2020++ - smiling and waving and looking so fine

foxgloves

Great goals there for 2023 - Mine are going to be similar. I need to get my daily steps back up to where they were....incidentally (because I am also political), my best ever step count days were those when I was out leafleting at election time....not a lot of point here, as I live in Toryville but better than doing nothing.
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mark55man

Been eating some admin frogs - NI Contributions, Tax return and some expense reclaiming.  All will result in some jam tomorrow (for some a lot of tomorrows), but every little helps and best done soonest

We still have live-at-home young adults, but they are all out the house on extended sleepovers (and our visiting fledglings have returned to the other homes) so just OH and I and the cats in an empty nest situation.  Felt very lovely truth be told, but also very quiet - although to be fair the YA's are not that noisy.

Gearing up for the new year - going out for NYE but just visiting some near neighbours for food drink and entertainment.

Have been good since Christmas 10000 steps a day - which I will def continue until I get back to work on Tuesday, and then I will have to try and make it work or my targets won't get done.  This year I had considered doing Veganuary and Dry January, but by 00:05 on 1/1/22 I had had a glass of fizz and a ham sandwich - so will do better this year.  Hoping that the momentum from a string of 7x10K will support a better start

  

mark55man

Just made 5th 10K steps day in a row.  As of today I am at 1,933,646 steps this year and although possible I am not going to do 66,354 steps tomorrow.  Its a shame not to have made target, but my early December performance put paid to that.  I know I have done some walks without the fitbit or with the battery flat but that is all circumstantial so not going to claim it!!

FootyFanDan

Fantastic goals, I think it looks like you have achieved a huge amount this year. Here is to smashing those 2023 goals! Happy New Year Mark

mark55man

Thanks Dan - yes just need to get fitness and weight under control a bit more the rest is going well.  

After my 6th 10K steps day in a row (mainly from a 5K treadmill run at the gym) - I will formally declare my 2022 steps (as shown on f1tb1t) as1.95m.  I know I will do some more tonight but not enough to change the last significant figure.  If only I had this much time when I am working

ETA: Updated total as there was dancing last night - (I am not usually a dancer) so who knew how any steps that would add!!.  I may consider becoming like that dancing priest off of Father Ted

mark55man

Here are my key metrics from my targets

• Steps:  7/7 days in a row >10K steps per day (80 minutes gentle walk in the sunshine) - 10K/2.5million steps this year
• Weight - TBD but about 260lbs - am starting diet tomorrow (no one starts on a Sunday!) will weigh in weekly on Monday mornings
• Exercise - 5km in 52'28" on treadmill  - 2km in 9'54 on the C2 Rowing Machine
• Savings - £400 / £10,800
• Retirement-Day - 272 AWDs (Actual Working Days to go)

Will work out a way to keep updates in signature, but will do accountability post every week to start with but may lessen as the year goes on 

savingholmes

Happy New Year! Well done on the steps - that's amazing. 

Good luck with your goals.

foxgloves

Good fitness goals..My steps have dropped off a cliff, so am determined to get them going on an upward trajectory. My daily step goal is only 7000..I once heard a 50+ fitness expert talking on (I think it was) 'Woman's Hour' & she said 7000 steps a day is the minimum.no where the health benefits really start to kick in. So I decided (as I'm generally an exercise dodger apart from gardening) to aim for that & any extras would be a bonus. It was surprising how many times a month I did actually go up to 8, 9 & 10k+. But I very much need to get back to it for general fitness, flexibility & weight reduction..First walk of the year scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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mark55man

That's really interesting.  My goal of 2.5m is just a little under 7000 a day which matches your insight.  I'm trying to keep a 10K streak going, but not getting hung up on it.  While it lasts I should be able to get enough "steps credit" for lazy or deskbound days so I never fall under the target average.  That's my stretch target rather than having to pay catch up - like not being overdrawn at the steps bank.

Started the weigh in at 260 lbs - I have put on 20 lbs in each of the last two years - but still not yet as heavy as my maximum.  However pretty poor show, especially as a good chunk (ha ha) of that has been over Christmas - its not rocket science!.   

I will track in lbs and not kilo's as that gives less hiding room and will weigh in every Monday morning (bank holidays included). My initial target is to get to 237 (not quite 17 stone) and then to 220lbs (not quite 100kg) - my original end-target was 199 lbs and that's a long way away but still there.   

alt80

Good to hear you had a nice Christmas and Happy New Year. Brilliant goals for 2023. Regarding steps, each person is different but iirc 7-8k for most people is ok as a starting point; the 10k steps were devised as it was an easy number / target to hit. Used to sell early pedometers - ‘track your 10k steps’.