Jumpin' June 2017 (Step) Goal Challenge

[A_Lurker]

How It Works:

The purpose of this challenge is to keep track of your daily step goals for June 2017. This is not a competition to see who can do the most amount of steps, instead it is a challenge to measure your consistency . So whether you do 100,1k, 5k, 10k or even 40k steps a day, this is measuring how many days out of 30 for the month can you hit your goal.

Some of you might have a constant goal of 10k steps every single day and some might have a variable goal throughout the week, for example.

Monday -> Friday = 10k steps a day

Sat & Sun = 6k steps a day

Regardless of how you structure your daily goals, the only thing that matters for this 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 / 30.

Optional

3) Post either your constant or variable (anything you want) goal.

4) Keep track of the # of daily goals achieved / 30.

Oddly enough, the optional items keep growing, that's why I changed the title slightly.  In the end it's about setting goals and improving habits.  So the optional items can really be anything.  Running, biking, weight lifting, food goals, etc.  Some will add a goal that is not daily - ie. wanting to do so many strength training workouts in the month - so you would be aiming for a number not necessarily out of 30.  Really, it's just completely open.

Injury Notice

If you injure yourself during the month and decide scale back the number of steps due to the injury, then all you have to do is adjust your daily step 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.

[A_Lurker]

1) 10,000 steps a day

2) 26 days strength training (6 days on, 1 day off)

3) 30 days - single push-up

4) 15 days of laps in the pool

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2/30 on the steps

2/26 on the strength training

2/30 on the push-ups

0/15 for the pool

Still zero on laps in the pool.  I took the cover off and put some chlorine shock in it earlier.  However, my sleep patterns are off today (been awake since around 10pm yesterday).  I'm going to go soak in the hot tub for a few minutes and then see if I can get to sleep early.  I don't have the energy for laps.  Oddly enough at 1 or 2 in the morning yesterday I probably should have.  There are actually two submerged lights (each end) so I could have swam in the dark last night.  I'll probably do it next time if I'm in that weird area of not sleeping.

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[benvegi]

Goals, 10 k steps, 35 floors, 5 miles, pushups ?

June 1, this was a town day gone from 9 to 6 surprised I made my step goal.

Steps, 12.8 k

floors, 9

miles 5.9

pushups 8

[JenniferinFL]

28 ounces of fruit and vegetables 1/10

That was really hard to do. I have a bit of what my doctor calls IBS. But, since they don't do any testing for it at all, well, I dunno. So, I don't eat much in the way of fruit or vegetables during my work day except for a few here and there. 

I got home from work at 5:45 and I've been slowly working through 28 ounces since then. It's 10 PM now here and I still have about 2.5 ounces of strawberries I need to finish to make it to 28. I find myself retching a bit trying to eat them.. lol  But, if it was a cheeseburger or something there wouldn't be an issue.. So, I'll be sitting here until I finish them. 

I'm definitely going to need a much better plan to manage this on a daily basis.

The positive to come out of all this is that I have something like 500 calories still left on the table that I just can't eat as I'm packed full of fruit and vegetables. Gack.

Well, finally finished the last stupid strawberry and I'm off to bed. Best of luck to the rest of you, I may have to revise this goal.  

[Dave001]

Day Three

1. 10,000 steps/day. I will be consistent in June!

3/30

2. Running. I will run 70 miles during the month.

7.4/70

It's only 2pm on day three, but as I've hit my steps target and been for my run, I thought I'd update now. 

My 3.1miles (5km) was my local parkrun. I missed my PB by about 25s, but it's my own fault. I ran the first part as though I was sprinting to escape a velociraptor from Jurassic Park!

I ran like an asthmatic sloth in a bath-full of treacle for the rest of the run. 

I need to learn to pace myself. I'm built for comfort, not speed. I need to remember that at the start line!

[A_Lurker]

@JenniferinFL- what about a fruit/veggie smoothie?  I don't have a problem eating either fruits or veggies, but at least two of my coworkers are a fan of green smoothies for breakfast.  I can't get past the green colour, but they love them.  Like any new recipes, just pay attention when starting to the calories.  I took a quick look at these and there probably aren't any super high calorie ones, but you never know.

https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/healthy-meals/green-smoothie-re...

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/20/green-smoothie-recipes_n_4824873.html

[Baltoscott]

@JenniferinFL -- I like your vegetable/fruit goal.  Hard to meet if you wait until the end of the day, but starting the day with a fruit/veggie smoothie as @A_Lurker suggests would make it a lot easier.  I'm trying to increase my protein intake and sometimes start off the day with about a cup of frozen mangos or blueberries mixed with plain unsweetened yogurt and unflavored protein powder.  

[Baltoscott]

June 2:

Goals
10K steps/day -- 2/30 + 1K bonus steps
1 Pushup/day -- 2/30 + 59 bonus reps
14 lifting days

Didn't think I would have any problem with the 10K daily goal, but yesterday was already a near miss.  We finished with the Marine Corp graduation in the morning and then the family split up with some heading home to Baltimore and my wife, her brother and his wife staying an extra day.  Planned to head into downtown Beaufort SC for a walk and just scope things out, but my brother-in-law, who was driving, thought it would be fun to check out Hilton Head.  That turned into a long 6 hour driving tour of the area where we looked around for someplace to walk around, did not find anyplace, and eventually drove back to Beaufort for dinner.  I squeezed in the step goal after dinner, but only 1K of bonus steps.  Whew. 

[JenniferinFL]

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@A_Lurker wrote:

@JenniferinFL- what about a fruit/veggie smoothie?  I don't have a problem eating either fruits or veggies, but at least two of my coworkers are a fan of green smoothies for breakfast.  I can't get past the green colour, but they love them.  Like any new recipes, just pay attention when starting to the calories.  I took a quick look at these and there probably aren't any super high calorie ones, but you never know.

https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/healthy-meals/green-smoothie-re...

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/20/green-smoothie-recipes_n_4824873.html

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I should try smoothies again. A long time ago, I worked in a warehouse and couldn't leave for lunch and there were no refrigerators or microwaves for staff. So, I brought a protein powder/fruit smoothie for lunch every day. It was all I could think of to bring. By the time I got to eat it, it was warm and all separated except for a couple months in winter when it was at least cool. But, I worked like 12-14 hour shifts and had to leave my lunch in the car. I haven't been able to stomach smoothies since. The idea of having a smoothie didn't immediately make me recoil in horror now though, so, maybe it's been long enough.

[benvegi]

Nice weather!

June 2   Steps 18.3 k, 104 floors, walked both ways uphill from my house, 8.3 miles, 8 pu

june 3   Steps 20.2 k, 70 floors, 9 miles, 10 pu, two 2.25 mile walks today.

June 4th will be a town day will try to make my goals.

[Bhuvana]

Day - 2 : 

11) 13 k step goal (1000 more from last month) - 2/30
2) Run - 10 days - 0/10
3) Active minutes: 30 + - 2/30
4) Plank: - 2/30
5) Push up : 2/30

Day - 3:

1) 13 k step goal (1000 more from last month) - 3/30
2) Run - 10 days - 0/10
3) Active minutes: 30 + - 3/30
4) Plank: - 3/30
5) Push up : 3/30

@JenniferinFL:  You can even have smoothie for the morning breakfast. You can split somehow like 10+10+8 oz or similar pattern through out day. One of my favourite green smoothie - spinach, kale, avocado & unflavored preotein with almond milk. It's a good goal. Keep it up!

[A_Lurker]

1) 10,000 steps a day

2) 26 days strength training (6 days on, 1 day off)

3) 30 days - single push-up

4) 15 days of laps in the pool

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3/30 on the steps

3/26 on the strength training

3/30 on the push-ups

1/15 for the pool

Did 50 laps (~500m) but definitely had to break it up,  I'm going to work on it for the month and then set a distance goal for the next month.

[almost_where]

0 for 3 out of 30 Chart Burn

0 for 16 Lifting

Still in the slump and still binge eating a bit. Making some changes that I think will get me out of it.

[ThatGreen]

Standings after June 3rd:

1) 3/26 days - 5000 steps or equal stationary activity (like spinning)

2) 1/9 days - gym program

3) 1/4 days - hiking

4) 0/4 days - take it slow

I think I'm getting sick because I've not been feeling well since I woke up yesterday, but I don't think it's going to be a completely slow day. Maybe a relaxing walk is in my future.

[Baltoscott]

June 3:

Goals
10K steps/day -- 3/30 + 6K bonus steps
1 Pushup/day -- 3/30 + 54 bonus reps
14 lifting days

My first lifting day of the month will be today (June 4) after my water aerobics class at the gym with my wife.

[Dave001]

Day Four

1. 10,000 steps/day. I will be consistent in June!

4/30

2. Running. I will run 70 miles during the month.

7.4/70

No running today, so my dog took me out for a nice little stroll in the countryside. 

There is nowhere on Earth I'd rather live.

[A_Lurker]

@almost_where- I'm not sure what to do to help, but here's some thoughts.  You've made so much progress and I believe you're only about 20 pounds from your goal.  You're experiencing diet burn-out, not really unusual.  Your body is also fighting to get back to the nice comfortable heavier weight it remembers.

What type of eating had you been following before the binging started?  Is it possible you were denying all the foods you loved and you simply snapped?

A couple of options - snap out of it and get back to it.  This doesn't always work though.  In fact you've likely been telling yourself this already.  You can purposely slow down your weight loss, eat a smaller deficit.  Another option is to eat at maintenance levels for another week (not over) and then go back to what you were so successful at.

[A_Lurker]

@ThatGreen- rest days are important I think, especially when eating at a deficit.  When you're sedentary and you change your lifestyle I think sometimes people are afraid that if they take a day off they're going to undo all the good.  Go for that nice relaxing walk.

[almost_where]

thanks for your reply @A_Lurker , much appreciated.

[ThatGreen]

@A_Lurker  Excellent point. I think many people underestimate the power of rest because they're looking for a quicker fix or as you said, they're afraid to undo the good things they've been doing.

I still feel sedentary compared to most people even when I'm doing activities because I'm so limited in how much I can move before pain becomes a daily thing, but I try to make the best of it and I know making the choice to take complete rest days every now and then might be what limits the pain in the following week.

Often when I'm reading posts on this board I hope some time in the future I'll be able to do 10k steps every day like you guys (or even once) without pain. It's a bit of a mental struggle for me since about 98% of my body could do a lot more, but it's good to remember that we're all different and for me 10k steps is a rarity (I've hit it maybe 5 times this year) that will no doubt bring pain.

Personal mantra in difficult times: You do you.

[GershonSurge]

Hope I'm not too late to join. 

My goal is to continue my 10,000 step streak for 30 more days.