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Just Say NO to Sedentary February — Step Challenge and REVISED Resolutions

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So how did January go?  Are you still holding strong on those New Year resolutions?  Or have you completely forgotten about that?  🙂

 

Well, if your January goals were a little too ambitious, don’t give up.  Just walk it back a bit.  Instead of 6 days a week at the gym, commit to putting on your workout shoes for 3 mornings and walking a couple of miles, followed by some body weight exercises (you can still go to the gym, but if you’ve been missing, change the commitment somehow — less often, switch from morning to evening or vice versa — so it is easier to meet). Whatever it was you committed to in January, that has not successful, try doing half as much of it in February and see how that goes. (Of course, if you hit your goals in January, YAY YOU! Now keep practicing the goals you want as lifetime habits, and increase effort or time a bit). But above all, Just Say NO to Sedentary February.                                                     
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 of the photo scavenger hunt for Just Say NO to Sedentary February is to find the ‘odd duck;’ something out of place; someone oddly dressed; something a little ridiculous.

Odd FrogOdd Frog

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.

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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I'm with you @Kanga999  I always pick up liter when I walk. It amazes me how people drop it when A garbage can is a few feet away 😮

 

Where I walk they have festivals sometimes. One time a food truck dumped all there waste on the trail instead of a can. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I had to come home and get more garbage bags to pick it all up 😮😡😡

There were several cans in the placed they were parked and not full..................😡😡😡

 

 

 

 

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Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android

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Just Say NO To Sedentary February Day 28-29:

15K Steps/Day: 15/29

600 Cal/Day Deficit: 21/29

Squats 20 per Day: 29/29

IF 16x/Month:  13/16

Daily Chair Stretches: 12/29

Yoga 1x/week: 01/4

Weights 2x/week: 03/8

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Thanks.  I found a couple of workouts on YouTube that I plan to try.

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Week four was a tough one for me.  icecream.jpg But Saturday the weather was so nice it seemed like a great day for a "summer treat" at the local ice cream shop.

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Just Say NO to Sedentary February

Day 29

 

15K steps/day  26/29

10 pushup + shoulder extension /day

 28/29

15 weight-lifting days

 16/15

post 3 scavenger pics

 3/3

Sleep 6 hours, 10 minutes 12 days or more during the month

 

11/12

3 pull-up + 1min bar-hang /day

 

28/29

Lose 2 lbs (Started 11/1 at 163.7 lbs; 2/1 at 162.5 lbs.)

2/29

160.7

 

Pretty close to my 2 lbs loss goal (1.8 lbs for the month).  One day short on sleep, pullup, and pushup goals, and 3 days short on the step goal.  Overall, not too bad.  

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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Congrats on your weight loss @Baltoscott! I forgot to post my progress at the end. I have been postponing getting on the scales, but had to brave the worst today. Yep, gained back most of what I lost in January. 😭

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This looks great!

 

Just a little heads up to help with steps motivation... 

 

We provide weekly fitness challenges for couples. (Compete steps, calories,distance, sleep etc) and the weekly winner picks your together time.

 

We just thought to let you know in case you were interested!

www.thecouplechallenge.com

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