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Fitbit 12 – Week 18

Yet another great week as I pushed my 30,000-step week streak to fifteen and my streak of 4000+ step days reached 90, a full three months.  The week got off to a good start on Sunday thanks to a trip to Rate Field for the final installment of the first Crosstown series of the year, finishing 35 steps shy of 5600.  Monday saw a small decrease, dropping down to 4500 steps.  A lunchtime walk while I changed kept things rolling on Tuesday, ending 27 steps away from 6900.  Wednesday was the best day of the week, thanks to a season holder event at Wrigley Field in the afternoon followed by the Cubs game that night, wrapping up with 8400 steps.  Thursday used a walk to Walgreens to pick up a prescription to finish with 6100 steps.  A slow-ish Friday got the holiday weekend off to a decent start with 4400 steps.  The week wrapped up on a high note on Saturday with 6600 steps.

Total steps: 42,577

Daily average: 6082.4

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Fitbit 12 – Week 17

Another great week as I pushed my 30,000-step week streak to fourteen and my streak of 4000+ step days reached 83.  The week got off to a great start on Sunday thanks to a trip to Rate Field, finishing with 6100 steps.  Monday saw a small decrease, dropping down to 5300 steps.  Things kept rolling on Tuesday thanks to a lunch time walk as I charged, ending 6 steps shy of 6300.  Wednesday was the worst day of the week, going down to 4400 steps.  Thursday wrapped up with 5600 steps.  The start of Crosstown festivities on the south side between the Cubs and White Sox on Friday put me over goal, falling a single step shy of 7700.  Game two on Saturday wrapped up the week with 6800 steps.

Total steps: 42,280

Daily average: 6040

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Fitbit 12 – Week 16

Another great week as I pushed my 30,000-step week streak to thirteen and my streak of 4000+ step days reached 76.  The week got off to a decent start on Sunday, finishing up with 4400 steps.  Monday saw a big jump, needing just 4 additional steps to reach 6800.  Things kept rolling on Tuesday as I finished 14 steps shy of 5600.  Wednesday saw a slight increase, going up to 5600 steps.  A mere 12 steps was all that stood between me and 4500 steps on Thursday.  A trip to Rate Field Friday night led to 7100 steps, my high point of the week.  Saturday wrapped up the week with 5100 steps.

Total steps: 39,211

Daily average: 5601.6

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Fitbit 12 – Week 15

Another great week as I pushed my 30,000-step week streak to twelve, my 40,000-step week streak to two, and my streak of 4000+ step days reached 61.  The week got off to a great start on Sunday as a neighborhood walk left me with 6800 steps.  Monday saw a slight downturn but was still 21 steps away from 5200.  Things kept rolling on Tuesday as a mid-day walk while charging the car put me back up to 6500.  Trips to the office, and the associated nearly six hours spent commuting, left with 5000 and 5800 steps on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.  Unseasonably cool temperatures on Friday limited me to 4600 steps, my first day under 5000 steps in more than two weeks.  An afternoon trip to the Wrigley Field on Saturday wrapped up the week just under goal, coming in with 7400 steps.

Total steps: 41,515

Daily average: 5930.7

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And I Would Walk 30,000,000 More

Nearly fifteen years ago, I started participating in a step tracking program through work that ““encourages you to track your steps and help you to focus on your fitness in a simple and accessible way.”  That program, utilizing the GlobalFit tracker, ran through February of 2015, where I finished more than three and a half years in the program with over 6.5 million steps.

That same week, I ordered the first of multiple Fitbits I would wear, continuing the project for myself in hopes of getting into better shape and improving my health.  Things were going well enough until 2020, when a global pandemic transitioned me to a home-based worker and my daily activity took a big hit.  Thanks to some recent weight loss, I’ve started ramping things back up recently and, yesterday, I surpassed an overall total of 30 million steps.  That averages out to a little over 2 million steps per year, which, considering it has been seven years since I’ve surpassed that total, isn’t too shabby.  Here’s hoping it doesn’t take another fifteen years to get to 60 million.

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Fitbit 12 – Week 14

A great week as I scored my highest total in nearly two years, since my trip to Amsterdam, and cranked my 30,000-step week streak to eleven while also running my streak of 4000+ step days to 54.  The week got off to a great start on Sunday as a neighborhood walk left me with 5400 steps.  Monday was slightly better, ending with 5600 steps.  Things kept going on Tuesday, slightly falling to 5300 steps, which, if you can believe it, turned out to be my low point for the week.  A longer post-work walk on Wednesday left me just 15 steps shy of 6900.  Thursday topped out at 5500 steps.  A long walk while charging my car at lunch led to 7300 steps on Friday.  An afternoon trip to the Rate Field on Saturday wound up the week well over goal, coming just 11 steps shy of 8000.

Total steps: 44,144

Daily average: 6306.3

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Fitbit 12 – Week 13

Things keep moving in the right directions as I kept my 30,000-step week streak alive for the tenth straight week while also running my streak of 4000+ days to 47.  The week got off to a good start on Sunday, needing a mere 2 additional steps to finish with 4600.  Monday was just slightly lower, ending with 4500 steps.  A nice improvement on Tuesday pushed me up to only 7 steps shy of 4800.  A lunchtime walk helped me to 5600 steps on Wednesday.  An additional 22 steps was all that stood between me and 5200 on Thursday.  An afternoon trip to Wrigley Field on Friday put me over my daily goal and just 25 steps away from 7700.  A trip to the Chicago Public Library in Bridgeport for a presentation on Dick Allen helped end the week with 5100 steps.

Total steps: 37,576

Daily average: 5368

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Fitbit 12 – Week 12

Yet another good week as I kept my 30,000-step week streak alive for the ninth straight week while also running my streak of 4000+ days to 40.  A trip to Rate Field on Sunday to see the White Sox sweep the Blue Jays got the week off to a great start, finishing with 6600 steps.  Monday needed just 23 additional steps to reach 5000.  Things slowed just a bit on Tuesday, falling to 4700 steps.  Another small drop on Wednesday left me with 4500 steps.  Things picked up again on Thursday, ending 37 steps shy of 5300.  Another nice day on Friday ended 22 steps short of 5100.  A morning walk on Saturday ended the week a single step shy of 5800.

Total steps: 37,019

Daily average: 5288.4

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Fitbit 12 – Week 11

Another great week as I kept my 30,000-step week streak alive for the eighth straight week while also running my streak of 4000+ days to 36.  An impromptu trip to American Family Field in Milwaukee on Sunday got the week off to a good start, finishing with 6100 steps.  A return trip to Wrigley Field on Monday was the high point of the week, finishing well above my daily goal with 9200 steps.  Resuming normal activities put me back down to 4700 steps on Tuesday.  A mere 28 steps were all that stood between me and 5000 on Wednesday.  Rain, which postponed the home opener on the South Side on Thursday, limited me to 4700.  My re-scheduled first trip to Rate Field of the season on Friday ended with 6800 steps.  A nice Saturday ended the week with 4400 steps.

Total steps: 41,056

Daily average: 5865.1

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Fitbit 12 – Week 10

The start of the 2026 baseball season helped keep my 30,000-step week streak alive for the seventh straight week while also running my streak of 4000+ days to 27.  The week got off to a good start on Sunday, finishing with 5400 steps.  Monday turned out to be the low point of the week, needing 14 more steps to reach 4400.  Nicer temperatures pushed me back over 5100 steps on Tuesday.  A lunchtime trip to the local mall pushed me up to 6700 steps on Wednesday.  Thursday was Opening Day and I travelled north to Wrigley Field to see the Cubs lose badly to the Nationals, needing 24 more steps to reach 6400.  Friday kept things going, ending with 5200 steps.  A trip to the grocery store, amongst other chores on Saturday, finished the week strong, falling just 5 steps shy of 6300.

Total steps: 39,619

Daily average: 5659.9