December Activity Challenge

ufgatorvet said:
Whaaaaaaat? I haven’t exercised that many minutes since 2014 ... can I ask what you do for a living or how you do this? I need to stop posting .... heck reading these posts. 😢
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For me it’s because my employer closed our office permanently in April and made us all remote workers (I’m a software engineer). My commute was roughly an hour each way, door to door. Instead of commuting I now walk for 45 minutes in the morning and 60-90 minutes in the evening.

I walk because I had to give up running about five years ago after I hurt my knee. The walking is comparatively low impact and I can go further and for longer than if I ran. My knee rarely hurts now, and I’ve lost 40lbs (18kg) since starting in April.
 
ufgatorvet said:
Whaaaaaaat? I haven’t exercised that many minutes since 2014 ... can I ask what you do for a living or how you do this? I need to stop posting .... heck reading these posts. 😢
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I'm not who you were asking but I regularly hit 130 minutes. Exercise is extremely important to me and I love doing it. If you have the motivation, determination, and discipline it's not hard.
 
My exercise minutes and miles are always high because I deliver mail, so I’m walking about 10-12 miles a day. The last 3 months I’ve gotten a break with getting closing rings, or doubling move goal.
 
30,400 calories this month which is 981 per day. I was hoping for an easier challenge as I live in NY and walking in the cold SUCKS. I hit over 1,000 yesterday, but that meant walking an hour in the morning, 26 minutes walking the mall, and running 3 miles on the treadmill. It's gonna be a LONG month.

At this point, I have decided that I would not bother with these achievements at all next year. I have been exercising moderate to hard everyday since this pandemic began and barely even lost a pound. Earning badges that no one sees is pointless.
 
jbachandouris said:
30,400 calories this month which is 981 per day. I was hoping for an easier challenge as I live in NY and walking in the cold SUCKS. I hit over 1,000 yesterday, but that meant walking an hour in the morning, 26 minutes walking the mall, and running 3 miles on the treadmill. It's gonna be a LONG month.

At this point, I have decided that I would not bother with these achievements at all next year. I have been exercising moderate to hard everyday since this pandemic began and barely even lost a pound. Earning badges that no one sees is pointless.
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Weight loss is more about diet than exercise. Of course exercise is very important and definitely helps with weight loss. But you can't outrun a bad diet.
 
jbachandouris said:
30,400 calories this month which is 981 per day. I was hoping for an easier challenge as I live in NY and walking in the cold SUCKS. I hit over 1,000 yesterday, but that meant walking an hour in the morning, 26 minutes walking the mall, and running 3 miles on the treadmill. It's gonna be a LONG month.

At this point, I have decided that I would not bother with these achievements at all next year. I have been exercising moderate to hard everyday since this pandemic began and barely even lost a pound. Earning badges that no one sees is pointless.
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Increasing your fitness level and stamina doesn’t always mean loosing weight. Can have the opposite effect. But if your healthier for it, it’s a win.
 
FuturePilot said:
Weight loss is more about diet than exercise. Of course exercise is very important and definitely helps with weight loss. But you can't outrun a bad diet.
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In general, I'd agree, but I haven't changed my diet and have lost 40lbs since April, walking roughly 50 miles a week, and the occasional erg workout. Still, I had a lot of low hanging fruit (ie fat) to get rid of. My weight loss is leveling off, from 5lbs/month the first couple of months to 2-3lbs/month October and November, so I think I might be now in a muscle building phase. I guess I had a pretty healthy diet anyway - I never eat fast food or drink sugary food, and have always eaten lots of fruit and veg. I just didn't move much recently, but I'm back to the same weight I was when I was running, before I hurt my knee.

If jbachandouris is exercising hard and not losing weight, it's possible they are already fit and don't have a lot to lose. Muscle weighs more than fat, and fit people often have a high BMI.

Rather than BMI, a decent rule of thumb is for your stomach measurement (at the belly button) to be no more than half your height, which I finally managed last month. My 40lbs loss means 4-5 inches off my waist - I didn't measure my waist in March/April but I'm going by how much fabric is loose around my waist when wearing the same trousers as then. I didn't need a belt then, but I need a new smaller belt now.
 
72k kcal.

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So for the first time ever, or at least that I’ve ever noticed, I got a mid-month reminder and status update on my challenge. I think I started around needing to burn 1045 calories per day. I’ve slipped to just over 1,200 now. This is still doable, especially since I Apple Fitness+ is now active and I’m always a sucker to try these new things out. That should push me over the top I believe.
 
Nice to see people making the December challenge already. I have 11 days to go because my Watch decided I can't motivate myself to finish early.
 
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