/1 *Bonus

11,000+ steps: 2/1 *Bonus

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy:  14/20 days

Lose ½ kg (starting 1.1.21 at 67.2): 1./.5

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 16/20 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics:  0/3 pics

NEW—Drink ACV before meals: 20/25 days

[Ennay]

1/19 13871

January goals

>10K 10/20

Jan steps 167,746/280,000

2021 - 40K behind pace

[Baltoscott]

January Reset Day 20

16K steps/day		19/31
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		20/31
15 weight-lifting days		10/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		14/20
1 pull-up		20/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		20/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 167.7 (Jan. 1)	1/17	166.9
10 beers or less		4/10

[NellyG]

21 January

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                       18/20

20 days over 12,000                                          18/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               14/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     8/4           

Knee exercises 20 days  (goal modified)       20/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    22/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       5/3

[SteppingBooks]

January 2021 RESET 20:

11.5k Steps: 03/31

700 Calorie Deficit: 14/31

IF (12:12 weekdays;16:8 weekends): 19/31

20 Squats/day:  05/15 

Weights 2x/week: 04/8

Stretch 4x/week: 06/16

Photo Scavenger Hunt: --/3

Month Step Goal: 180,591/360,000

Yesterday was not a good step day, but I did get in some weight-time.  10 days left to January; I'm behind where I wanted to be for a lot of goals, but I can still make the next 10 days count.

[Ennay]

1/20 11598

Going to be tough to hit it today as I have Dr. appts which is extending the workday and stealing my lunch hour. BUT I can't miss many more days, so might be doing a late late run at it. 

January Goals:

>10K 11/20

Jan steps 179,344/280,000
2021 -39.4K behind

[Jotex]

January 2021 RESET — Day 21

5,000+ steps: 3//5 days

6,500+ steps:  3/7 days

8,000+ steps:  6/8 days

10,000+ steps: 5/1 *Bonus

11,000+ steps: 3/1 *Bonus

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy:  15/20 days

Lose ½ kg (starting 1.1.21 at 67.2): 1./.5

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 17/20 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics:  0/3 pics

NEW—Drink ACV before meals: 21/25 days

Since I seem to be getting more ‘Bonus days’ (I.e. over 8,000 steps), I’ll subtract that number from one of my original goals (e.g. I subtracted 8 from the 15 days of 6,500 steps). 

[stoughjr]

Week 3 update: 😀😀😀
12,000 steps per day: 21/21
3 sets of 5 exercises every other day: 11/11
Log weight weekly: Lost 2.4 lb
1 hr of exercise each day: 21/21
6.5 hr sleep each day: 21/21
3 pictures: 3/3

Archway 3 on walking path

[Baltoscott]

January Reset Day 21

16K steps/day		20/31
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		21/31
15 weight-lifting days		10/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		15/20
1 pull-up		21/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		21/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 167.7 (Jan. 1)	1/17	166.9
10 beers or less		4/10

[NellyG]

22 January 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                       19/20

20 days over 12,000                                          19/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               15/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     9/4           

Knee exercises 20 days  (goal modified)       21/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    25/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       5/3

From my walk today

 

[SteppingBooks]

January 2021 RESET 21:

11.5k Steps: 04/31

700 Calorie Deficit: 15/31

IF (12:12 weekdays;16:8 weekends): 20/31

20 Squats/day:  05/15 

Weights 2x/week: 04/8

Stretch 4x/week: 06/16

Photo Scavenger Hunt: --/3

Month Step Goal: 192,996/360,000

[Ennay]

1/21 10738

Late night walk got me over the top.  I did take 4(?) 2 minute "march in place" breaks during my workday to get something in. Back on the predinose today.  Last round I did good while on it, but coming off made it hard to walk for a good 10 days, so might need to bank some steps heading into February.  BP is way up this morning, probably because of the prednisone.  

January Goals:
>10K 13/20
Jan steps 190,083/240,000

2021 40K behind

[Jotex]

January 2021 RESET — Day 22

5,000+ steps: 3//5 days

6,500+ steps:  3/7 days

8,000+ steps:  7/8 days

10,000+ steps: 5/1 *Bonus

11,000+ steps: 3/1 *Bonus

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy:  15/20 days

Lose ½ kg (starting 1.1.21 at 67.2): 1./.5

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 18/20 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics:  0/3 pics

NEW—Drink ACV before meals: 22/25 days

[NellyG]

23 January

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

20 days over 12,000                                          20/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               16/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     9/4           

Knee exercises 20 days  (goal modified)       22/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    25/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       5/3

@Baltoscott  A suggestion for next months Scavenger Hunt. A story in pictures from one of your exercise sessions when out and about. You had it once before, ages ago. It was good fun I thought!

[Baltoscott]

That’s a good idea @NellyG.  Thanks.

[Ennay]

1/22 - 13330

January Goals >10K 14/20

Jan Steps 203413/240000

2021 - 37.7K behind