30-Day November Goal - 360,000
12,000 steps per day
Trying to push myself to repeat what I did last month.

01 - 12,280 steps - 347,720 to go
02 - 12,664 steps - 335,057
03 - ..2,839 steps - 332,218 …family demands
04 - 15,439 steps - 316,778
05 - ..2,077 steps - 314,701 …more family demands
06 - 13,192 steps - 301,510
07 - 18,042 steps - 283,468
08 - 17,320 steps - 266,148
09 - 13,441 steps - 252,707
10 - 18,527 steps - 234,180
11 - 11,467 steps - 222,713
12 - 13,224 steps - 209,489
13 - 15,334 steps - 194,155
14 - 14,350 steps - 179,806
15 - 15,089 steps - 164,717
16 - 10,561 steps - 154,156
17 - ..3,997 steps - 150,158 …painted all day, no step credit
18 - ..4,130 steps - 146,028 …annoyed with watch and lazy!
19 - 14,456 steps - 131,572
20 - 10,932 steps - 120,640
21 - ..4,841 steps - 115,799
22 - 10,886 steps - 104,912
23 - ..7,766 steps - ..97,146
24 - 13,218 steps - ..83,928
25 - ..2,075 steps - ..81,853
26 - ..3,623 steps - ..78,230
27 - 20,137 steps - ..58,093
28 - 18,691 steps - ..39,402
29 - 25,988 steps - ..13,414 to go

Step Goal for November 220,000

01: 8,698.........211,302
02: 6,337.........204,965
03: 7,672.........197,293
04: 6,084.........191,209
05: 4,654.........186,555
06: 7,733.........178,822
07: 5,839.........172,983
08: 11,096........161,887
09: 6,989..........154,898
10: 10,440.........144,458
11: 6,762...........137,696
12: 5,022...........132,674
13: 10,052..........122,622
14: 6,827............115,795
15: 6,028.............109,767
16: 11,763...........98,004
17: 3,367.............94,637
18: 4,032.............90,605
19: 2,531.............88,074
20: 6,698.............81,376
21: 9,855.............71,521
22: 11,128............60,393
23: 3,872.............56,521
24: 3,979.............52,542
25: 4,111.............48,431
26: 7,641.............40,790
27: 6,833.............33,957
28: 5009..............28,948
29: watch died......28,948

November Target: 168,000 steps
average: 5,600/day .... (rounded up/down to nearest 50)

01 .... 3,850 .... 164,150
02 .... 6,450 .... 157,700
03 .... 3,750 .... 153,950
04 .... 4,000 .... 149,950
05 .... 4,850 .... 145,100
06 .... 7,150 .... 137,950
07 .... 3,350 .... 134.600
08 .... 7,200 .... 127,400
09 .... 3,450 .... 123,950
10 .... 7,050 .... 116,900
11 .... 3,100 .... 113,800
12 .... 7,150 .... 106,650
13 .... 3,100 .... 103,550
14 .... 4,050 ...... 99,500
15 .... 6,650 ...... 92,850
16 .... 3,850 ...... 89,000
17 .... 6,850 ...... 82,150
18 .... 5,200 ...... 76,950
19 .... 8,100 ...... 68,850
20 .... 5,500 ...... 63,350
21 .... 3,550 ...... 59,800
22 .... 5,550 ...... 54,250
23 .... 7,800 ...... 46,450
24 .... 6,650 ...... 39,800
25 .... 4,650 ...... 35,150
26 .... 4,800 ...... 30,300
27 .... 4,350 ...... 25,950
28 .... 4,000 ...... 21,950
29 .... 6,150 ...... 15,800 to go

Step goal for November - 400,000
12,500 daily average

01 - 13,168 steps - 386,832
02 - 11,005 steps - 375,827
03 - 13,650 steps - 362,177
04 - 13,094 steps - 349,083
05 - 27,520 steps - 321,563
06 - 12,990 steps - 308,573
07 - 12,134 steps - 296,439
08 - 12,184 steps - 284,255
09 - 14,215 steps - 270,040
10 - 13,865 steps - 256,175
11 - 13,908 steps - 242,267
12 - 21,296 steps - 220,971
13 - 12,634 steps - 208,337
14 - 14,235 steps - 194,102
15 - 15,178 steps - 178,924
16 - 13,487 steps - 165,437
17 - 12,174 steps - 153,263
18 - 12,812 steps - 140,451
19 - 12,603 steps - 127,848
20 - 16,520 steps - 111,328
21 - 21,731 steps - ..89,597
22 - 21,049 steps - ..68,548
23 - 12,359 steps - ..56,189
24 - ..8,653 steps - ..47,536
25 - ..7,963 steps - ..39,573
26 - 13,252 steps - ..26,321
27 - 10,246 steps - ..16,075
28 - 10,844 steps - ....5,231
29 - 10,401 steps - ....5,170
30 - ..6,769 steps - ..11,939 over


Stats are down compared to last month’s, mainly due to not being well over the last week.

My total step count was 411,939 averaging 13,731 steps a day, total mileage 188.59, averaging 6.28 miles a day.


Well done to everyone who walked this month. Whether or not you achieved your goal, you did walk!

December's challenge is here. Hope you'll join me! 🚶🏼‍♀️ 🚶🏼‍♀️ 🚶🏼‍♀️

November Goal: 250,000

Date * Steps * Remaining for goal
- 01 - 10,422 ---- 239,578
- 02 --- 8108 ---- 231,470
- 03 --- 9815 ---- 221,655
- 04 --- 9806 ---- 211,849
- 05 --- 2588 ---- 209,261
- 06 --- 8054 ---- 201,207
- 07 - 10,186 ---- 191,021
- 08 - 12,248 ---- 178,773
- 09 --- 8922 ---- 169,851
- 10 --- 9369 ---- 160,482
- 11 --- 2165 ---- 158,317
- 12 --- 5308 ---- 153,009
- 13 - 10,914 ---- 142,095
- 14 - 10,715 ---- 131,380
- 15 - 10,084 ---- 121,296
- 16 --- 9158 ---- 112,138
- 17 --- 8024 ---- 104,114
- 18 --- 5679 ----- 98,435
- 19 --- 3663 ----- 94,772
- 20 --- 9170 ----- 85,602
- 21 - 10,094 ----- 75,508
- 22 - 10,091 ----- 65,417
- 23 - 10,667 ----- 54,750
- 24 - 11,078 ----- 43,672
- 25 --- 3739 ----- 39,933
- 26 --- 6495 ----- 33,438
- 27 --- 5934 ----- 27,504
- 28 --- 4932 ----- 22,572
- 29 --- 2769 ----- 19,803
- 30 --- 1844 ----- 17,959

Unfortunate end for me on this one - I had a shot at hitting the goal this month. I lost 3.5 days of work which would have had me at minimum 9000 steps per day. Oh well, can't do anything about it - onto December.

30-Day November Goal - 360,000
12,000 steps per day
Trying to push myself to repeat what I did last month.

01 - 12,280 steps - 347,720 to go
02 - 12,664 steps - 335,057
03 - ..2,839 steps - 332,218 …family demands
04 - 15,439 steps - 316,778
05 - ..2,077 steps - 314,701 …more family demands
06 - 13,192 steps - 301,510
07 - 18,042 steps - 283,468
08 - 17,320 steps - 266,148
09 - 13,441 steps - 252,707
10 - 18,527 steps - 234,180
11 - 11,467 steps - 222,713
12 - 13,224 steps - 209,489
13 - 15,334 steps - 194,155
14 - 14,350 steps - 179,806
15 - 15,089 steps - 164,717
16 - 10,561 steps - 154,156
17 - ..3,997 steps - 150,158 …painted all day, no step credit
18 - ..4,130 steps - 146,028 …annoyed with watch and lazy!
19 - 14,456 steps - 131,572
20 - 10,932 steps - 120,640
21 - ..4,841 steps - 115,799
22 - 10,886 steps - 104,912
23 - ..7,766 steps - ..97,146
24 - 13,218 steps - ..83,928
25 - ..2,075 steps - ..81,853
26 - ..3,623 steps - ..78,230
27 - 20,137 steps - ..58,093
28 - 18,691 steps - ..39,402
29 - 25,988 steps - ..13,414 …some “step equivalents” on elliptical
30 - 17,929 steps - ..+4,516 over with some “step equivalents” on elliptical

I have been having hip/joint issues with walking. A PT suggested I mix in elliptical work to ease the pain. The elliptical reports 1 “step equivalent” for each full rotation (2 “steps”). My last 2 days this month include many hours of slow-paced elliptical work. Not sure that is “kosher” for this challenge!

Step Goal for November 220,000

01: 8,698.........211,302
02: 6,337.........204,965
03: 7,672.........197,293
04: 6,084.........191,209
05: 4,654.........186,555
06: 7,733.........178,822
07: 5,839.........172,983
08: 11,096........161,887
09: 6,989..........154,898
10: 10,440.........144,458
11: 6,762...........137,696
12: 5,022...........132,674
13: 10,052..........122,622
14: 6,827............115,795
15: 6,028.............109,767
16: 11,763...........98,004
17: 3,367.............94,637
18: 4,032.............90,605
19: 2,531.............88,074
20: 6,698.............81,376
21: 9,855.............71,521
22: 11,128............60,393
23: 3,872.............56,521
24: 3,979.............52,542
25: 4,111.............48,431
26: 7,641.............40,790
27: 6,833.............33,957
28: 5009..............28,948
29: watch died......28,948
30: 7,203.............21,745

I sympathise with the hip/joint issues. I know how painful that can be, having had to undergo a hip replacement a couple of years ago.

As for the elliptical work, I feel as long as you're moving and recording 'steps', why wouldn't it be kosher! I count every step I take, even it's not necessarily from walking.

Thank you for the encouraging comment Demi! I was feeling sheepish about joining the December challenge because these “step equivalents” don’t really feel equivalent!

November Target: 168,000 steps
average: 5,600/day .... (rounded up/down to nearest 50)

01 .... 3,850 .... 164,150
02 .... 6,450 .... 157,700
03 .... 3,750 .... 153,950
04 .... 4,000 .... 149,950
05 .... 4,850 .... 145,100
06 .... 7,150 .... 137,950
07 .... 3,350 .... 134.600
08 .... 7,200 .... 127,400
09 .... 3,450 .... 123,950
10 .... 7,050 .... 116,900
11 .... 3,100 .... 113,800
12 .... 7,150 .... 106,650
13 .... 3,100 .... 103,550
14 .... 4,050 ...... 99,500
15 .... 6,650 ...... 92,850
16 .... 3,850 ...... 89,000
17 .... 6,850 ...... 82,150
18 .... 5,200 ...... 76,950
19 .... 8,100 ...... 68,850
20 .... 5,500 ...... 63,350
21 .... 3,550 ...... 59,800
22 .... 5,550 ...... 54,250
23 .... 7,800 ...... 46,450
24 .... 6,650 ...... 39,800
25 .... 4,650 ...... 35,150
26 .... 4,800 ...... 30,300
27 .... 4,350 ...... 25,950
28 .... 4,000 ...... 21,950
29 .... 6,150 ...... 15,800
30 .... 4,250 ...... 11,550 under target


Still having issues with plantar skin inflammation which makes long, uninterrupted walks/hikes out of the question. Sometimes even wearing shoes is out of the question. My palms are also affected. I do what I can to stay mobile, including shorter low-impact videos and even some chair aerobics. I've gone full paleo with diet and thinking I might also need to go off eggs, at least temporarily. Currently re-reading Dr Terry Wahls' revised/updated edition of her Wahls Protocol and feeling hopeful. Prescription meds keep the inflammation from getting worse but it's not getting *better* ... and meds also make weight loss near impossible. Right now, I'm happy just NOT gaining!

Anyway ... on to December!!