JumpStart January 2023 -- Step Challenge and Resolutions

[Baltoscott]

Welcome to 2023!

It is January 2023 and it’s a great time to JumpStart the year and focus on some new goals ... a diet or exercise change, less drinking or smoking, going to bed earlier, learning 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 theme this month is What's That? Maybe a close up of something common, or an unusual plant, or a different angle. Sometimes What's That will be obvious to us, and other times you might have to tell us a story about it. Use your imagination.

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.

[NellyG]

31 January 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      28/20

15 days over 12,000                                         23/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               15/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  5/2           

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

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

NEW GOAL!

150km on my bike from 15 January to 28 February  209/150

[Vidd]

Here's a little picture puzzle.  What is the purpose of the tower at the top of both photos?

Now a bit nearer to it:

[Vidd]

And this one tells a story....

The black shiny part of the picture is our back door, and the pole is a walking pole.  I'm outside it with Walter, and took this photo with my arm poking through the cat flap (which I'd had to force the lock on to get through it) trying to dislodge the keys hanging on a hook.  Yes.I'd gone out without keys, and couldn't wake Mrs Vidd. I took the photo to see if my pole was going in the right place.  Eventually I managed to knock the key holder off, along with everything hanging from it.  The house keys weren't there!  I realised that they were in another coat about fifteen feet from the back door.  I contemplated joining a couple of long bamboo poles together to try to fish the coat off its hook on the far side of the room, and then decided to knock on the upstairs window until I could wake Mrs Vidd.  Walter, our dog, understood the situation, and reacted joyfully when he could hear Mrs V coming to the rescue!

[Baltoscott]

JumpStart January Day 31. 

17K steps/day for 20 days (dropped to 19 b/c sick)		20/19
lose two pounds (176.0 on Jan. 1)	1/31	171.6
12 weight-lifting days		6/12
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 18 days or more during the month		21/18
1 pull-up (modified)		24/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		21/25
27 Dry (no alcohol) days	1/31	30/26
Beat January 2022 bike mileage (201.2 miles)		165.5
1 pushup		24/28

Elves live in trees right? 

Elves?

January wrap up. 

Lost 4 lbs, only drank on one day, and didn't do too bad on my other goals given that I was out sick for about a week. So that's all good. I was hoping to beat last year's bike miles but maybe that will work out next January :-).  For now, it's Forward to February.

[Baltoscott]

@Vidd -- no idea what is going on with that tower. 

Your picture puzzle, however, is why I've got a lockbox in my garage with a spare house key. God bless Mrs. V.

[Jotex]

Jumpstart January 2023 — Day 31

8,000 steps: 15/15 days

10,000 steps: 13/10 days

Calisthenics: 20/20 days

Intermittent Fasting: 31/31 days

Blue Days: 10/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 3/3

Reached ALL my goals in January! 🙌 Now forward to February. 😊

[SteppingBooks]

Jumpstart January 31

16.5k Steps/Day Weekdays:1/22

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 7/9

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 28/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 28/31

Weights 2x/week: /8

Stretch 4x/week: /15

Squats 30/day: /10

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 336,117/450,000

[4DB]

Hello @Baltoscott  I am back from my Cruise 😉   Here is proof I do not take the elevator on a cruise ship, I always take the stairs 🙂

[4DB]

Jump Start January Challenge @ Jan 31, 2023

Back from my cruise.... got IN lots of walking, did not take elevator on ship, always took the stairs 🙂

TOTAL STEPS FOR 2023=   375,715 /3,650,000

10,000 steps/day=     31/31

loose 4 lbs=  3/4  CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!?  SOOOO MUCH FOOD ON A CRUISE AND I ACTUALLY LOST 3 LBS

use stationary bike/elliptical=   0/2

scavenger hunt pics=   0 /3

[Baltoscott]

@4DB - that’s a good floor day, and a tall ship!

Oh, and losing weight on a cruise is not only awesome I think it entitles you to a discount on the next one!

[Vidd]

@Baltoscott, Our golf course starts at 800 feet and goes up to 1200.  The tower is one of two on the course - the one in the photo is on the new 14th tee, from which you can't see the fairway - unless you go up the tower.

God bless Mrs V indeed!  I ordered a lockbox the morning after the lockout. 😚

[Vidd]

Jump Start January, Day 31

200,000 steps per week	4/4. Week 1 226673 Week 2 219072 Week 3 236605 Week 4 247314 and a total for January of 1032905
At least 10 miles walking with Walter the dog	31/31
3000 floors in January	4215/3000 (almost 4 miles of climbing)
Play the piano every day to my dog	31/31
In bed by midnight every day....	31/31
...and by 11pm four times in the month	11/4
15 days with quantifiable DIY or gardening	13/15
3 Scavenger Hunt pictures (I love that theme for this month!)	4/3

All January goals done apart from the practical jobs one.

[4DB]

Thanks @Baltoscott   I will request discount for next cruise 😉  hahaha  not a tall ship but lots of decks...from our cabin down to diningroom back up to cabin to change to go to pool then back down again to change to go to a show on another deck etc  ohhhh my legs  hahahaha