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2020 has been a crazy year. January resolutions have been long forgotten; the pandemic has changed all your routines; and you are headed straight into holiday season! YIKES! Time to surrender? NO WAY! Set yourself a few modest movement and eating goals, get out of the house and take a few pics of what is outside, and join in for November Surrender? NO WAY!
General monthly instructions are below, including the monthly picture scavenger hunt.
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
While you are out and about getting in your walks/hike/rides this month take a few pics that show the changing seasons in your area, fall (or spring) colors, holiday displays, if you are in a beach area, the boardwalk shutting down or opening up, something that shows change.
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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Day 21
Steps: Goal 5000 20/30
Boxing 30: 21/30
Bike 2 times: 21/30
Weights DVD 18 Days: 14/18
DVD Has Balance, Cardio: 21/30
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 21/30
Squats 10: 21/30
Lunges 10: 21/30
Leg Exercises: 21/30
250 Steps per hour : 21/30
Log food daily : 21/30
Scavenger Hunt Photos : 4/3
Lose 3 Pounds: 0/3
@Ronellen17 Congrats! That's awesome! Happy Birthday! 🎂
Fall at the winery's
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Week 3 update 😁
12,000 steps per day: 21/21
3 sets of 5 exercises every other day: 9/10
Lose 1/2 lb/week: 0
1 hr of exercise each day: 21/21
6.5 hr sleep each day: 15/21
Lose 1/2 inch off waist: 0
Log meals & water daily: 21/21
3 pictures: 3/3
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22 November
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 19/20
20 days over 12,000 18/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 9/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 1/4
10 lunges a day for 20 days 18/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 19/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
Roses are all flowering
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November Surrender? No Way! Day 21
5,000+ steps: 5/10 days
6,000+ steps: 10/10 days
8,000+ steps: 1/5 days
Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 14/30 days
Lose 1 kilo before (U.S.) Thanksgiving: -.6 / 1 kg
Eat 1 piece of fruit: 12/15 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 3/3 pics
After a good (for me) step day on Friday (8,000+), I didn’t even hit 4,000 yesterday. Had to begin marking students papers to substitute teach for a friend / former colleague 2x/week for 2 weeks. (Private tutorials with each to discuss their writing skills.) I ate some fruit, though.
Freezing temps at night make for beautiful frosty windows early morning.
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Day 22
Steps: Goal 5000 21/30
Boxing 30: 22/30
Bike 2 times: 22/30
Weights DVD 18 Days: 14/18
DVD Has Balance, Cardio: 22/30
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 22/30
Squats 10: 22/30
Lunges 10: 22/30
Leg Exercises: 22/30
250 Steps per hour : 22/30
Log food daily : 22/30
Scavenger Hunt Photos : 4/3
Lose 3 Pounds: 0/3
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23 November
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 20/20
20 days over 12,000 19/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 10/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 2/4
10 lunges a day for 20 days 18/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 21/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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November Surrender? No Way! 20-22:
12K/Day: 04/20
750 Cal/Day: 13/25
20 Squats/Day: 08/16
16:8 IF/Day: 22/25
Yoga/Week: --/4
Weights 2/week: 1/8
Water Goal: 03/20
Lose 3 pounds: --/3
Photo Scavenger: 02/03
# of Steps: 193,258/400,000
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@San12 When you are in the reply screen select the camera
Then on the next screen select choose file
Locate the picture on your computer and select done
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Day 23
| 16K steps/day | 22/30 | |
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 22/30 | |
13 weight-lifting days | 12/13 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6 hours, 15 minutes +18 days or more during the month | 16/18 | |
1 pull-up | 22/30 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 22/30 | |
| Lose 2 lbs. Start 164.7 lbs (Nov. 1) | 11/22. | 166.7 |
| Log meals 30 days | 23/30 |
Up another half pound this week, and a total of 2 lbs for the month. Not a good month for weight loss!
On the other hand, I’m doing pretty good on the rest of my goals, and we decided to head to the beach for Thanksgiving week. It’s a little cold, but not too bad and plenty nice for bike rides and unicycle rides. And the house next to the one we are renting is in the Christmas spirt big time!
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24 November
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 21/20
20 days over 12,000 20/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 11/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 2/4
10 lunges a day for 20 days 19/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 22/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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Day 23
Steps: Goal 5000 22/30
Boxing 30: 23/30
Bike 2 times: 23/30
Weights DVD 18 Days: 15/18
DVD Has Balance, Cardio: 23/30
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 23/30
Squats 10: 23/30
Lunges 10: 23/30
Leg Exercises: 23/30
250 Steps per hour : 23/30
Log food daily : 23/30
Scavenger Hunt Photos : 4/3
Lose 3 Pounds: 0/3
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Day 24
| 16K steps/day | 23,/30 | |
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 23/30 | |
13 weight-lifting days | 12/13 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6 hours, 15 minutes +18 days or more during the month | 17/18 | |
1 pull-up | 23/30 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 23/30 | |
| Lose 2 lbs. Start 164.7 lbs (Nov. 1) | 11/22. | 166.7 |
| Log meals 30 days | 24/30 |
Decided to try for 10 miles on the unicycle today, and wound up getting 11.1 miles instead - just under 2 hours on the saddle. A bit sore (my bike rides don’t translate quite as good as you’d think). Previous best was around six miles over an hour. (Sorry for the sideways pics. For some reason Fitbit loves to re-orientate pics uploaded from my iPad, and I’m feeling too lazy to do it from the computer).
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Day 24
Steps: Goal 5000 24/30
Boxing 30: 24/30
Bike 2 times: 24/30
Weights DVD 18 Days: 15/18
DVD Has Balance, Cardio: 24/30
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups: 24/30
Squats 10: 24/30
Lunges 10: 24/30
Leg Exercises: 24/30
250 Steps per hour : 24/30
Log food daily : 24/30
Scavenger Hunt Photos : 4/3
Lose 3 Pounds: 0/3
@Baltoscott Sounds like you are doing good on the Unicycle!
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