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Welcome to 2022! Maybe you slid a bit on your goals in 2021, or just stalled some over the holiday months, or maybe two years of the pandemic still has you out of your groove. But it is the first month of a new year and it’s a great time to refocus and give yourself a Second Chance. It’s time to show the world that the virus isn’t the only thing that can adapt! So let’s start off the year with another monthly challenge. Go ahead and try out something new. Give yourself a Second Chance ,,, a diet or exercise change, less drinking or smoking, going to bed earlier, learn a new skill … But in this case, commit for just a month and see how it goes. You can do anything for a month, and if it still makes sense on January 31, try to make it ordinary come February. Or adapt it a bit.
NOTE: No worries if you come across this after the first of the month, just join in and post your goals for whatever is left in the month after your start date.
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
The theme this month is repurposed items that have been given a second chance. My inspiration is a salvage store in Baltimore called Second Chance that pulls fixtures like kitchen cabinets, bathtubs, church pews, lighting fixtures out of homes being demolished or ‘improved’ and sells that stuff to other folks who are trying to fix up where they live. Pictures might be of items fulfilling their original purpose - i.e., historic doors moved to a new building — or repurposed items, like a bathtub turned into a vegetable garden.
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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Second Chance Day 4
| 18K steps/day (1K bump) | 4/28 | |
6-10 minute calisthenics workout | 4/25 | |
15 weight-lifting days | 2/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 1/3 | |
Sleep 6:15 hours + 22 days or more during the month (2 day bump) | 2/22 | |
1 pull-up | 4/31 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 3/25 | |
| 20 Dry (no alcohol) days | 1.3.22 | 2/20 |
@Carrie71 -- I like the idea of beating last year's monthly stats. I'm going to try doing that for my bike mileage. Last January was 239 miles, which is a pretty good goal given that weather interferes this time of year.
Below is my first scavenger hunt pic, from our first snow of the year (yesterday). A recycled sled my wife used as a perch for two wicker snowmen Christmas decorations. To be honest, I think the snowmen look a little scary at first glance. Maybe they don't like the snow?
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5 January
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 5/20
15 days over 12,000 4/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 3/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 7/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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Second Chance January 2022 —Day 6
9,000+ steps: 3/10 days
10,500+ steps: 3/9 days
12,000+ steps: 0/8 days
Bellicon (15-min program): 6/20 days
Core Exercises: 4/15 days
IF (16:8): 6/31 days
Eat 1 piece of fruit: 5/20 days
Went with a good friend up into the nearby hills for tea this morning. Great view of the Bernese Oberland.
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7 January
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 6/20
15 days over 12,000 5/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 3/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 8/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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8 January
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 7/20
15 days over 12,000 6/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 4/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 3/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 9/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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Second Chance Day 7
| 18K steps/day (1K bump) | 7/28 | |
6-10 minute calisthenics workout | 7/25 | |
15 weight-lifting days | 3/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 1/3 | |
Sleep 6:15 hours + 22 days or more during the month (2 day bump) | 4/22 | |
1 pull-up | 7/31 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 6/25 | |
| 20 Dry (no alcohol) days | 1.3.22 | 2/20 |
Not sure I'll hit bike mileage goal of 240 miles this month ... challenging conditions! But I do have studded tires on the bike and managed 13 miles in on it and the unicycle.
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9 January
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 8/20
15 days over 12,000 6/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 4/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 3/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 9/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
Best AnswerSecond Chance January 2022 —Day 8&9
9,000+ steps: 5/10 days
10,500+ steps: 3/9 days
12,000+ steps: 0/8 days
Bellicon (15-min program): 8/20 days
Core Exercises: 4/15 days
IF (16:8): 9/31 days
Eat 1 piece of fruit: 7/20 days
Good luck with your bike mileage goal @Baltoscott — be careful!
I have used TrendWeight for 4.5 years now, and occasionally got a distant date to reach my goal. But yesterday’s “estimate” took the cake!
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