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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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25 November
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 22/20
20 days over 12,000 21/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 12/14
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) 23/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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26 November
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 23/20
20 days over 12,000 22/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 12/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 2/4
10 lunges a day for 20 days 20/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 24/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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27 November
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 24/20
20 days over 12,000 23/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 13/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 3/4
10 lunges a day for 20 days 21/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 26/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
Here is my new baby to help me get my steps on wet or windy days. Isnt she beautiful?
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28 November
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 25/20
20 days over 12,000 23/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 13/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 3/4
10 lunges a day for 20 days 21/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 26/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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Day 28
| 16K steps/day | 27/30 | |
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 27/30 | |
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 | 27/30 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 27/30 | |
| Lose 2 lbs. Start 164.7 lbs (Nov. 1) | 11/22. | 166.7 |
| Log meals 30 days | 27/30 |
Nice ride to the park for my pullups.
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29 November
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 26/20
20 days over 12,000 24/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 14/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 4/4
10 lunges a day for 20 days 21/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 29/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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@Baltoscott Thanks for the help to get back in the group. Not sure how I ended up back in 2019, I sure did not want to replay 2020 again!
Since I last posted
Steps: Summary in the past 18 days I've had 16 over 10,000 per day
Same for floors: 14 days over I've had 9 days over 15 floors
For hours per day I've averaged 12.6 floors per day
Have maintained my weighs, stretching and yoga
Our owl is back! Actually a new one but just as fun. It landed on our porch railing and sat there for 10 minutes or so looking down at the ground, then jumped down in the leaves. Didn't see what it caught.
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My goals for November Surrender? NO WAY! are as follows.
| 10k steps per day | 30 | /30 |
| 13,699 steps per day | 20 | /21 |
| 17k steps per day | 10 | /15 |
| Activities | 8 | /8 |
| Photo Scavenger Hunt | 1 | /3 |
| Full 'Reminders to Move' Days | 9 | /10 |
Just a picture of our neighborhood as we went out on a walk:
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