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.

[benvegi]

You are welcome! We ended up with 7" over two days. Enjoy it while you can, colder weather is right behind it.  Yesterday morning it was -9, high of 19, and this morning it is -12 but it is sunny.

This is the coldest winter we have had in about 4 years. 

[NellyG]

17 January

Step goal                                     3/7   (17/31)

Plank                                            3/7   ( 15/29)

Swim                                           1/2   (5/8)

Bike (or extra Fitbit Coach)      -/1    (2/4)

Fitbit Coach                                1/1    (3/4)

[benvegi]

Snow is over it's just cold. Really inhibits my walking outside but am able to get all of my steps either feeding horses or walking to mailbox or around the house. My floor goal is suffering without being able to walk up the hills.

My goals:                                              

11 k steps a day                                                   

30 floors                                               

5 miles                               

5 push ups                        

1 plank 

1 plank, plus 3 sets of curls @ 10 lbs, 3 sets of upright rows.    16/31 on all goals except floors, 13/31.

[benvegi]

Thanks Wendy, I will.

[WendyB]

13K steps/day 17/31

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 17/31

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 17/31

14 weight lifting days 8/14

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 16/30

Lose 5 pounds Lost .8 this week 1/5/18
1/12 1.5 loss

Done early today. Went for walk with friend in morning then after breakfast went back out with Hubby for another one. 🙂

[Jotex]

Day 17
8,000 steps - 10,000+ steps — 13/31 
4 fitbit floors - 5 fitbit floors — 17/31
work out 5x/wk - 3/5 — week 3/4
read book 5 min - 15 min — 16/31

[Baltoscott]

January 17

15K steps/day 17/31
1 pushup/day 17/31
1 pullup/day 17/31
12 weight-lifting days 8/12
No alcohol for the month (What?) 16/31

The snow this morning wasn't enough to shut down DC, but it delayed a lot of school openings in Baltimore.  Had an empty seat on the train next to me for the whole trip (hardly ever happens outside of the days between Christmas and New Years) and I had the gym almost all to myself.  

[NellyG]

18 January  Gosh, my Coach workout yesterday was hard! My poor quads are really sore today 🤣🤣

Step goal                                     4/7   (18/31)

Plank                                            4/7   ( 16/29)

Swim                                           2/2   (6/8)

Bike (or extra Fitbit Coach)      -/1    (2/4)

Fitbit Coach                                1/1    (3/4)

[Baltoscott]

January 18

15K steps/day 18/31
1 pushup/day 18/31
1 pullup/day 18/31
12 weight-lifting days 8/12
No alcohol for the month (What?) 17/31

@NellyG -- yes, the Coach can be pretty brutal!

[Jotex]

Day 18
8,000 steps - 8,500+ steps — 14/31
4 fitbit floors - 16 fitbit floors — 18/31
work out 5x/wk - 4/5 — week 3/4
read book 5 min - 5 min — 17/31

[Julia_G]

Now that my visitor is gone I am back on track with the steps, at least: yesterday was 13545 and today 16386.  I think I missed the 10 k goal 4 times, so that would put me 14/31.

My problem is that once I have lost a day, I tend to think, Oh well, now I have failed... It will never be 31/31... might as well give up...

But that is Bad Thinking!  I try instead to think that every day I meet my Challenge is 1/1, so that's my good news.  

The rest of you folks seem to be doing really well, so congratulations! That is not easy in the snowy, icy, windy, short January days (except, for @NellyG who is probably basking in lovely sunshine -- or perhaps she is boiling hot instead.  Maybe no one has it easy in January...)

[Jotex]

@Julia_G - you may right about January, especially in the northern hemisphere. For the first time in 31 years I’ve lived in Switzerland my family in Texas and Louisiana have freezing temperatures (17 degrees) while we are basking in an unusual 46 degree heat wave (for January). I expect things will switch back soon enough though. Keep warm Peeps!

[WendyB]

Jan 18

13K steps/day 18/31

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 18/31

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 18/31

14 weight lifting days 8/14

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 18/30

Lose 5 pounds Lost .8 this week 1/5/18
1/12 1.5 loss

I did some Yoga today. Oh boy do I need to practice with balance. Was good at it before surgery

[NellyG]

@Julia_G Yes I feel for you guys all freezing their butts off! It never gets that cold here (I am very happy to say) but it is still hard ro exercise outside in winter. Our days are not super hot at the moment so now the (awful) winds have died down being outside is good. So I DO have it much easier than you Northern Hemisphere people! Lucky me☺

[NellyG]

19 January  (Quads still sore but coming good lol)

Step goal                                     5/7   (19/31)

Plank                                            5/7   ( 17/29)

Swim                                           2/2   (6/8)

Bike (or extra Fitbit Coach)      -/1    (2/4)

Fitbit Coach                                1/1    (3/4)

[Jotex]

Day 19
8,000 steps - 8,500+ steps — 15/31
4 fitbit floors - 14 fitbit floors — 19/31
work out 5x/wk - 5/5 — week 3/4
read book 5 min - 5 min — 18/31

[WendyB]

Jan 19

13K steps/day 19/31

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 19/31

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 19/31

14 weight lifting days 9/14

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 19/30

Lose 5 pounds Lost .8 this week 1/5/18
1/12 1.5 loss
1/19 small .2 but its a loss!

I was busy today and had to be creative for my steps. I really hate walking around my house to get them in

[NellyG]

20 January

Step goal                                     6/7   (20/31)

Plank                                            6/7   ( 18/29)

Swim                                           2/2   (6/8)

Bike (or extra Fitbit Coach)      1/1    (3/4)

Fitbit Coach                                1/1    (3/4)

[Baltoscott]

January 19
15K steps/day 19/31
1 pushup/day 19/31
1 pullup/day 19/31
12 weight-lifting days 9/12
No alcohol for the month (What?) 18/31

[WendyB]

Jan 20

I did not think I would make it but I did. Busy day Painting

13K steps/day 20/31

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 20/31

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 20/31

14 weight lifting days 9/14

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 20/30

Lose 5 pounds Lost .8 this week 1/5/18
1/12 1.5 loss
1/19 small .2 but its a loss!