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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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GOALS: Week 1 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: -3d
Log meals daily: -1
3 pictures competition/tourist: 1/3
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Readjust August Day 8
| 17K steps/day | 6/25 | |
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 8/25 | |
15 weight-lifting days (body weight routines count this month) | 1/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 6/20 | |
1 pull-up | 8/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 8/25 | |
| Lose 1.5 lbs. Start 164.6 lbs (August 😎 | 8/8 | 164.6 |
Back from my road trip to Louisville KY. My first weigh in this month was today (165 on the scale, which got my moving average on trendweight to 164.6 lbs). Since I'm starting the weight trend late this month, I've adjusted my loss goal to 1.5 lbs.
A few pics
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9 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 6/20
15 days over 12,000 4/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 2/10
3 days over 20,000 steps -/3
Physio exercises 20 days 7/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 6/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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Best AnswerReadjust August — Day 9
8,000+ steps: 0/6 days
10,000+ steps: 2/12 days
12,000+ steps: 5/10 days
Bellicon (15-min program): 6/25 days
Kettle Ball exercises: 2/20 days
Lose weight (starting 65): 0.5/1 kg:
Eat 1 piece of fruit: 8/20 days
Blue (no alcohol) days: 3/12 days
Scavenger hunt: 1/3 pics
These two pics depict how I re-adjusted something I was growing on my terrace that just wasn’t working out.
I chose to go with colorful, flowering plants.
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Readjust August (2021) goals:
| 10k steps per day | 12 | /31 |
| 13,699 steps per day | 12 | /19 |
| 17k steps per day | 8 | /11 |
| Activities | 5 | /15 |
| Photo Scavenger Hunt | 2 | /3 |
| Full 'Reminders to Move' Days | 8 | /11 |
| Finish challenges | 5 | /9 |
| Update post | 4 | /7 |
Pictures from the local park:
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