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Late summer and vacation time for me and my wife. This year will be a bit different than last year. Still not flying anywhere, but for this road trip indoor eating at restaurants is a thing again and visiting other people (my cousins) will be a nice change from Zoom calls. I switch up my exercise when I travel. No gym, but there will be plenty of bike rides, walking/hiking, and unicycle practice. In other words, there will be lots of adjustments during Readjust August. :-).
How It Works
The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to encourage you to set and hit 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. There are a lot of regulars here, but we welcome NEWBEs, and it is fine to start in the middle of the month if that's when you first see this thread. 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
The theme for August is a nod to wanderlust and the road. If you are traveling try to get something unique and representative on the way or at your destination. If you’re in the neighborhood all month, take some pics of the places a tourist would visit. As an alternative, it’s the Olympics, anything pic that shows competition -- like tugging dogs, for example -- counts.
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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Readjust August — Day 13
8,000+ steps: 1/6 days
10,000+ steps: 4/12 days
12,000+ steps: 6/10 days
Bellicon (15-min program): 9/25 days
Kettle Ball exercises: 4/20 days
Lose weight (starting 65): 1.1/1 kg:
Eat 1 piece of fruit: 10/20 days
Blue (no alcohol) days: 3/12 days
Scavenger hunt: 2/3 pics
A popular spot for locals and tourists here is the Bern Rose Garden. I’ll just post one rose and the view of the city from there.
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14 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 11/20
15 days over 12,000 7/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 2/10
3 days over 20,000 steps -/3
Physio exercises 20 days 12/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 10/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
I really must take some Scavenger Hunt photos!
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GOALS: Week 2 update 😀
10-12,000 steps per day: Y
3 sets of 5 exercises every other day: Y
Log weight weekly: Y
1 hr of exercise each day: Y
6.5 hr sleep each day: -5d
Log meals daily: -1
3 pictures competition/tourist: 2/3
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Readjust August Day 14
| 17K steps/day | 11/25 | |
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 14/25 | |
15 weight-lifting days (body weight routines count this month) | 4/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 10/20 | |
1 pull-up | 14/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 14/25 | |
| Lose 1.5 lbs. Start 164.6 lbs (August 😎 | 8/8 | 164.6 |
@Shirlzz -- Ahhh, I thought it was a Clydesdale, as in the famous draft horses pulling the budweiser beer wagons stabled in St. Louis, Mo. But when I googled "Clydesdale" I learned it used to be a Scottish retailer of electrical goods. Is there a story behind your pic?
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Ohh love the pavement art @Baltoscott
15 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 12/20
15 days over 12,000 8/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 3/10
3 days over 20,000 steps -/3
Physio exercises 20 days 13/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 11/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
At last got around to taking some photos. It is days like today that make me believe Spring is really on its way! It has been such a miserable wet cold windy winter!
The war memorial on top of Mt Clarence
Middleton Beach
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Readjust August Day 15
| 17K steps/day | 12/25 | |
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 15/25 | |
15 weight-lifting days (body weight routines count this month) | 5/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 11/20 | |
1 pull-up | 15/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 15/25 | |
| Lose 1.5 lbs. Start 164.6 lbs (August 😎 | 8/15 | 163.3 |
Thanks @NellyG. I always smile when I run across something like that. Nasty thunderstorms through the area this week. A neighbor's tree fell during a storm on Tuesday and took down my internet/phone/cable line. That took a couple of days to get restrung. This morning a ran across this tree a bike path access to a local I use on Sundays sometimes. Probably the same storm. Looks like someone cleared the path a bit, but I'll bet it takes a while to get the tree all the way out and the railing fixed. The path is too narrow for trucks.
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Wow big tree down @Baltoscott
16 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 13/20
15 days over 12,000 9/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 4/10
3 days over 20,000 steps -/3
Physio exercises 20 days 13/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 12/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
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17 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 14/20
15 days over 12,000 10/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 4/10
3 days over 20,000 steps -/3
Physio exercises 20 days 14/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 13/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
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19 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 15/20
15 days over 12,000 11/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 4/10
3 days over 20,000 steps -/3
Physio exercises 20 days 15/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 14/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
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