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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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Thanks @WendyB. You're right, it's fun and the people in my class are really nice.
Pushed myself hard today and earned a new badge --
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WTG on the 25K @SunsetRunner Woot!
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6 March
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 5/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 2/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 1/1
Swim 2x per week 1/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 8.5/24
5 bike rides or interval walks per month 1/5
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 1/3
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March Madness Day 6
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 6/31
Boxing 31 days: 6/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 6/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 4/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 6/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 6/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 6/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
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7 March
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 6/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 2/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 1/1
Swim 2x per week 2/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 8.5/24
5 bike rides or interval walks per month 1/5
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 1/3
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March Madness Goals - Day 7
12,000 steps: 4/15 days
20,000 steps: 1/5 days
25,000 steps: 1/1 day
Train w/weights: 4/15 days
40 jumping jacks: 6/20 days
Line Dance: 1/4 days
Eat a piece of fruit: 5/20 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3 pics
Two pics of my grandson Flynn playing in the little winter garden on our terrace. "His 'house' is his castle."
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March Madness Day 7
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 7/31
Boxing 31 days: 7/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 7/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 4/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 7/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 7/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 7/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
@SunsetRunner Ahh he is adorable!
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Day 7 Goals
Step Goal: 5575 Steps 6/31 (I was sick on Day 6, barely got 3000 steps in. But since I rocked day 7, my weekly step average was far above my goal at 6252 average steps.)
Days over 9000 Steps 1/4 (Rocked It with my 2019 Top Steps in a Day of 11,799)
Active Hours 6 hours a day 6/31
Sleep 7 hours a night 6/31
Hit peak heart rate 3 times a week 5/12
Cardio heart rate 60+ every day 7/31
Plank 1 minute every day 3/31
Yoga 20+ minutes 3 days a week 3/12
Log food and water intake every day 7/31
And this weekend is supposed to be above 30 degrees every day! I hope to be outside every day getting my steps in!
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8 March
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 7/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 2/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 1/1
Swim 2x per week 2/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 11.5/24
5 bike rides or interval walks per month 1/5
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 1/3
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March Madness Day 8
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 8/31
Boxing 31 days: 8/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 8/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 5/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 8/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 8/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 8/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
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March Madness Day 9
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 9/31
Boxing 31 days: 9/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 9/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 5/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 9/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 9/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 8/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
Did not make 250 goals today. Too busy drinking beer and eating lobster tacos. Talking to people as well. Was a fun afternoon!
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