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]

21 January 

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

15 days over 12,000                                         17/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               10/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  4/2           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   18/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

NEW GOAL!

150km on my bike from 15 January to 28 February  55/150

[Jotex]

Jumpstart January 2023 — Day 17,18,19,20

8,000 steps: 11/15 days

10,000 steps: 8/10 days

Calisthenics: 15/20 days

Intermittent Fasting: 20/31 days

Blue Days: 5/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3

The view from our terrace 2 days ago (exceptionally clear day that day).

[NellyG]

21 January 

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

15 days over 12,000                                         17/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               10/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  4/2           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   18/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

NEW GOAL!

150km on my bike from 15 January to 28 February  55/150

[Vidd]

Jump Start January, Day 21

200,000 steps per week	3/4. Week 1 226673 Week 2 218709 Week 3 236166
At least 10 miles walking with Walter the dog	21/31
3000 floors in January	2881/3000
Play the piano every day to my dog	21/31
In bed by midnight every day....	21/31
...and by 11pm four times in the month	7/4
15 days with quantifiable DIY or gardening	9/15
3 Scavenger Hunt pictures (I love that theme for this month!)	1/3

[Baltoscott]

That’s a great view @Jotex 

[Jotex]

Jumpstart January 2023 — Day 21, 22

8,000 steps: 12/15 days

10,000 steps: 8/10 days

Calisthenics: 15/20 days

Intermittent Fasting: 22/31 days

Blue Days: 5/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3

[NellyG]

23 January 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      21/20

15 days over 12,000                                         18/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               11/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  5/2           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   19/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

NEW GOAL!

150km on my bike from 15 January to 28 February  113/150

[SteppingBooks]

Jumpstart January 20 to 22

16.5k Steps/Day Weekdays:-/22

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 5/9

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 20/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 20/31

Weights 2x/week: /8

Stretch 4x/week: /15

Squats 30/day: /10

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 241,121/450,000

We got a minidump of snow overnight.  Not too bad, but I definitely contemplated calling out since I didn't have equipment to work from home.  That'll teach me to not carry it with any snow prediction. lol

[Baltoscott]

@NellyG -- that new eBike looks really nice! I'm jealous. 

[Baltoscott]

I've been sick since the 18th, so progress has dropped off. Feeling better but probably not up for more than a couple of walks today, and maybe the pushup and pullup 🙂

JumpStart January Day 23. 

17K steps/day for 25 days		14/25
lose two pounds (176.0 on Jan. 1)	1/22	173.5
12 weight-lifting days		6/12
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 18 days or more during the month		14/18
1 pull-up (modified)		17/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		16/25
27 Dry (no alcohol) days	1/22	21/26
Beat January 2022 bike mileage (201.2 miles)		133
1 pushup		17/28

So, what's this?

A tufted titmouse from a Baltimore street art project from a while back. The mural is about a mile from where I live. And the live model was about 30 feet from my back porch 🙂

[NellyG]

@Baltoscott It is really amazing! Still have to work but hills are much less daunting lol

[Jotex]

Jumpstart January 2023 — Day 23

8,000 steps: 12/15 days

10,000 steps: 9/10 days

Calisthenics: 16/20 days

Intermittent Fasting: 23/31 days

Blue Days: 6/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 3/3

@Baltoscott  — sorry to hear you’ve not been well. Take care, and wishing you an as-speedy-as-possible recovery. {BTW beautiful bird and nice art!}

@NellyG  — congrats on your new eBike! Happy riding and success on your new goal. 🚴 

Met up with some other American families yesterday for an indoor sport (hadn’t played in xx years). 

[Baltoscott]

@Jotex — looks like fun. I’ve never seen the child ramp that’s in the background. Probably because I haven’t been to a bowling alley in years. Do you just scoot it up to the front of the lane and let kids roll the ball down the ramp? (When not climbing all over it, of course).

[Baltoscott]

@NellyG —yeah, I’ve got one and I always think about it when I’m coming up on a big hill on one of ‘manual’ bikes :-). E-bikes are really fun, and you get plenty good exercise with a little help on the hard bits, and a little more speed on the easy bits. 

[Jotex]

@Baltoscott  — I hadn’t seen a kids ramp before either, but you’re quite right about how kids (with parents’ help) use it (& climb on it). They also put up gutter guards for the kids, too, so the ball has a better chance of hitting the pins. 

[Vidd]

This wall isn't very far from the site of one of my photos in November's thread, where there were half a dozen bossy signs.  

It belongs to a very nice listed building, now divided into three residences, but originally just a big house with a very lovely garden.  The folks who lived there realised that people wanted to take a look at their garden, and so built this wall with a peep-hole to accommodate them.

[NellyG]

24 January

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

15 days over 12,000                                         19/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               12/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  5/2           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   19/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

NEW GOAL!

150km on my bike from 15 January to 28 February  122/150

[SteppingBooks]

Jumpstart January 23

16.5k Steps/Day Weekdays:-/22

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 5/9

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 20/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 21/31

Weights 2x/week: /8

Stretch 4x/week: /15

Squats 30/day: /10

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 249,651/450,000

[Jotex]

Jumpstart January 2023 — Day 24

8,000 steps: 12/15 days

10,000 steps: 10/10 days

Calisthenics: 17/20 days

Intermittent Fasting: 24/31 days

Blue Days: 6/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 3/3

[NellyG]

25 January

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

15 days over 12,000                                         20/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               12/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  5/2           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   19/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

NEW GOAL!

150km on my bike from 15 January to 28 February  140/150