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Well, April did bring a lot of showers, and a few flowers too. But more flowers are on the way for May. So this month’s photo theme will be at least three different kinds of flowers.
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
As noted, the theme of the photo scavenger hunt is to find at least three different kinds of flowers (blooms) on your daily walks. The more colors the better.
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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14 May
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 11/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 3/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 2/1
Swim 2x per week 4/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 15.5/24
6 bike rides or interval walks per month 3/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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May Flowers Day 14
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 14/31
Boxing 31 days: 14/31
Bike 3 times 31 days: 14/31
Weights DVD 18 days: 10/18
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 14/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 14/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 14/31
Scavenger Hunt Photos 3: 3/3
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15 May
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 12/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 4/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 2/1
Swim 2x per week 4/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 15.5/24
6 bike rides or interval walks per month 4/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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Goal Day 14 - Finally back to a normal schedule!
7650 Steps - 7/22
10,000 Steps - 1/5
15,000 Steps - 0/1
Active 6+ Hours a Day - 11/22
Sleep 7+ Hours a Day - 8/22
Peak Heart Rate 15+ Minutes a Day - 5/20
Cardio Rate 100+ Minutes a Day - 13/22
Yoga Stretching - 4/10
Allergy Med Taken - 14/30
Lifetime Miles Goal - 36.52/101
I'm a bit off my normal day to day step goals, I slammed into a deer last week totaling my car, completely fine without injuries but the stress and working out details had me glued to my computer. Then travelling with my daughter led to two 12 hour drive days, a nice long rest day for Mother's Day as I visited with my 80 yr old mom. My new car should be road legal today, and no more travel plans till the end of the month, so I'm going to focus on fitness for a few days and get me and my dogs back to where we need it be.
Talia taking time to stop and smell the only flowers we have growing in our yard as yet.
My grass is also long enough to mow for the first time. Now if only it can stay dry too!
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May Flowers Day 15
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 15/31
Boxing 31 days: 15/31
Bike 3 times 31 days: 15/31
Weights DVD 18 days: 11/18
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 15/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 15/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 15/31
Scavenger Hunt Photos 3: 3/3
@BMANintheUP So sorry to hear about your car. I'm sure that was very scary! Glad you are ok!
Best Answer@WendyB It may have been a blessing in disguise! We were talking about how much (or how little) the vehicle was worth the previous day. It had some issues and was needing to go to a mechanic for some minor repairs for the 3rd time in 6 months. I was supposed to call a repair shop when they opened that morning. So instead, the deer did more damage to the vehicle and I called the body shop. It would have cost $3,500 to repair the damages, so I sold it to a junkyard for $200 and bought a newer, better vehicle for under $2,000. So pretty much a win-win, minus the frustration and delays this caused.
I think it bothered me more that I forgot to put my FitBit back on when I got out of the shower today, then went for a walk, ran some errands and zig-zaged thru the yard picking up sticks with no steps counted! Bummer...but at least I got the exercise for the health benefits! 🙂
Best AnswerMay Flowers - May 15
12,000 steps: 10/15 day
20,000 steps: 2/5 days
25,000 steps: 0/1 day
30,000 steps: 0/1 day
Train w/weights: 10/15 days
Reverse Crunches: 9/15 days
40 jumping jacks: 9/20 days
Line Dance: 2/4 days
Eat a piece of fruit: 9/20
Looks like a nice ride @BMANintheUP . Glad it all worked out OK.
Have to show more of my irises and so happy I could get my herbs planted yesterday! 😎
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16 May
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 13/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 4/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 2/1
Swim 2x per week 5/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 15.5/24
6 bike rides or interval walks per month 4/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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May Flowers Day 16
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 16/31
Boxing 31 days: 16/31
Bike 3 times 31 days: 16/31
Weights DVD 18 days: 11/18
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 16/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 16/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 16/31
Scavenger Hunt Photos 3: 3/3
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17 May
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 14/20
4 days over 15,000 steps 4/4
1 day over 20,000 steps 2/1
Swim 2x per week 5/8
Dance prac 6 hours a week 19/24
6 bike rides or interval walks per month 4/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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May Flowers Day 17
Steps: Goal 13,000 31 days: 17/31
Boxing 31 days: 17/31
Bike 3 times 31 days: 17/31
Weights DVD 18 days: 11/18
Stomach YouTube 31 days : 17/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 17/31
250 Steps per hour 31 days: 17/31
Scavenger Hunt Photos 3: 3/3
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@WendyB wrote:Your irises are beautiful @Jotex
I tried planting herbs and they also died on me
Thanks @WendyB. Herbs can be tricky sometimes. Not too much or little water. Good soil. Sun but not too intense. Keeping my fingers crossed!
May Flowers - May 18
12,000 steps: 11/15 day
20,000 steps: 2/5 days
25,000 steps: 0/1 day
30,000 steps: 0/1 day
Train w/weights: 11/15 days
Reverse Crunches: 10/15 days
40 jumping jacks: 10/20 days
Line Dance: 2/4 days
Eat a piece of fruit: 10/20
It's been so busy I didn't hit any goals the past two days; but I got back on track today.
Best AnswerGoal Day 18 - Rocked it yesterday with wonderful weather, but today brings back more rain.
7650 Steps - 10/22
10,000 Steps - 2/5
15,000 Steps - 1/1 Yesterday I rocked a super busy day with both a morning and evening hike with errands and yard work in the middle. Total steps 16,614 (7.25 Miles) for an all time HIGH!
Active 6+ Hours a Day - 14/22
Sleep 7+ Hours a Day - 10/22
Peak Heart Rate 15+ Minutes a Day - 17/20
Cardio Rate 100+ Minutes a Day - 17/22
Yoga Stretching - 4/10
Allergy Med Taken - 17/30
Lifetime Miles Goal - 57.75/101
Things are finally starting to bloom here, especially with all the rain. But still not very many flowers to photograph as of yet.
Sunsets have been far more beautiful and also great for encouraging one more walk of the day!
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