*!December 2015 Walking Challenge!*

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  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    @bdfarrall Where are you exactly? My husband just got home from a four month detail in DC at national park headquarters. They put him up in Arlington VA & it was so fun to visit him there! I'm in love with old town Alexandria...
  • dryheatfitness
    dryheatfitness Posts: 97 Member
    6500 steps; 3.3 mi. Didn't do evening walk - just a long one with dogs at lunchtime.
  • BruceHedtke
    BruceHedtke Posts: 358 Member
    I was able to squeeze in 7.9 miles today. Tomorrow looks great, weather-wise, so I'm hoping to get out and get some good hiking in.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited December 2015
    deleted, wrong thread, but yay I want to subscribe to this thread too
  • FaithIt365
    FaithIt365 Posts: 356 Member
    Dec 1 = 6.75mi
    Dec 2 = 5.64mi
    Dec 3 = 10.20mi
    Dec 4 = 9.08mi
  • AlphaHowls
    AlphaHowls Posts: 1,993 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    deleted, wrong thread, but yay I want to subscribe to this thread too

    Wrong turns do get you somewhere! Welcome!
  • gracefu11y
    gracefu11y Posts: 25 Member
    For 12.03.15. Steps 12589/Miles 5.33

    For 12.04.15. Steps 13115/Miles 5.55
  • gracefu11y
    gracefu11y Posts: 25 Member
    I'm going to use a ticker for extra motivation!

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  • hawkins410
    hawkins410 Posts: 2,105 Member
    I met my daily goal of 6000, so yesterday I raised it to 7000 and I did it! I did laps inside the building at work and then kept walking once I got home. It was a good way to refocus my negative day into a more positive one. It is supposed to be nice out today, so I think I will go with hubby when he takes Tara (our furbaby) to the park. <3
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    Great job!
    I seem to have caught another mild head cold whilst subbing, so I only got in 8558 steps/3.7 miles on a very rainy Thursday, but yesterday was beautiful & I walked 18969 steps/8.2 miles.
    My one-on-one sub assignment ended & im off for the next month, save for my weekend caregiving gig Sat & Sun mornings. Woot woot! Looking forward to some long morning walks & quiet days around the house & garden. And hanging out with my cat. Can't forget hanging out with my cat!
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
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  • roxyspitfire53
    roxyspitfire53 Posts: 15 Member
    Okay, I might not get on every day, but here is my count so far.....I have my steps set at 7000 for my goal each day, but I sit at a desk all day. This week was my short week, I did ten hour days. 7 to 5:30. Doing overtime so I worked until almost 6. This is for Monday thru Thursday. Friday was errands and working a bit in am and in afternoon after lunch. Next week is 5 eight hour days and I will work 7 to 4:30 to get some overtime.
    IF ANYBODY has any suggestions on how to fit exercise in I would appreciate some ideas.

    December 1 total steps for day 4267 with 16 active minutes
    December 2 total 3070 no active minutes
    December 3 total 2866 no active minutes
    December 4 total 3032 no active minutes
  • justrying2015
    justrying2015 Posts: 277 Member
    1 Dec walked 5.07 mi
    2 Dec walked 5.10 mi
    3 Dec walked 3.9 mi
    4 Dec walked 5.15 mi[/quote]
    5 Dec Rest Day
  • Aetheldreda
    Aetheldreda Posts: 241 Member
    Dec 1: 8.3km - 1hr 20
    Dec 2: 7.7km - 1hr 14
    Dec 3: 10.2km - 1hr 38
    Dec 4: rest day
  • Kym1166
    Kym1166 Posts: 22 Member
    Just finished 10542 steps
  • dryheatfitness
    dryheatfitness Posts: 97 Member
    7473 steps, 3.73 mi. Two walks with my girls today.
  • AlphaHowls
    AlphaHowls Posts: 1,993 Member
    We got some groovy walks going on around here!
  • bdfarrall
    bdfarrall Posts: 28 Member
    @scolaris I am in Fredericksburg, VA which is a little over 50 miles from DC. I work in DC so the commute with the traffic is brutal. I absolutely love old town Alexandria. If I could afford it, that's exactly where I would live!! Glad you enjoyed your visit here.

    I didn't get to walk today but I did get on the stationary bike for 1 hour. Looking forward to walking tomorrow.
  • winnie141
    winnie141 Posts: 211 Member
    Struggling to get my walks in but my son and I went out tonight and took the pups for a 1.5 km walk. I ate too many cookies today and tomorrow is supposed to be my day off from exercise but I am thinking a 5 km walk is in order :)
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    I hear you Winnie. I'm hovering under 100k steps each week & it's KILLING me!!
    Today, 16350 steps/7.0 miles
    And, I got my Serengeti badge from Fitbit. The next distance badge is only about 225 miles away! rrlfodqjzzqt.jpeg
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,202 Member
    edited December 2015
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    :) I carry a pedometer all day so my step count is for all my walking and dancing.

    December 1--13.298 steps
    December 2--16,376 steps
    December 3--14,550 steps
    December 4--13,801 steps
    December 5--11,082 steps

    In addition to podcasts, I listen to audiobooks that I check out from my local library.

    roxyspitfire, I don't have a sedentary job so I don't know how to fit in exercise during the day, but when I inventoried my life, I noticed that I wasted a lot of time in the evening after supper but I was too tired to walk or exercise so I gradually made my bedtime earlier and my wake up time earlier so I had a big chunk of time in the morning before having to be somewhere and I could use that time for walking or other exercise.

    :)scolaris your cat is beautiful

  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    Awww thanks Barbie. She's our first cat ever, a rescue Manx that was semi feral, and we're all sort of in awe of how clever & marvelous she is... Probably lots of cats are like this, but we never knew!
  • gracefu11y
    gracefu11y Posts: 25 Member
    12.05.15 Steps 13366/Miles 5.67

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  • gracefu11y
    gracefu11y Posts: 25 Member
    @scolaris Your kitty is a beauty, nice badge!
    @winnie141 Hang in there!

    Happy walking everyone!
  • justrying2015
    justrying2015 Posts: 277 Member
    (6 Dec)10.26 mi w/20lb vest
  • Katsville
    Katsville Posts: 28 Member
    Dec 1: 2.4m
    Dec 2: 2.2m
    Dec 3: 5.7m
    Dec 4: 2.5m
    Dec 5: 2.0m
    Dec 6: 3.6m
  • Butterfly2022MD
    Butterfly2022MD Posts: 246 Member
    I'm in
  • dryheatfitness
    dryheatfitness Posts: 97 Member
    I have walked at least 30 min every day so far! This is becoming a habit I can see keeping.
  • roxyspitfire53
    roxyspitfire53 Posts: 15 Member
    December 5 steps 9173 with 48 active minutes

    barbiecat. - thanks. Here is what I am going to try this week... Instead of 30 minutes for lunch, I am going to try to clock out for an hour and do a 30 min walking tape with Leslie Sansone. The have some soup and 1/2 sandwich for lunch. Maybe that will also help with the sluggish way I feel in afternoon. Also that way if I am tired or can't exercise in evening, at least I have done something. There may be days that I get in an evening exercise with my husband
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    edited December 2015
    That sounds like a good plan Roxy!

    Oh bdfarrall I feel for you. Just metro-ing in from Arlington was bad enough! He was working at the Dept of the Interior, so just a couple of blocks from the White House. Are you down in the fed zone or out in one of the neighborhoods?

    Almost forgot: yesterday 16389 steps, 7.0 miles.