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20000+ steps per day to 600000 in September. Let's do this!

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  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    edited September 2016
    Sept 1- 5,868
    Sept 2- 13,967
    Sept 3- 25,426
    Sept 4- 25,788
    Sept 5-24,753
    Sept 6- 13,520
    Sept 7- 14,184
    Sept 8- 20,008
    Sept 9- 15,003
    Sept 10- 17,843
    Sept 11- 24,006
    Sept 12- 17,507
    Sept 13- 17,730
    Sept 14- 14 257
    Sept 15- 17,847

    MTD: 267,707
    Average needed to hit 600,000: 22,152/day

    Not off to a great start lol But I was at 17 000 before 7am, so there's hope for today!

  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning!
    Sept 1-7: 21992-23484 steps daily
    Sept 8-14: 26918-29250 steps daily
    Sept 15: 28027
    Sept 16: 25999; lol almost 26000
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 408198
    Keep going, everyone!
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning!
    Sept 1-7: 21992-23484 steps daily
    Sept 8-14: 26918-29250 steps daily
    Sept 18: 28027-29443 daily
    I walked a little longer this morning and did 21000 steps before breakfast! I'm a little crazy lol
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning!
    Sept 1-7: 21992-23484 steps daily
    Sept 8-14: 26918-29250 steps daily
    Sept 18: 28027-29443 daily
    Sept 19: 26072
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 491032 and.... I lost 20 pounds since May 1! Yay!
    Keep going, everyone!
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning!
    Sept 1-18: 21992-29443 steps daily
    Sept 19: 30786
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 521818
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    Sept 1- 5,868
    Sept 2- 13,967
    Sept 3- 25,426
    Sept 4- 25,788
    Sept 5-24,753
    Sept 6- 13,520
    Sept 7- 14,184
    Sept 8- 20,008
    Sept 9- 15,003
    Sept 10- 17,843
    Sept 11- 24,006
    Sept 12- 17,507
    Sept 13- 17,730
    Sept 14- 14 257
    Sept 15- 17,847

    September 16- 25,382
    September 17- 8,843
    September 18- 20,125
    September 19-14,637
    September 20- 19,222

    MTD: 355,916
    I'm averaging just shy of 18,000/day right now. I'd like to do this challenge again next month to push that number up if you're doing it again!
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Yes aarar! For sure!
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning!
    Sept 1-20: 21992-30786 steps daily
    Sept 21: 29713
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 551531
  • AmberSpamber
    AmberSpamber Posts: 391 Member
    I have no idea how you guys manage to get that many steps in. I am lucky if I get 15000. Joys of a desk job!
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    I have no idea how you guys manage to get that many steps in. I am lucky if I get 15000. Joys of a desk job!

    @AmberSpamber I can't speak for the others, but for me it's all from running. I work a desk job too; on an average day that I don't run I won't get over 5,000 steps. It definitely makes things more difficult!
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    Yes aarar! For sure!

    Awesome! I'm in!
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    Sept 1- 5,868
    Sept 2- 13,967
    Sept 3- 25,426
    Sept 4- 25,788
    Sept 5-24,753
    Sept 6- 13,520
    Sept 7- 14,184
    Sept 8- 20,008
    Sept 9- 15,003
    Sept 10- 17,843
    Sept 11- 24,006
    Sept 12- 17,507
    Sept 13- 17,730
    Sept 14- 14 257
    Sept 15- 17,847

    September 16- 25,382
    September 17- 8,843
    September 18- 20,125
    September 19-14,637
    September 20- 19,222

    September 21-16,432

    MTD: 372,348
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    Good morning!
    Sept 1-20: 21992-30786 steps daily
    Sept 21: 29713
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 551531

    Awesome job! You're going to fly past 600,000 at the rate you're going!
  • AmberSpamber
    AmberSpamber Posts: 391 Member
    aarar wrote: »
    I have no idea how you guys manage to get that many steps in. I am lucky if I get 15000. Joys of a desk job!

    @AmberSpamber I can't speak for the others, but for me it's all from running. I work a desk job too; on an average day that I don't run I won't get over 5,000 steps. It definitely makes things more difficult!

    Guess I need to pick up my running a notch ;) Some of my fit bit friends average 300,000 steps a week! It's unreal to me!
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    aarar wrote: »
    I have no idea how you guys manage to get that many steps in. I am lucky if I get 15000. Joys of a desk job!

    @AmberSpamber I can't speak for the others, but for me it's all from running. I work a desk job too; on an average day that I don't run I won't get over 5,000 steps. It definitely makes things more difficult!

    Guess I need to pick up my running a notch ;) Some of my fit bit friends average 300,000 steps a week! It's unreal to me!

    That is pretty crazy!
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    I have no idea how you guys manage to get that many steps in. I am lucky if I get 15000. Joys of a desk job!

    I don't work anymore so definetely have more time!

  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    I have no idea how you guys manage to get that many steps in. I am lucky if I get 15000. Joys of a desk job!

    I don't work anymore so definetely have more time!

    Definitely! I can't type lol
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    Sept 1- 5,868
    Sept 2- 13,967
    Sept 3- 25,426
    Sept 4- 25,788
    Sept 5-24,753
    Sept 6- 13,520
    Sept 7- 14,184
    Sept 8- 20,008
    Sept 9- 15,003
    Sept 10- 17,843
    Sept 11- 24,006
    Sept 12- 17,507
    Sept 13- 17,730
    Sept 14- 14 257
    Sept 15- 17,847

    September 16- 25,382
    September 17- 8,843
    September 18- 20,125
    September 19-14,637
    September 20- 19,222

    September 21-16,432
    September 22- 15,103

    MTD: 387,451

  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning!
    Sept 1-22: 21992-30786 steps daily
    Sept 23: 33296
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 615024
    I did more than anticipated. I got a bit obsessed with walking more and more!
    Next month, I will do another 20000+ step challenge. Please join in on as many days as you can! Set your own goals. Challenge yourself to step at least 20000 for a certain number of days per week or month. Or go for a streak of a few days, a week or a month etc...
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning! I am back to 20000 steps per day as a goal. Aiming for 25000 and then 30000 was fun at first but then became too much. Why put pressure on myself? I now plan on 20000 steps. Less pressure and more time for other fun things!
    Sept 1-19: 20436-29433 steps daily
    Sept 20-24: 30000-33296
    Sept 25: 24391
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 669862
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    @MonicaInOntario WOW great job!! You're killing it!

    Agreed though, don't put too much pressure on yourself or you'll burn out. Keep it fun!
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    @aarar Thanks. I feel more relaxed already. :)
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    Sept 1- 5,868
    Sept 2- 13,967
    Sept 3- 25,426
    Sept 4- 25,788
    Sept 5-24,753
    Sept 6- 13,520
    Sept 7- 14,184
    Sept 8- 20,008
    Sept 9- 15,003
    Sept 10- 17,843
    Sept 11- 24,006
    Sept 12- 17,507
    Sept 13- 17,730
    Sept 14- 14 257
    Sept 15- 17,847

    September 16- 25,382
    September 17- 8,843
    September 18- 20,125
    September 19-14,637
    September 20- 19,222

    September 21-16,432
    September 22- 15,103

    September 23- 22,885
    September 24- 5,591 (can you tell I didn't get in a run??)
    September 25- 26,334

    MTD: 442,261

    I'm not going to hit 600 000 this month so I'll revise the goal for September and aim for 550 000, meaning I have to do about 21 500 per day. If it wasn't such a crazy week I'd just go hard and try for the original goal but realistically, that's not going to happen.
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Great stepping @aarar !
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning! I am back to 20000 steps per day as a goal.
    Sept 1-19: 20436-29433 steps daily
    Sept 20-24: 30000-33296
    Sept 25: 24391
    Sept 26: 21263
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 691125 and 5 pounds lost :)

    I just started a new challenge called --
    20000+ daily steps! Set your own goals!
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    Have some makeup work to do in the last 4 days but can still possibly reach my goal of 20k a day average

    1-Sep 21,588
    2-Sep 13,915
    3-Sep 20,133
    4-Sep 26,459
    5-Sep 27,324
    6-Sep 23,485
    7-Sep 15,333
    8-Sep 9,855
    9-Sep 10,921
    10-Sep 25,331
    11-Sep 31,215
    12-Sep 30,122
    13-Sep 16,272
    14-Sep 16,316
    15-Sep 29,364
    16-Sep 12,574
    17-Sep 4,916
    18-Sep 19,599
    19-Sep 8,918
    20-Sep 8,142
    21-Sep 9,253
    22-Sep 11,792
    23-Sep 8,956
    24-Sep 40,944
    25-Sep 36,470
    26-Sep 31,703
    27-Sep
    28-Sep
    29-Sep
    30-Sep

    Total 510,900
    Goal 600,000
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    @Aaron_K123 Awesome!
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning! I am back to 20000 steps per day as a goal. 30000 was too much for me.
    Sept 1-26: 20436-33296 steps daily
    Sept 27: 22363
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 713388 and 6 pounds lost :)
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    9/27 32,752

    Total 543,652
  • MonicaInOntario
    MonicaInOntario Posts: 195 Member
    Good morning to all!
    Sept 28: 23119
    SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 736507
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