Well, yesterday wasn't quiiiite what I thought it would be. We didn't stay as long as we normally do since we had other stuff to do yesterday. But between Sea World and the hardware store and mowing the lawn (manual mower, no power!) I managed a grand total of....

9977 steps! Why couldn't I have gone the extra 33? :rofl: I climbed into bed last night, threw the covers over me and checked my pedometer and I'm like "aww man! I don't want to get up now." Close enough :P

Hehe I so know what you mean, Lydia! Once I get in bed, that's all she wrote (old-timey phrase, I know!). Still, 9,977 is nothing to sneeze at! Great day! Hope you had fun at Sea World!

LOL Lydia... I laughed at your message as I did so well today... but had just a few short of 13,000... so I thought if I walk up to get my mail I can hit 14,000! I got home and I am about 40 steps short... so I am leaving the pedometer on just until I hit the mark LOL! I am not doing much tonight except get dinner (leftovers from my yummy crockpot meal) and crawl into bed with a magazine!!!

A step at a time
 

Off to a slow start, but here it is :

Sunday, March 5 - 7,254 (+2 hours yardwork, pedometer doesn't measure that but my muscles do :dizzy:
Monday, March 6 - 6,109
Tuesday, March 7 - 8,629

Steps this week: (so far) 21,992
Total number of steps: 21,992

Trying to get to that 10K a day mark!

Yay HealthierMe, good for you! And hey remember this is not a race or a contest... we are all part of a team and every step you get in is an accomplishment!

I could not believe how well I did today... whew, I walked both breaks and 45 mins at lunch... then up to get my mail when I got home... for a total of 14,193!

Our grand total so far is 482,910!!!

Still to go = 517,090.

Wow we are going to hit 500,000 today probably as several have not reported in!! I am glad we started having the posts every day or as often as people like... it is more fun when we are racking them up all the time. So everyone please go ahead and post whenever you want. And thanks for keeping your own overall totals too and posting them so I can double check myself!!

14,000 steps, cheese and crackers! That's amazing, honestly. The most steps I've gone so far was on the 2nd of this month when I did the 11k. You're doing so great, Dance. You're honestly my biggest inspiration here on the boards.

I was thinking about going for a walk tonight, but I'm not feeling good all of a sudden. I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't have eaten that bagel for dinner :( I'm probably going to go to bed early because of it, but I promise to report my steps first-thing in the morning. Goodnight everyone!

Thanks Lydia. Sometimes my "ambition" can become my undoing LOL. I tend to get totally into it and then not keep up the pace and give up! But this time I am determined to stick with it!!! Having to come here and report helps LOL. It is kind of disgusting because I KNOW I walked a LOT farther on Saturday and my old ped only gave me 9500 steps but oh well! :)

Hope you feel better soon!!! Take care of yourself and get some rest! :beach:

I know what you mean. I've had the same problem in the past, but this time... this time is completely different. I've stuck to my plan (more or less) for 3 months now, which is longer than I've ever stuck to a plan before. The thing is, I KNOW that I'll be able to keep this up forever. It's gotten to the point where it isn't even really "hard' for me now. It's nearly become second-nature to me in just 3 months! It's great to be able to come here to you all and lay down my burdens. I think my family's noticing that I'm a bit less crabby now :lol:

Tummy's still not feeling great this morning. I think I'm going to take it easy as far as food goes... probably make today a veggie day. A veggie day, for me, is where I eat only vegetables and fruits until 5pm, then I can resume normal eating. I do it about once a month when I'm not feeling well, and I tend to feel SO much better the next day. Also, if it doesn't start raining by the time I'm ready, I'm going to head for a walk around the neighborhood. We've been living here for a week now, but I still haven't gone further than the mailbox (around the corner)! So I need to get out there and walk walk walk :running:

Oh, and before I forget... haha. My steps for yesterday totalled 4249! Not bad considering I did almost nothing except mow the lawn yesterday :p

Yay, good for both of you!! Lydia, hope you are feeling better soon.

One fortunate thing for me I guess... I PREFER walking in the rain and even at work I go out walking with the rain coming down LOL

My total today is 12,301... it is only 3:45 but I am home and don't plan to do a whole lot more LOL. My grand total is 177,266.

Team total so far is 513,174! Hey, we did it... we are over halfway!!! Yay. Still to go is 486,826.

Oy, I was so lazy yesterday. I only went 3129 steps! I'm disappointed in myself. I didn't even go for the walk, I just lazed around the house all day. Argh! *hits herself*

Sossy I haven't had a chance to updayt since Monday. Been a sort of crazy week here :). Haven't had a chance to catch up on reading all your posts, either, but I just KNOW you're all doing super well!!!

I'm pressed for time right now, so I'll fill in later, but I just had to share my last few days' counts:

Monday March 6 = 10,526 (I think I posted that one already, Dance, so don't double-count it if I did)

Tuesday, March 7 = 10,684 (but are you ready for the next one???)

Wednesday, March 8 = 16,686 That's my highest EVER!!!

Grand total contributed from me so far = 166,291 (hehe and 10% of that was done yesterday! :lol: )

Will catch up later in the day! Have a great one, folks! Keep steppin'!

Hey great job everybody... it's not about how MANY steps we get each day; just so we keep at it. LOL I can say that because today I only got 6,432. But I didn't go walking at all... that is just from running around on my job and stuff.

Everybody ready for the impressive totals!!!?? Here we go!

Steps completed = 563,449

Still to go = 436,551

We are on the downhill!!! Go team go!!!

Yesterday I did a bit better. 6722 steps. Unfortunately, most of my steps were made while searching for one of our birds that escaped :( I had no luck finding her. We've had her for more than 10 years now. Quite sad.

I can't believe how quickly these steps are adding up! My goodness, we're all doing so well. I hope you all are enjoying this as much as I am!

I hear you on the appointments, Michele. Seems like I had a full appointment calendar for the past few days as well. I think you've done great, though! Congratulations!

Lydia, I'm so sorry to hear about your lost budgie. I hope she's just stretching her wings a bit and will eventually fly back home to you.

Hehe Dance, you do so well, even when you're not making a concerted effort! You go, girl!

Yesterday, as expected, went back to normal for me. 10,748, bring my total to 177,039. Nice way to end the week, because weekend's coming up and you know what happens to me then! Slacker! :lol:

Enjoy, everyone! TGIF!

Good job, everybody! Hey stop feeling badly because you didn't get more steps... you are all doing just great! Lydia, so sorry to hear about your bird!!

Lena.... hmmmmm I show your total as 192,221 through Thursday... must be a mistake somewhere. Strange as it has always added up before. I will dig around for it more later.

Oh I was really close to 10,000 tonight when I got home so walked around the apartment to roll myself over the hump. :dance:

Lena... are you SURE about your totals?

I show you started with 32,556 and then added for the next week 59,348. After that your totals submitted are:

6,856
10,355
10,199
11,383
8,898
1,792
2,008
10,526
10,684
16,868
10,748

That comes out to 192,221. Please help me figure out where the error is. I went back through the entire thread and checked what you said and checked it against my database and even recopied your steps into a new page and added again and still get the same. LOL but I AM horrid at math!! But can usually do just fine with Excel.

Great job, Michelle!!!

And LOL your totals match mine.

The way MY overall totals read we are at 605,370! WOW do you BELIEVE we have done 600,000 steps!!!

Still to go = 394,630

LOL but if Lena is correct about her totals we might have to do a few extra steps to make up for my math. :)

Yesterday was a bit more laid-back for me (again), but I did get in a 40-minute workouts, so it helped bounce my total up :D 5362 steps for yesterday.

Thanks for your condolences about my bird. I really appreciate it.

Hmmm not sure where I missed, but your number is closer to right than mine was, Dance. I went back and totalled and re-totalled. Through Thursday, March 9, I contributed 192,039. You had 192,221 because the 16k day was 16,686, not 16,868.

I haven't a clue what I missed to only come up with 177K total :lol:.

In any event, thanks for catching my error, Dance! Sorry for the confusion. :o

My contribution for yesterday, March 10 is 8,729, bringing my (newly corrected) total to 200,768.

I haven't been here in about two weeks, but I have 70,000 steps to add. :)

Thanks Lena... I have corrected my total and that is great as now we only have to walk another couple hundred steps instead of 30,000 or so <GGGG>

Lydia, I know it is hard for you to lose your much loved pet!! :hug:

Corrected totals are

Steps walked = 613,917

Still to go = 368,083

Lena, congratulations :yay: on passing the 200,000 mark! I have a little over 100 more steps to go to make it LOL

Oh yay, Kayley! While I was writing my message you posted another 70,000 yipppppeeeee so that really made the total skyrocket and I already need to update it. Way to go!!!!! :cheer:

Kayley you must be excited... VERY soon you will see those "2" s yipppppppppeeeeeeee for you. I am excited for you.

NEW totals are 683,917

Still to go = 316,083

We will make the 700,000 mark today with any luck at all LOL

Yay Michelle... you did it! You put us over the 700,000 mark... WOW :grouphug:

Total steps taken = 708,455

Still to go = 291,545

:dance:

Well, well, well... Saturdays and Sundays are *supposed* to be my Slacker Days, right? So, what on earth came over me yesterday?

The weather just beckoned me to come outside. I strapped on the IPod and ended up taking a 45 minute walk around the sub-division. And, I found out my outside pace is faster than my normal treadmill pace. Songs that are usually quite fine to treadmill to were somewhat too slow for outside. So I had to kick it up a notch and find the really hard-thumpin' ones to walk to. Oh, yes, the arms and legs were pumpin'!

Remember last Saturday's pathetic number (1,792). Well, yesterday was much higher! 8,725. Not a 10K day but VERY good for me for a weekend! I'm happy with it!

Total contribution from me (through March 11) = 209,493. Who knows what today will bring?

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Great job, Lydia! 5,000+ steps for a laid-back day is wonderful!

Congratulations, Dance, for hitting 200K+!!! That's absolutely fantastic!

Kayley, what a great contribution! Keep going at that pace and you're going to need new walking shoes soon!

And Michele, 13K+ on a Saturday??? My hat's off to you!!! Woohoo!

At this rate, I'm betting we hit the Million by April Fool's Day!

You know, I could've sworn that I posted in here this morning. Like, I can almost remember typing stuff up... but I didn't! :crazy:

Yesterday was very very lazy. That is until I went for a walk. For 26 minutes. I decided to explore the neighborhood, see how other people take care of their lawns. Coincidentally, I saw a very beautiful lawn with a GORGEOUS flowering tree somewhere in this neighborhood. I sort of got lost, so I don't know where though :o . In that 26 minutes, I took 2859 aerobic steps and went a total of 1.04 miles. Mind, I'm a shorty (5'1"), so that's why I took so many steps and went hardly anywhere, hahaha. So my total for yesterday was 4773 with more than half of the steps being aerobic. Not bad for a Saturday!

My total so far is 68,334 steps. 21.95 miles. I feel like a wimp compared to you all :p

Edit: Oh, and I must keep in mind NOT to wear flip-flops the next time I decide to go for a walk. I got horrible blisters and both of my feet! Sneakers sneakers sneakers *mutters*

Woo hoo nice going everybody!! LOL Lydia... yes sneakers sneakers sneakers!!!

Uh oh though... I must have goofed again. <sigh> I have your totals messed up! I show you as 93,367. Here is what I show:

Sun 2/26 9,075
Mon 2/27 7,464
Tues 2/28 8,494
Weds 3/1 7,748
Thurs 3/2 11,013
Fri 3/3 3,290
Sat 3/4 5,604
Sun 3/5 6,467
Mon 3/6 9,977
Tues 3/7 4,249
Weds 3/8 3,129
Thurs 3/9 6,722
Fri 3/10 5,362
Sat 3/11 4,773

Total 93,367

Could you please check this against your totals. And THANKS to all of you for posting your totals so we can see if there are errors.

Originally Posted by Less of Lena:
At this rate, I'm betting we hit the Million by April Fool's Day!

I say we go for it!!!

And LOL Lena... WE have never said you were a slacker LOLOL... you definitely are NOT. Keep on moving those feet LOL

I arranged for a ride home from a church potluck tonight so I can walk there... whew it is that 3 mile thing almost straight uphill again! I don't want to walk home after dark. I will have to put my food into a backpack LOL. But I ought to get in some serious steps for a Sunday... usually MY slacker day LOL.

Whoops! You are absolutely right, Dance. I am at 93,367. I've been writing my steps in my journal and I forgot that I was on page 2! hahaha, thanks for letting me know. I'm a dork :p Well hey, I'm almost at 100k, so I'm happy :D

LOL Lydia, I am glad it is right... I am SO horrid at math that I always assume it is me LOL. Thank God for Excel!!!!! Besides I didn't want us to have to walk those extra 30,000 steps or so!!! :dancer:

Wow that is great, Michelle! I wish I had started keeping track earlier than I did!!! I started in the middle of March and am over 215,000. I plan to keep it up.

You are going to make it to a million all by yourself!!!!!!

My total for today is 10,420.

Good morning!

Yesterday was more like a typical Sunday for me. Just 3,167, bringing my total to 212,660 since I started keeping track in mid-February.

Hey it is fine to have a slacker day! Mine would have been too except we had the potluck and I walked to church. :)

New totals = steps walked = 740,902

Still to go = 259,098

We are going for a second million and invite new people when we complete this one... right team? :) :dancer:

Right, Dance!

Man, the last few days have been real slackers for me. I haven't really felt like doing much of anything... yet somehow I'm still managing to lose weight! I've lost a pound in a half in the last week. Woo hoo! Ahem. Anywho!

Yesterday I walked 3380 steps, bringing my total up to 96,747. I am totally going to hit 100k today. I'm going for a walk later, whether I like it or not!