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Legendary January  2024 — Step Challenge and Resolutions

Welcome to 2024. It is a new year, a new month, and time to do something new, something legendary; or at least to get another monthly challenge underway.  So try out something new … a diet or exercise change, less drinking (dry for a month?), more vegetables, going to bed earlier, learn 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?  It is an old favorite for me; street art or hidden pictures.  Street art is any graffiti you come across and any art designed or built into architecture.  Hidden pictures are designs in nature that might be there on purpose (someone carved something into, or hung something on a tree, or a cairn you find or build yourself) or might be something you see in a natural formation (a shoulder or face in a mountain).

Why the long face?Why the long face?

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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@Jotex what a cool and unique bird painting!

I so wish I could do that! You are blessed.

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Legendary January Goals Day 28

10k steps per day (Sundays) -   4/4 days

13k steps per day -   14/14 days

16k steps per day -   4/5 days

18k steps per day -  5/4 days

Over 20k steps per day - 1/4 Days: 1- 28,198

Weights -  13/14 days 

Yoga/pilates/stretch - 13/14 days

90 oz Water every day -  27/31 days

5 lb weight loss -  2/5 pounds lost

Mindfulness Minute/Meditation at least 2 minutes/Positive focused thinking-    6/9

January pictures. 3/3

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 Although bleak out for weeks, The geese can sometimes share a little beauty in the sky.

 

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Update 1/28

walk outside 2 times a week, workout inside 2 days a week, 15x combined 

3000 steps 20 days, 4x

walk 5000 steps 10 days, 13x

 drink 40 oz water a day, met goal

Lose 3 lbs.  down 2.5 lbs 

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A couple of stone faces, one broken and the other thin and severe, but asleep.

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29 January

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      19/15

10 days over 12,000                                         14/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 6/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)  40/35

100km on my bike                                             95/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

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Helen | Western Australia

Want to discuss ways to increase your activity? Visit Get Moving in the Lifestyle Discussion Forum.

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Legendary January 26 through 28

11.2K Steps/Day, 23 Working Days: 01/23

10K Steps/Day 8 Off Days: -/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 26/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 27/31

Weights 2x/week: 6/8

Stretch 4x/week: 2/15

Squats 30/day: 1/10

80oz Water daily: 6/31

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 161,552/337,000

@Baltoscott Thanks for the head's up!

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30 January

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      20/15

10 days over 12,000                                         15/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 7/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)  43/35

100km on my bike                                             95/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

Community Council Member

Helen | Western Australia

Want to discuss ways to increase your activity? Visit Get Moving in the Lifestyle Discussion Forum.

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Legendary January 29

11.2K Steps/Day, 23 Working Days: 01/23

10K Steps/Day 8 Off Days: -/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 27/31

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

Weights 2x/week: 6/8

Stretch 4x/week: 2/15

Squats 30/day: 1/10

80oz Water daily: 6/31

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 165,278/337,000

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Legendary January Day 29

17K steps/day for 25 days  23/25

1 pushup for 25 days

 28/25

13 weight-lifting days 

 10/13

post 3 scavenger pics

 3/3

Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month 

 

19/20

1 pull-up for 25 days

 

28/25

Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 22 days 

13/22

Mostly Dry January (no alcohol) days 26/25
Beat January 2023 bike mileage (165.5 miles) 183.6
100 zone minutes 20 days. 

20/20

These faces were pretty popular in the Baltimore area years ago, but this is the only one I could find this month. 

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Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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Legendary January Day 30

17K steps/day for 25 days  24/25

1 pushup for 25 days

 29/25

13 weight-lifting days 

 10/13

post 3 scavenger pics

 3/3

Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month 

 

19/20

1 pull-up for 25 days

 

29/25

Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 22 days 

14/22

Mostly Dry January (no alcohol) days 27/25
Beat January 2023 bike mileage (165.5 miles) 183.6
100 zone minutes 20 days. 

21/20

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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31 January 

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      21/15

10 days over 12,000                                         15/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                                 7/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)  45/35

100km on my bike                                             95/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

Community Council Member

Helen | Western Australia

Want to discuss ways to increase your activity? Visit Get Moving in the Lifestyle Discussion Forum.

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Legendary January 30

11.2K Steps/Day, 23 Working Days: 01/23

10K Steps/Day 8 Off Days: -/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 28/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 29/31

Weights 2x/week: 6/8

Stretch 4x/week: 2/15

Squats 30/day: 1/10

80oz Water daily: 6/31

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 171,206/337,000

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Legendary January Goals Final

10k steps per day (Sundays) -   4/4 days

13k steps per day -   15/14 days

16k steps per day -   5/5 days

18k steps per day -  5/4 days

Over 20k steps per day - 2/4 Days: 1- 28,198   2-20,880

Weights -  14/14 days 

Yoga/pilates/stretch - 14/14 days

90 oz Water every day -  30/31 days

5 lb weight loss -  2/5 pounds lost

Mindfulness Minute/Meditation at least 2 minutes/Positive focused thinking-    7/9

January pictures. 3/3

Not a bad month for all of the bad weather!  But I want to up my steps next month.

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Legendary January 31

11.2K Steps/Day, 23 Working Days: 01/23

10K Steps/Day 8 Off Days: -/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 29/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 30/31

Weights 2x/week: 6/8

Stretch 4x/week: 2/15

Squats 30/day: 1/10

80oz Water daily: 6/31

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 178,912/337,000

 

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Month end update:

Workouts:  16:16. Not quite half outdoors 

3000 steps: 9/16

5000 steps: 14/10

Lose 3 lbs:  list 3.6 lbs.  Yay!

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Legendary January Day 31

17K steps/day for 25 days  25/25

1 pushup for 25 days

 30/25

13 weight-lifting days 

 10/13

post 3 scavenger pics

 3/3

Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month 

 

20/20

1 pull-up for 25 days

 

30/25

Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 22 days 

14/22

Mostly Dry January (no alcohol) days 28/25
Beat January 2023 bike mileage (165.5 miles) 

208.7

100 zone minutes 20 days. 

22/20

I'm with you @jantonini -- not a bad month for the bad weather. My mostly dry January went well. Only drank three days, two were playoff days, and not much on those days. Even discovered a few decent non-alcoholic beers. 

@Seaturtle7 -  Congratulations on hitting your weight loss goal. I'm sure that feels good.

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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Legendary January 2024 - Days 28, 29, 30, 31

5,000 steps/day - 8/15x

7,500 steps/day - 15/10x

10,000 steps/day - 5/5x

Stretching exercises - 15/15x

Line dance class - 4/4x

Pilates class - 3/3x

Photo Challenge: 2/3

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@Baltoscott Great on your dry days and finding a n/a beer. My friend really likes them. 

@Seaturtle7 Congrats on the weight loss!

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Legendary January Day 31

50 floors every day we're at home.

31/31

3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are.

31/31

Play the piano to Walter every day.  

Now doing some Finzi choral pieces, as I've been drafted in to help out on the organ at a choir concert in March.

31/31

In bed by midnight every day.

31/31

..and by 11pm at least 25 days.28/25
Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home.31/31

10,000 steps per day

31/31

Make some forward progress after my referral appointment.

Should hear something next week....but didn't.  I've emailed the practice.  And I emailed them again - and got a result within an hour - appointment on February 1st.

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3 Scavenger Hunt photos

3/3

Sorry this one's a bit late!

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