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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 17
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 17/31
Boxing 31 days: 17/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 17/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 11/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 17/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 17/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 16/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
Happy St Patrick Day!
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March Madness Day 17
| 15K steps/day | 17/31 | |
1 pushup/day | 17/31 | |
14 weight-lifting days | 10/14 | |
post scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month | 9/12 | |
1 pull-up/day | 17/31 | |
Complete Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nasrat | 4/4 | |
Complete Cooked by Michael Pollan | 1/4 |
Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
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I haven't hit my step goal since Tuesday! Which still baffles me since I barely get a chance to sit down while caring for my 4 yr old granddaughter, my hyper 9 month old pup, and 3 of my daughter''s pets. But everything is mostly happening inside a small 2 bedroom apartment, except the one walk/trip to the park I squeeze in each day. My granddaughter walks much slower then pup and I typically do, and she can't go nearly as far. But we got St Patrick's Day pictures. And we are making memories!
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March Madness Day 18
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 18/31
Boxing 31 days: 18/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 18/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 12/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 18/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 18/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 17/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
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19 March
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 15/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 6/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 3/1
Swim 2x per week 5/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 24.5/24
5 bike rides or interval walks per month 3/5
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 1/3
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March Madness Day 19
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 19/31
Boxing 31 days: 19/31
Bike 3 times 31 days 19/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 12/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 19/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 19/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 17/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
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20 March
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 16/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 7/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 4/1
Swim 2x per week 5/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 24.5/24
5 bike rides or interval walks per month 4/5
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
Finally got around to some scavenger hunt pics!
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March Madness Day 20
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 20/31
Boxing 31 days: 20/31
Bike 3 times 31 days: 20/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 13/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 20/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 20/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 19/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
Best AnswerMarch Madness Goals - Day 20
12,000 steps: 15/15 days
20,000 steps: 2/5 days
25,000 steps: 1/1 day
Train w/weights: 9/15 days
40 jumping jacks: 18/20 days
Line Dance: 2/4 days
Eat a piece of fruit: 14/20 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 3/3 pics
Happy Vernal Equinox, Peeps. It's also Erev Purim and full (super) moon tonight.
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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.
3/16 steps 32,288, floors 27, miles 15.47
3/17 steps 27,566, floors 23, miles 13.2
3/18 steps 22,903, floors 36, miles 11.42
3/19 steps 22,582, floors 25, miles 10.91
3/20 steps 25,632, floors 29, miles 12.42
20/30 on steps, 16/30 on floors, 20/30 on miles, check in 4/4
weights 8/12
Picture of Jake by the wild daffodils growing near an old home site. The flowers are all that remain of this homestead. In another month there will be a small patch of asparagus growing near the flowers.
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21 March
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 17/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 7/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 4/1
Swim 2x per week 6/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 24.5/24
5 bike rides or interval walks per month 4/5
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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March Madness Day 21
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 21/31
Boxing 31 days: 21/31
Bike 3 times 31 days: 21/31
Weights DVD 17 days: 13/31
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 21/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 21/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 20/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 4/3
Today marks 32 years of marriage for us 
Will have some champagne tonight but go out and celebrate on Sat. with a nice dinner
@SunsetRunner Great Picture!
@benvegi Jake looks intrigued by those flowers
Will you be able to pick the asparagus and eat it? I love asparagus
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