Well that puts December and 2019 to rest!! Got a super easy December challenge (see above) and rattled it off in first 2 days!!
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December Activity Challenge
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My daily move goal (for the past year) is 750kcal. Now Apple tells me to burn 1200 a day. What i did, is I lowered my move goal to 650 as a big FU to Apple.
Congrats on the perfect year!
I had same challenge early in the year--double my Move goal 2x--and I actually failed it. Excuses: My "long" runs weren't long enough yet, and it was too cold for outdoor bike rides yet.
Why don’t I ever get “easy” ones like this. All mine require real, major effort.
LOL don’t exercise then - that will show Apple! 
You do realize if you set your daily move goal high like mine you will rarely hit it, so it naturally Apple would set a low number of days when this goal eventually comes up? If mine was set at 500 cal per day my goal probably would have been 31 days instead of 2 days. So it’s tailored to the user.
You do realize if you set your daily move goal high like mine you will rarely hit it, so it naturally Apple would set a low number of days when this goal eventually comes up? If mine was set at 500 cal per day my goal probably would have been 31 days instead of 2 days. So it’s tailored to the user.
Mine is set high enough that, while I hit the goal daily, I rarely have enough time in the day to exercise enough to double it. Yet it’s never given me a “double your goal X times” challenge. All mine for like the last 7-8 months have been calorie, distance or exercise minutes goals, not all of which I’ve met.LOL don’t exercise then - that will show Apple!
You do realize if you set your daily move goal high like mine you will rarely hit it, so it naturally Apple would set a low number of days when this goal eventually comes up? If mine was set at 500 cal per day my goal probably would have been 31 days instead of 2 days. So it’s tailored to the user.
I lost May and June activities as I had open incision hiatal hernia surgery so there was no way to 'push myself' without risking injury.
I've only earned 7 of 11 of the monthly badges this year. I've had a great year, losing weight and getting back in shape, but some months the challenges just didn't fit with my training.
E.g. I believe I got a distance goal in September, when I ran my previous marathon. The goal didn't factor in tapering mileage before the marathon and recovering afterwards. So I just ignored it and did what I needed to. There was another month over the summer I missed a distance goal because I substituted cycling for a long run and most of a week of running to let a nagging ache heal.
I was afraid I was going to get a distance goal again this month, but I got a close Move ring goal, which is pretty universal. (I don't know why they have both close Move ring goals and close all rings goals.)
E.g. I believe I got a distance goal in September, when I ran my previous marathon. The goal didn't factor in tapering mileage before the marathon and recovering afterwards. So I just ignored it and did what I needed to. There was another month over the summer I missed a distance goal because I substituted cycling for a long run and most of a week of running to let a nagging ache heal.
I was afraid I was going to get a distance goal again this month, but I got a close Move ring goal, which is pretty universal. (I don't know why they have both close Move ring goals and close all rings goals.)
114.1 miles to go of 181.6. If I stopped right now, I'd need 5.7 miles per day.
It's only 3:20 EST here so plenty of time to knock out at least another mile or two.
It's only 3:20 EST here so plenty of time to knock out at least another mile or two.
I'm at 10 days with my Move ring closed with a goal of 27, so I should be in good shape. I took one day off last week to rest after my marathon and traveling back from Seattle.
Thanks it's all due to the watch bugging me the first few days I wore it (early Nov)!.
Is there a good app for the iPad to examine this Activity and Health data? It's a shame that Apple did all these cool health things yet no Health/Activity app for data consumption.
There is not an iPad app. You have to use the Health and Activity apps on your paired iPhone.
I agree that an iPad app would be nice. They could add some nice graphs and charts using the larger screen.