Healthy Habits March Contest/Challenge

ramzlau

A few people mentioned they would be interested in some kind of Challenge or Contest for March, which by the end we should all be in 3rd trimester or pretty close! Let’s go into it strong! 

If we have a few ideas, I can create a poll or if there is something that everyone is agreeing on we will be setup to go. So share your ideas! What is a good challenge for these pregnant bodies? Steps - Miles - Kilometers- Minutes per day/week -# of workouts? 

wanderlustsoul

Maybe a daily walking challenge? X miles/KMs per day? 

Maggie1202

I'm so in! I'm in for a walking challenge.

mindyb2019

I'm in too!!! I think like a daily step challenge per day would be fun. Most people now a days have watches or fitbits etc that count all that. I think it should start a certain time in the morning and end at the same time each day for each person as alot of us live in different time zones.

laurad75

I’m in!

ellieemc26

I'm in for this too!

akoros

All for a walking challenge! Hopefully we'll stop getting these ice storms so I can get back outside again 

tilournextadventure

I'm in! I like the step count challenge. 

_orchid_

I'd be in for any of those, especially now that the weather will be getting better 🤞🤞🤞 for a step, km, miles challenge. I have a 10k and 5 mile runs in April (both deferred from events last year) so am going to be trying to get as much time on my feet as possible so I can at least walk those!!

ramzlau

Should we do personal goals like everyone picks how many steps/miles/km are right for them? Or do a flat one across the board? How many are appropriate for 6-7 months pregnant? 

_orchid_

@ramzlau I think personal would be good. Each pregnancy is so different and even each week is different.  I'm able to do a lot more this pregnancy distance-wise than I was with either DSs- my feet were so bad at this point with DS2 that even half a mile would be a push. 

AlliDB

Also in! We have been doing an "exercise log" competition at work during February for Heart Month and I am loving having the accountability. 

Love the idea of a personal step challenge. 

ramzlau

It is sounding like a personal step challenge is the way to go? Or should I do a poll with steps/km-miles and personal vs same goals? 

I am thinking we will just have it be a daily goal for the month of March. The “days” are midnight to midnight in your own time zone (that is how my watch/phone track it and I don’t know how to calculate in other time zones lol). 

Maggie1202

My pitch: Everyone comes up with their own steps/day goal and reports on a (daily/weekly) basis what percentage of their goal they hit. 

Example: My goal is 10k steps per day. I walked 35k steps this week, on a goal of 70k. So I hit 50% of my goal. 

akoros

Oof, I think I'm going to have to lower my step goal! Normally I'd have no problem hitting 10k (if I have the time, of course), but just got back from a 2.5mi walk and feel totally wiped

AlliDB

Not sure if this is helpful for anyone, but this is how I will track my step goal/goals complete. For me personally I want to have different goals on different days since I run/bike on different days.