DD day 31 = about an 80% with moderate chocolate consumption.
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I decided yesterday to do something called Stepbet. It's put on by the same people who do Dietbet. The thing I like better about Stepbet is that the outcome is much more controllable.
What do I mean by that? Well, on Dietbet you had to le a certain percentage of your starting weight in order to win. So many factors could workgainst you to make it not work out. Whether or not you were doing the work or not.
With Stepbet however, it's completely up to you whether or not you make your step goals. You don't have to rely on your fickle body, or worry about female hormones, water weight, etc. , etc. You either do it, or you don't.
So, I put up $40 of my spending money saying that I will meet my step goals for the next five weeks.
Tomorrow is the first day that the steps count. They connect to whatever you use to track steps, and come up with an Active Day goal and a Stretch Day goal. You have to meet the Active Day goal 4 x and the Stretch Goal 2x each week.
My Active Goal is 6,675 steps.
My Stretch Goal is 8,775 steps.
Today I'm at over 7k steps, so if the bet had already started, I'd at least have an Active Day in.
I don't want to lose my $40 In fact, I don't want to lose my $40 + whatever else I might get from the pot.
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My meeting today at Planet Fitness plays into the Stepbet. I met with one of their trainers to design a plan. I told him my goals were to walk/run a 5k in 45 minutes or less, do one real pushup, and one unassisted pull up by Thanksgiving. (I want to do a 5k in the Turkey Trot.)
He put ogether a plan for me mixing cardio/weights. If I follow that (plus make sure I'm more conscious at work about getting up out of my chair and moving around) I think I'll do this with no problem.
DD 31 - Step bet / Planet fitness
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Ceejay - That sounds like a fantastic challenge! I wish we could have stuff like that ..
Rob - It sure is so far!
Liblady- I would love a standing desk. I have thought about asking about making one ... but am just not sure how well it really would work. So much of my day is sitting down ...
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That could be interesting.. I will have to see what my supervisor thinks. I'd probably have to buy the chair for myself, since I doubt office depot carries them.
October 9th, 2016 at 10:22 pm 1476051760
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/198905/Stansport-Zenzu-Pro-Ball-Chair-Black/