Jumping January 2018 Step Challenge

[Baltoscott]

Welcome to 2018.  It is a new year, and time to get another monthly challenge underway

How It Works:

The primary purpose of this challenge is to keep track of your daily step goals for January 2018 (though as you will see below, other goals for the month are just fine). This is not a competition to see who can do the most amount of steps, 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 31 for the month can you hit your goal.

Some of you might have a constant goal of 10k steps every single day and some might have a variable goal throughout the week, for example.
Monday -> Friday = 10k steps a day
Sat & Sun = 6k steps a day
Regardless of how you structure your daily goals, the only thing that matters for this 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 / 31.

Optional
3) Post either your constant or variable (anything you want) goal.
4) Keep track of the # of daily goals achieved / 31.

The optional items can really be anything. Running, biking, weight lifting, food goals, etc. Some will add a goal that is not daily - ie. wanting to do so many strength training workouts in the month - so you might be aiming for a number that is less than 31 for some goals -- maybe 5, 10, or 15. Really, it's just completely open.

Injury Notice
If you injure yourself during the month and decide scale back the number of steps due to the injury, then all you have to do is adjust your daily step 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]

Here are my goals for January.

15K steps/day

1 pushup/day

1 pullup/day

12 weight-lifting days

No alcohol for the month  (What?)

People approach goals differently.  I've got a "mini-habit" mentality where I try to find ways to reward myself for taking the "first step."  So that is why I usually post a 1 pushup and 1 pullup for every day in the monthly challenges.  I usually do more, but I think that's at least partly because I ALWAYS do that much.  15K steps a day is a few thousand below my average daily steps, but it will be a bit of a challenge to make sure I don't fall below that amount each day.  

No alcohol in January is something I tried for the first time in January 2017 after I realized I was having a couple of beers almost every night.  Lots of empty calories!  It was a bit of a challenge to skip drinking at all social events for a month, but January might be the easiest month of the year to try it -- EVERYONE does penance in January 🙂

[DramaQueenDiva]

My mini goal is to get over this cold! Once I do, it's back to 10K a day and diet.

[WendyB]

Ok I'm in

13K steps/day

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day

Boxing 30 Minutes/day

Use weights 3 times a week (been putting this off needs to stop )

Lose 5 pounds

[WendyB]

Good luck @Baltoscott On the Alcohol. I only have it on weekends. Need me some Vino

[benvegi]

Sounds good as long as I don't have to jump very far. Especially in this cold weather. High today of 19 but at least the sun is out.

My goals:

11 k steps a day

30 floors

5 miles

5 push ups 

1 plank

[MagsOnTheBeach]

My step goal is 10,000 steps a day. 

I look forward to being accountable for them with you all!

[Julia_G]

Okay, I'm in too.  As there is a lot going on in my life just now, I think I will go for

10k steps a day

3 weight sessions a week

2 runs a week

I have done "Dry January" a couple of years, but this year it is difficult as I have a visitor until the 15th and some parties... but I might try to follow @WendyB's example and go for weekends only.  We'll see...

[homegrowninTX]

My goals for January:

12500 steps daily.

Go to bed by 10:30 and up by 6:00 Sun-Thurs.

No Dr. Peppers

I'm going to try to make and reach new small goals each month. I'm usually an all or nothing person and I know that's not a good way to be when it comes to health. 

[CassieBanks]

My goals for 2018 are:

6,000 Steps per day (raising up from 5,000/day).

4 Workouts per week.

2.0L of water per day (the hardest of them all).

I can't do too much because I have bad knees and my left foot is messed up so I have to go gently into the night when it comes to exercise.

[Jotex]

OK @Baltoscott, I’m in, too! My goals for January 2018:

- 8,000 steps/day 

- 4 fitbit floors/day

- work out 5x/week, including 1-min plank and curls for 1-min, workout with weights, ...

- read at least 5 min of a REAL book a day {more allowed, of course}

With that last one I am acknowledging my addiction to my iPhone and iPad. 🙄

I know I should join the alcohol-free month challenge, but I am not sure I have that much resolve, and I hate to fail; so (!) ... my goal is:

- I will NOT drink every day!

[Baltoscott]

---

@DramaQueenDiva wrote:

My mini goal is to get over this cold! ...

---

Me too!Yikes!

[MarciM]

@Baltoscott

I'm in. Jan goal:

10K a day

Zero processed food 

No grain or dairy for first 14 days

This is my typical new year reset on food. 🙂

[SQUEAKY]

I'm in. 

I live in the now frigid USA so getting steps in is proving to be a real challenge; hopefully the Jumping January thread will keep me motivated.

Steps = 10,000 per day.

Use my Total Gym 3 times a week.

[junoshell1]

Im in on this challenge too!  New to Fitbit on Christmas as a gift so not sure what it all does yet but seems pretty cool.

Goals for January. 

10K steps/day

Run /3 times a wk

Weight train/ 2 days a wk 

50 sit ups/day

[benvegi]

I'm going to post today's progress as of 9 PM since we will be out of town tomorrow.  It is very cold here, 4 degrees last night, high of 23 today. Looks like we have a week of this coming up. Low 20's with a 10 mph wind is not easy to walk in. Even my horses hid behind the barn today to get out of the cold wind.

Anyway,

My goals:

11 k steps a day               today 12.4 k

30 floors                            32 floors

5 miles                               5.51 miles

5 push ups                        5 push up

1 plank                               1 plank, plus 3 sets of curls @ 10 lbs, 3 sets of upright rows.

[Baltoscott]

January 1

15K steps/day  1/31

1 pushup/day   1/31

1 pullup/day   1/31

12 weight-lifting days  1/12

No alcohol for the month  (What?)  1/31

Off to a good start.  Got to the gym at about 8 am for my first weight-lifting day -- before the rest of humanity showed up -- and I've made through all the New Year's Day football games without a single beer!  Woohoo!

[WendyB]

Is this right  @Baltoscott

13K steps/day 1/31

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 1/31

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 1/31

Use weights 3 times a week 1/31

Lose 5 pounds 0/31

[WendyB]

I would also like to add I didn't do it today but I'm slacking here as well

200 Stomach exercises a day with my Ab roller

[Jotex]

Day 1

8,000 steps - 8,404 steps — 1/31
4 fiitbit floors - 5 floors — 1/31
work out 5x/wk - 1/5 — 1/31

read book 5 min - 45 min — 1/31

Will post success of last one (cut back on daily alcohol consumption) at the end of January. Thankful (in all weather) that I bought a treadmill 10 yrs ago. No excuses for me, though. After NY Eve party (here) was exhausted yesterday, but managed to get going after 8 pm. Whew!