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FB10: Week 33

A blah week despite the Labor Day holiday followed by a couple of days off of work.  The week, and month, got off to a slow start on Sunday, finishing with just 3000 steps.  Things improved a bit on Monday as I rose to 3800 steps.  A day off of work on Tuesday pushed me up again to 4400 steps.  Trips to the hardware store on Wednesday to look for a new toilet seat led to my best outing of the week, garnering 5200 steps.  A return to work on Thursday saw a big drop-off, leaving me 32 steps shy of 3500.  A small rebound on Friday pushed me back up to 3600 steps.  The week wrapped up with another improvement on Saturday, as I fell 2 steps shy of 3700.

Total steps: 27,280

Daily average: 3897.1

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FB10: Week 28

A hellish week at work sends things tumbling south after two good vacation-filled weeks.  The week got off to an ok-ish start on Sunday, as I needed just 20 additional steps reach 4000.  Things picked up slightly on Monday, as I gained those 20 steps plus 72 more, falling 28 steps shy of 4100.  Things started to go bad at work on Tuesday, where an ECC call kept me 31 steps away from 3000.  A better Wednesday led to the highpoint of the week, with 4200 steps.  Another ECC call on Thursday left me 22 steps away from 2800.  An early morning full of meetings combined with the third ECC call of the week on Friday was even worse, finishing with 2500 steps.  The week wrapped up on Saturday with a disappointing 2700 steps.

Total steps: 23,256

Daily average: 3322.3

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FB10: Week 27

The end of my week in Amsterdam led to an overall good week, though one that tailed off once I returned home.  The week got off to a slow start on Sunday, as I only left the apartment for a quick trip to the grocery store, which left me 35 steps shy of 3400.  Things picked up on Monday, my last full day in Amsterdam, as I bummed around the museum campus before dinner and a tour of the Red Light District, which pushed me up to 11,900 steps.  A trip to the airport on Tuesday got me to exactly 7000 steps.  One last day off for recovery on Wednesday saw my output drop to 3000 steps.  Giong back to work on Thursday left me 39 steps away from 3400.  Friday was even worse, as I needed an additional 5 steps just to reach 2900.  My first baseball game of the second half pushed up Saturday’s total, finishing with 6300 while watching the White Sox lose their 13th consecutive game.

Total steps: 37,921

Daily average: 5417.3

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FB10: Week 25

Before we begin, you may notice some changes with the graphics this week.  Fitbit, or, more accurately, their parent company Google, has done away with the web interface and left the app as the only way of accessing one’s step data.  I personally find the options through the app to be somewhat lacking, but I’m sure this move saves them a quarter or two. Since that web interface is what was keeping me in the Fitbit ecosystem and away from the Apple Watch and the native iOS options, it may be time to revisit my step-counting solution.

Things continued trending in the wrong direction this week, falling further below the 30,000-step plateau.  The week got off to a slow-ish start on Sunday, as I wrapped up the holiday weekend with 4000 steps.  Monday saw a slight improvement, coming in just 9 steps shy of 4200.  Tuesday fell back slightly, needing 36 more steps to get to 4100.   A busy day at work on Wednesday cratered, coming 35 steps away from 2200.  A decent improvement on Thursday pushed me back up to 3700 steps. Friday pushed me back up over 4000 steps.  The week ended on a high note on Saturday with 4700 steps.

Total steps: 26,909

Daily average: 3844.1

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FB10: Week 23

A week of going into an office helped push me back over the 30,000-step plateau.  The week got off to a slow-ish start on Sunday, as I finished 25 steps away from 3700.  Travelling to work, plus a nighttime baseball game, turned Monday into the week’s highpoint, pushing me up over 6600 steps.  Tuesday fell back down again without the game, needing an additional 11 steps to reach 4000   A dinner trip after yet another day in the office on Wednesday saw my total jump back up over 5000 steps.  A final day of on-site work on Thursday left me both exhausted and 24 steps shy of 4500.  Being able to stay home and rest on Friday led to a light day, with just 3300 steps.  Another trip to the south side on Saturday left me just 34 steps shy of 5300.

Total steps: 32,391

Daily average: 4627.3

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FB10: Week 13

An overall down week, despite some signs of life.as work and weather kept getting in the way.  Things got off to a slow start on Sunday, with only 3500 steps getting logged.  Monday saw a big increase, jumping up to 5200 steps, thanks to a trip out for dinner.  Work got in the way of things on Tuesday, leading to a big drop that left me 18 steps shy of 2600.  Things improved bigly on Wednesday, as a double header on the south side pushed me up to 6800 steps.  Things were still relatively decent on Thursday, despite a drop down to 4600 steps, thanks to my first visit to the office of 2024.  Friday went bad again, with only 2800 steps.  Saturday wasn’t much better, closing out the week with 3100 steps.

Total steps: 28,785

Daily average: 4112.1

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FB10: Week 12

A bit of a down week, as work and weather kept getting in the way.  Things got off to a slow start on Sunday, where 40 more steps were needed just to get to 3900.  Monday saw a big increase, coming 13 steps away from 4700 while watching Purdue battle, but ultimately lose, in the NCAA Tournament Championship.  Things fell off a cliff on Tuesday, dropping down to 3100 steps.  Things were slightly worse on Wednesday, as I fell to just 3000 steps.  Thursday saw a slight increase, going up to 3300 steps.  Friday was a nice bounce back, coming just 5 steps shy of 4200.  My return to Guaranteed Rate Field on Saturday closed out the week on a high-ish note, only 19 steps away from 4700.

Total steps: 26,868

Daily average: 3842.6

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FB10: Week 10

It looked to be a bleak week thanks to work, until sports reared its head at the to change the trajectory.  Things got off to a decent start on Sunday, finishing just 5 steps away from 4600.  Monday saw a small decrease, falling down to the 3900-step plateau.  Things were even worse on Tuesday, as I dropped down even further to 3300 steps.  Thanks to meetings, Wednesday bottomed out, leaving me 13 steps shy of 2500.  The start of the baseball season on Thursday helped turn things around, as I returned to Guaranteed Rate Field for the first time in 2024 and earned 6500 steps.  An impromptu trip to Detroit on Friday for the Sweet Sixteen propelled me just past my 7500 daily step goal for the first time since January.  A Purdue victory on Friday meant spending Saturday in Detroit, with dinner over the border at Caesar’s Palace in Windsor, finishing the week with 4400 steps.

Total steps: 32,876

Daily average: 4696.6

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FB10: Week 9

Work, along with a return of cold weather, reared its ugly head this week, knocking things back down again.  Things got off to a decent start on Sunday, finishing just 20 steps away from 4100.  Monday saw a small increase, pushing across that 4100-step plateau.  Things fell off a cliff on Tuesday, dropping down to 2400 steps and ending my streak of 4000-step days at nine.  A bit of an increase on Wednesday pushed me back up to 3200 steps.  Thursday saw another small increase, going up again to 3500 steps.  Friday was slightly worse, needing 31 steps to get to 3400.  Saturday ended the week on an upswing, coming 21 steps shy of 3800.

Total steps: 24,521

Daily average: 3503

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FB10: Week 7

A slight step backwards, after changing temperatures and work got in the way of a strong start to the week.  Things got off to a decent start on Sunday, finishing with 4200 steps.  Monday saw a nice increase, coming just 11 steps shy of 4800.  Things started to turn south on Tuesday, as I ended up with just 3600 steps.  Wednesday saw another decrease, going down to 2900 steps.  Things cratered on Thursday, as I dropped down to 2400 steps.  Things started to improve on Friday, needing just an additional 12 steps to get to 3500.  Saturday was even better, ending back up over 4000 steps.

Total steps: 25,600

Daily average: 3657.1