August Daily Step Challenge

just found this thread. I'm in. I walk all day at work. not so much on the weekends.

8/14 18,352
8/15 14,289
8/16 15,601
8/17 6,328
8/18 3,215
8/19 16,522
8/20 15,771
8/21 16,215
8/22 17,009
8/23 13,768

140,311 Total

8/1 10920
8/2 10312
8/3 10061
8/4 10619
8/5 12906
8/6 10004
8/7 11907
8/8 10176
8/9 10318
8/10 11797
8/11 10045
8/12 10419
8/13 10094
8/14 10053
8/15 10051
8/16. 11516
8/17 10046
8/18 10125
8/19 11078
8/20 10268
8/21 10030
8/22 12460
8/23 10026
8/24 10031

T=255252

8/20 10112 (thanks to the WII)
8/21 5631 did not make it
8/22 3289
8/23 2954
8/24 4678 I got a fitbit, maybe my numbers will be more accurate and higher:embarassed:

I'm looking for consistancy this month.

8/1 - 13,651 - walk w/ dog
8/2 - 14,114 - walk w/ dog
8/3 - 8,210
8/4 - 14,182 - morning run
8/5 - 13,550 - Step up event - stadium stairs
8/6 - 9,053
8/7 - 15,424
8/8 - 13,693 - run
8/9 - 15,540 - morning walk w/ dog
8/10 - 18,644 tennis, evening walk
8/11 - 8,253 - crashed my bike and spent the rest of the day laying around & changing band-aids
8/12 - 20,184 Wow, I don't see a lot of those. - bike ride and evening walk
8/13 - 13,628
8/14 - 11,676 - tennis, accidently left counter off during afternoon hours :ohwell:
8/15 - 20,859 - 2X this month over 20K - morning run, and short evening walk
8/16 - 17,429 - tennis
8/17 - 16,019 - morning walk, trampoline
8/18 - 15979 - run
8/19 - 16,550 - morning dog walk
8/20 - 13,645 - evening walk
8/21 - 21,653 - morning dog run, evening walk
8/22 - 15,789 - tennis
8/23 - 16,846 - run
8/24 - 14,663 - run


Average 14,968

Using a Fitbit and loving it!

1 - 5,344 Drove for about 8 hours with family. Back very sore.
2 - 21,238 Hike with family
3 - 16.615
4 - 18,057
5 - 10,425
6 - 23,409
7 - 15,753
8 - 6,446 Another long drive as vacation comes to an end.
9 - 5,618 Busy with work; body struggling with the 4.5 hour time difference between here and Oregon.
10 - 3,613 Busy with work
11 - 3,502 Feeling lousy
12 - 20,186 Trying to snap out of funk by hitting the gym; hoping it doesn't hit me back…
13 - 3,272 Still not feeling great
14 - 15,166 Feeling much better; go to gym.
15 - 8,000 Went for a long walk and run with dog, then realized I had forgotten to take my Fitbit (pedometer). Grrr!
16 - 13,232 Gym plus playing with my kids
17 - 20,234
18 - 12,404 First day of attempting to meet new goal of 13,000 steps, and already I failed! However, it could have been much worse; as of 8PM I had about 800 steps (yucky weather day) and was feeling pretty useless, so I went to the gym and stayed there 'till I reached 12,000.
19 - 13,008 Another poor day that I attempted to salvage by lots of late night running after I put the kids to bed.
20 - 15,161 Gym, long walk home from gym, errands, playing baseball with my son for 1.5 hours. Feet are sore.
21 - 7,607 Hmm... Not sure what happened... The dog ate my homework?
22 - 14,475
23 - 20,337 trying to make up for the relatively step count on Aug 21. Gym, several hours of baseball with my kids, and a bunch of errands.
24 - 14,423 Gym plus errands
25 - 14,255 Baseball, running, walking, shopping…

Average: 12,951
Total: 323,763

Goal: Didn't start out with one; generally, it's a minimum of 10,000 per day, but that got messed up a bit with all the travel and the funk I was in for a few days.

New Goals (as of Aug. 18):
400,000 steps for August.
Daily minimum for remaining days: 13,000 steps.

:flowerforyou: I have an Omron HJ-720ITC.....

Daily Goal=17,000 steps
Daily Average Goal =20,000 steps


Results for July
total=696,414
average=22,464

August 1---21,327
August 2--28,666
August 3---24,102
August 4---20,776
August 5--22,307
August 6--24,137
August 7--20,017---had to walk around the house at bedtime to reach my goal
August 8--30,804
August 9--25,707
August 10---25,408
August 11---27,008
August 12---26,845
August 13---22,832
August 14---21,511
August 15--25,109
August 16---24,363
August 17---24,501
August 18---24,014
August 19---23,204
August 20--20,357
August 21---24,230
August 22---23,090
August 23---25,625
August 24---21,796
August 25---24,321

Results for August
Total =601,439
Average=24,057

:bigsmile: there has been research that showed that people who wear or carry pedometers walk more steps than people who don't....I love the feeling of "getting credit" for being active

I'm looking for consistancy this month.

8/1 - 13,651 - walk w/ dog
8/2 - 14,114 - walk w/ dog
8/3 - 8,210
8/4 - 14,182 - morning run
8/5 - 13,550 - Step up event - stadium stairs
8/6 - 9,053
8/7 - 15,424
8/8 - 13,693 - run
8/9 - 15,540 - morning walk w/ dog
8/10 - 18,644 tennis, evening walk
8/11 - 8,253 - crashed my bike and spent the rest of the day laying around & changing band-aids
8/12 - 20,184 Wow, I don't see a lot of those. - bike ride and evening walk
8/13 - 13,628
8/14 - 11,676 - tennis, accidently left counter off during afternoon hours :ohwell:
8/15 - 20,859 - 2X this month over 20K - morning run, and short evening walk
8/16 - 17,429 - tennis
8/17 - 16,019 - morning walk, trampoline
8/18 - 15979 - run
8/19 - 16,550 - morning dog walk
8/20 - 13,645 - evening walk
8/21 - 21,653 - morning dog run, evening walk
8/22 - 15,789 - tennis
8/23 - 16,846 - run
8/24 - 14,663 - run
8/25 - 6,948


Average 14,647

August's Goals to better my July step count of 303660 and at least 1 15k day.

8/1 - 13341
8/2 - 12720
8/3 - 12712
8/4 - 4995
8/5 - 9105
8/6 - 12206
8/7 - 13657
8/8 - 13285
8/9 - 13923 :happy: :happy: I stepped out of the 300 lbs club this morning. :happy: :happy:
8/10 - 15692 :happy: Finally!
8/11 - 3596
8/12 - 11204
8/13 - 13279
8/14 - 15638 :happy:
8/15 - 13024
8/16 - 14421
8/17 - 17311 :happy: :happy: Best Yet!! :happy: :happy:
8/18 - 3901
8/19 - 11763
8/20 - 15240 :happy:
8/21 - 12079
8/22 - 14052
8/23 - 12828
8/24 - 20454 :happy: New Best Yet :happy:
8/25 - 3301
8/26 - 11560

August Total 315287
July 303660
June 195461

I'm in. Going to start rocking my pedowatch at work.

8/20 10112 (thanks to the WII)
8/21 5631 did not make it
8/22 4895 i have to find a way to get walking more
8/23 2962
8/24 4987
8/25 7698 first day with my Fitbit I found it to be very motivating
8/26 6826

Goal: 10,000 minimum steps per day

8/01 - 13,809
8/02 - 14,650
8/03 - 21,330
8/04 - 16,631
8/05 - 13,286
8/06 - 16,186
8/07 - 13,184
8/08 - 15,039
8/09 - 14,619
8/10 - 11,100
8/11 - 15,246
8/12 - 11,355
8/13 - 15,277
8/14 - 12,997
8/15 - 21,849
8/16 - 15,724
8/17 - 11,258
8/18 - 17,852
8/19 - 18,989
8/20 - 20,332
8/21 - 7,425 (sick with the flu)
8/22 - 14,032
8/23 - 22,331
8/24 - 15,056
8/25 - 15,557
8/26 - 16,547


Month Total: 401,661
Daily Average:15,449

:flowerforyou: I have an Omron HJ-720ITC.....

Daily Goal=17,000 steps
Daily Average Goal =20,000 steps


Results for July
total=696,414
average=22,464

August 1---21,327
August 2--28,666
August 3---24,102
August 4---20,776
August 5--22,307
August 6--24,137
August 7--20,017---had to walk around the house at bedtime to reach my goal
August 8--30,804
August 9--25,707
August 10---25,408
August 11---27,008
August 12---26,845
August 13---22,832
August 14---21,511
August 15--25,109
August 16---24,363
August 17---24,501
August 18---24,014
August 19---23,204
August 20--20,357
August 21---24,230
August 22---23,090
August 23---25,625
August 24---21,796
August 25---24,321
August 26--24,247

Results for August
Total =625,686
Average=24,064

Using a Fitbit and loving it!

1 - 5,344 Drove for about 8 hours with family. Back very sore.
2 - 21,238 Hike with family
3 - 16.615
4 - 18,057
5 - 10,425
6 - 23,409
7 - 15,753
8 - 6,446 Another long drive as vacation comes to an end.
9 - 5,618 Busy with work; body struggling with the 4.5 hour time difference between here and Oregon.
10 - 3,613 Busy with work
11 - 3,502 Feeling lousy
12 - 20,186 Trying to snap out of funk by hitting the gym; hoping it doesn't hit me back…
13 - 3,272 Still not feeling great
14 - 15,166 Feeling much better; go to gym.
15 - 8,000 Went for a long walk and run with dog, then realized I had forgotten to take my Fitbit (pedometer). Grrr!
16 - 13,232 Gym plus playing with my kids
17 - 20,234
18 - 12,404 First day of attempting to meet new goal of 13,000 steps, and already I failed! However, it could have been much worse; as of 8PM I had about 800 steps (yucky weather day) and was feeling pretty useless, so I went to the gym and stayed there 'till I reached 12,000.
19 - 13,008 Another poor day that I attempted to salvage by lots of late night running after I put the kids to bed.
20 - 15,161 Gym, long walk home from gym, errands, playing baseball with my son for 1.5 hours. Feet are sore.
21 - 7,607 Hmm... Not sure what happened... The dog ate my homework?
22 - 14,475
23 - 20,337 trying to make up for the relatively step count on Aug 21. Gym, several hours of baseball with my kids, and a bunch of errands.
24 - 14,423 Gym plus errands
25 - 14,255 Baseball, running, walking, shopping…
26 - 17,511 Ran for 60 minutes with no stops (for the first time in my entire life!), plus other gym stuff and life stuff.

Average: 13,126
Total: 341,274

Goal: Didn't start out with one; generally, it's a minimum of 10,000 per day, but that got messed up a bit with all the travel and the funk I was in for a few days.

New Goals (as of Aug. 18):
400,000 steps for August.
Daily minimum for remaining days: 13,000 steps.

June totals: 528,747 steps; 401,817 aerobic steps (3339 minutes); 241.81 miles
July totals: 546,725 steps; 404,366 aerobic steps (3206 minutes); 250.12 miles

August goals:
Daily: A minimum of 13K steps and 11K aerobic steps every single day.
Monthly: 575,000 steps; 420,000 aerobic steps (3100 minutes); 260 miles.
Marathon training: Complete an 18-mile walk and a 20-mile walk.
"C25K" interval training (4+ mph walking instead of running): Increase max pace to 160 steps/min; complete by 08/17

08/01: 17,568 steps; 12,192 aerobic steps (92 minutes); 8.08 miles
08/02: 19,019 steps; 12,498 aerobic steps (91 minutes); 8.70 miles
08/03: 20,768 steps; 16,706 aerobic steps (134 minutes); 9.50 miles
08/04: 47,057 steps; 42,417 aerobic steps (326 minutes); 21.53 miles - 18-mile walk in 5hr 4min !
08/05: 17,456 steps; 11,582 aerobic steps (94 minutes); 8.03 miles
08/06: 14,118 steps; 11,188 aerobic steps (91 minutes); 6.46 miles
08/07: 16,852 steps; 11,892 aerobic steps (93 minutes); 7.56 miles
08/08: 18,391 steps; 11,170 aerobic steps (88 minutes); 8.41 miles
08/09: 22,099 steps; 12,020 aerobic steps (96 minutes); 10.11 miles
08/10: 26,671 steps; 12,420 aerobic steps (88 minutes); 12.20 miles - 1600 miles since joining MFP!
08/11: 22,033 steps; 882 aerobic steps (11 minutes); 10.08 miles
08/12: 22,047 steps; 1,749 aerobic steps (16 minutes); 10.09 miles
08/13: 15,418 steps; 11,313 aerobic steps (88 minutes); 7.05 miles
08/14: 15,323 steps; 11,800 aerobic steps (93 minutes); 7.01 miles
08/15: 16,573 steps; 11,622 aerobic steps (86 minutes); 7.58 miles
08/16: 16,332 steps; 11,812 aerobic steps (97 minutes); 7.47 miles
08/17: 14,269 steps; 11,582 aerobic steps (96 minutes); 6.53 miles - completed C25K program!
08/18: 22,829 steps; 14,060 aerobic steps (117 minutes); 10.44 miles
08/19: 13,671 steps; 6,490 aerobic steps (56 minutes); 6.25 miles
08/20: 17,743 steps; 12,343 aerobic steps (90 minutes); 8.12 miles
08/21: 15,099 steps; 11,649 aerobic steps (89 minutes); 6.92 miles
08/22: 16,699 steps; 11,227 aerobic steps (89 minutes); 7.63 miles - 1700 miles since joining MFP!
08/23: 16,118 steps; 11,743 aerobic steps (89 minutes); 7.37 miles
08/24: 22,955 steps; 12,002 aerobic steps (90 minutes); 10.50 miles
08/25: 22,915 steps; 11,452 aerobic steps (88 minutes); 10.48 miles
08/26: 48,130 steps; 45,248 aerobic steps (362 minutes); 22.02 miles - 21-mile walk in 6hr 3min!

26-day goal: 482,258 steps; 352,258 aerobic steps (2600 minutes); 218.06 miles
26-day total: 538,153 steps; 351,059 aerobic steps (2750 minutes); 246.12 miles