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It is the third month of 2019 and for college basketball fans the start of three weeks of hoop madness (beginning on March 19). My Kansas Jayhawks are a little short-handed this year, but in a one-and-done 64+team tournament the luck of the draw often brings favorable matchups. You just never know what will happen.
In the meantime, it is time to commit to another month of health goals.
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
Last month the theme of the photo scavenger hunt was to find three ‘odd duck’ type-photos, and we had several, with one being pretty literal. Thanks @WendyB . Though I suppose the goose might take offense to being tagged as odd.
March will be the last month of winter for most of us (and summer from some of us). It is usually a good excuse for a mini-vacation, or maybe a big vacation, so the task this month is to get out of the house (or hotel), walk about and find three pics that represent play or relaxation — maybe people, or animals — swimming, skiing, hiking, sunning; or fun places, or places like tourist attractions, playgrounds, circus tents, festivals … [edit] Thanks @SunsetRunner suggesting funny hats as a subcategory for the play and relaxation pics. Sadly, your suggested name of Madhatter March for this month came a bit to late, but I've updated my profile picture with a funny hat.
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.
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March Madness Day 2
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 2/31
Boxing 31 days: 2/31
Bike 3 times 31 days: 2/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 1/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 2/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 2/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 2/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 1/3
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3 March
Wow - that is some desk @Baltoscott !
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 2/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 1/4
1 day over 20,000 steps -/1
Swim 2x per week -/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 6/24
5 bike rides or interval walks per month -/5
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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Day 2 Goals
Step Goal: 5575 Steps 2/31
Days over 9000 Steps 0/4
Active Hours 6 hours a day 2/31
Sleep 7 hours a night 2/31
Hit peak heart rate 3 times a week 0/12
Cardio heart rate 60+ every day 1/31
Plank 1 minute every day 0/31
Yoga 20+ minutes 3 days a week 0/12
Log food and water intake every day 2/31
So I'm a bit behind on my daily goals that are new for this month. I'm actually crushing the goals that I started working on last month, but falling short heart rate and planks. I feel these should be easy goals to hit, so this first week while I'm trying to make it habit, I'm going to allow myself to make up missed goals by doing it twice in one day. So today I plan to plank in the morning and the evening to make up for yesterday, and so forth.
This photo was taken last March when we were visiting the U.P. looking for a place to move to. It was in March that we finally found the house of our dreams and we became Yoopers mid-April.
If you are not from Michigan or nearby states, these terms U.P. & Yooper might be confusing. Basically the state of Michigan is divided into 2 peninsulas, the Upper Peninsula or U.P. where people are Yoopers and the lower peninsula where people are trolls, because they live below the Mackinaw Bridge. The U.P. is filled with some amazing natural wonders like this waterfall. People travel from all over during the summer months to see this, but very few actually visit in the winter.
Hopefully as the month continues, I can get out and visit some of the other waterfalls near me. We do have more snow this year then in the past 20 years, so we are all ready for some spring thaw to set in!
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March Madness Day 3
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 3/31
Boxing 31 days: 3/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 3/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 2/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 3/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 3/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 3/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 2/3
Me playing with the goats out where I walk. This is when they were getting out of the pasture. 
They fixed it so they cant escape anymore 
Hubby stands way back he is afraid of goats and horses
@BMANintheUP That picture is awesome!
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I wish I had as many dogs as you have goats! But I imagine herding goats is great exercise.
These 3 keep me pretty busy. We have about 3 ft of snow on the ground, so the only place I can walk right now is our plowed driveway. The dogs run circles around me chasing each other as I circle the driveway. I'm not sure if I'm herding them or they are herding me!
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March 4
minimum 10,000 steps: 4/31
15,000 steps: 1/5
Pushups: 4/31
Drink 1.5 litres of water: 4/31
Photo scavenger hunt: 1/3
Saw these guys on my weekend walk. They looked very relaxed.
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March Madness 1
5,000 steps on 5 days a month - -/5.
10,000 steps on 10 days a month - 1/10.
15,000 steps on 10 days a month - -/10.
*NEW 2 gym visits per week. - -/2. -/4.
Eat 1 piece of fruit per day - 1/31.
10 wall pushups on 20 days a month - 1/20.
7 hours sleep on 20 days a month - 1/20.
March Madness 2
5,000 steps on 5 days a month - -/5.
10,000 steps on 10 days a month - 2/10.
15,000 steps on 10 days a month - -/10.
*NEW 2 gym visits per week. - -/2. -/4.
Eat 1 piece of fruit per day - 2/31.
10 wall pushups on 20 days a month - 2/20.
7 hours sleep on 20 days a month - 2/20.
March Madness 3
5,000 steps on 5 days a month - -/5.
10,000 steps on 10 days a month - 2/10.
15,000 steps on 10 days a month - -/10.
*NEW 2 gym visits per week. - -/2. -/4.
Eat 1 piece of fruit per day - 3/31.
10 wall pushups on 20 days a month - 2/20.
7 hours sleep on 20 days a month - 3/20.
I was absolutely exhausted yesterday, even though I met my sleep goal for the day, and had 40 minutes in deep sleep; so I ended up napping for almost 3 hours and ended up with hardly any steps for the day (I struggled to have enough energy just to walk from one room to the other, let alone anything more active).
March Madness 4
5,000 steps on 5 days a month - 1/5.
10,000 steps on 10 days a month - 2/10.
15,000 steps on 10 days a month - -/10.
*NEW 2 gym visits per week. - 1/2. -/4.
Eat 1 piece of fruit per day - 4/31.
10 wall pushups on 20 days a month - 3/20.
7 hours sleep on 20 days a month - 3/20.
Missed my sleep goal by just 2 minutes today - so near, but yet so far.
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4 March
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 3/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 1/4
1 day over 20,000 steps -/1
Swim 2x per week -/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 6/24
5 bike rides or interval walks per month -/5
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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March Madness Day 4
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 4/31
Boxing 31 days: 4/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 4/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 3/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 4/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 4/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 4/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
Trip to Australia 2 years ago. Yep she feeds Kangaroos too
Opera House
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5 March
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 4/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 1/4
1 day over 20,000 steps -/1
Swim 2x per week 1/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 8.5/24
5 bike rides or interval walks per month -/5
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
Best AnswerMarch Madness Goals - Days 5
12,000 steps: 3/15 days
20,000 steps: 0/5 days
25,000 steps: 1/1 day******!
Train w/weights: 2/15 days
40 jumping jacks: 4/20 days
Line Dance: 1/4 days
Eat a piece of fruit: 3/20 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 1/3 pics
A couple of shots from my line dance class this morning.
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Will really try to check in more often........
March Madness goals:
Steps 20,000 per day, 25+ floors p/day, 8+ miles p/day
2 sets of 12 reps of dumbbell curls, triceps, shoulder shrugs, and chest flys, 3 times a week. Increasing weights used and adding more stretches/yoga.
One or more pics of each scavenger hunt topic.
Check in at least Once a week.
3/1 steps 22,789, floors 35, miles 10.79
3/2 steps 28,280, floors 28, miles 13.57
3/3 steps 27,784, floors 14, miles 13.71
3/4 steps 23,573, floors 25, miles 11.8
4/4 on steps, 3/4 on floors, 4/4 on miles, check in 1/4
weights 2/12
Our weather "forecasters" predicted 4 -9 inches of snow and high winds creating "blizzard like conditions". Here is a picture after the snow stopped, four hours later it melted.
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March Madness Day 5
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 5/31
Boxing 31 days: 5/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 5/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 3/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 5/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 5/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 5/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
@SunsetRunner Looks like fun!
@benvegi It melted pretty fast! brrrrrr
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