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Fitbit 12 – Week 40

An excellent week turned into another milestone week, as, with twelve weeks remaining in this Fitbit Year 12, I’ve now managed to surpass my total steps from Year 7, Year 8, and Year 11 while surpassing my daily goal every day and going over my weekly goal for just the third time this year.  The week got off to a great start, scoring 8500 steps on Sunday thanks to a long morning walk.  Monday fell off a bit but still managed to wind up 23 steps shy of 7600.  Things jumped back up on Tuesday, finishing with 8400 steps.  Wednesday kept the good times going, again ending with 8000 steps.  A small jump on Thursday left me 27 steps away from 8200.  Friday needed just 13 additional steps to reach 7700.  A nice walk on Saturday plus birthday celebrations at night wrapped up the week on a high note with 9200 steps.

Total steps: 57,603

Daily average: 8229

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Fitbit 12 – Week 39

Still another great week, again surpassing my daily goal three times while extending my streak of 40,000 step weeks to eighteen.  The week got off to a great start, scoring 8500 steps on Sunday thanks to a long morning walk.  Monday nearly added finished above my daily goal, finishing with 7400 steps.  Things slowed down a bit on Tuesday, falling 21 steps short of 5700.  Wednesday improved to 6600 steps.  Another jump on Thursday pushed me to exactly 7600 steps.  Another slow day on Friday dropped me to 5000 steps.  A nice walk on Saturday as I charged my car pushed me over 7500 steps, finishing the week on a high note.

Total steps: 48,427

Daily average: 6918.1

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Fitbit 12 – Week 38

Another great week, surpassing my daily goal three times while extending my streak of 40,000 step weeks to seventeen.  The week got off to a great start, scoring 8500 steps on Sunday thanks to a long morning walk.  Monday once again saw me finish above my daily goal, finishing with 7800 steps.  Things slowed down a bit on Tuesday, falling to 4700 steps.  Wednesday improved to 6700 steps as the ALDS moved to Rate Field.  Thursday’s Game 4 between the White Sox and Guardians finished with me over 8300 steps.  Another slow day on Friday left me 15 steps shy of 5100.  Two smaller walks on Saturday, in addition to a haircut, finished the week with 37 steps shy of 6800.

Total steps: 47,994

Daily average: 6856.3

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Fitbit 12 – Week 37

After years of disappointing results, things have started to turn around this year.  Sixteen weeks straight of more than 40,000 steps, 223 days over 4000 steps, all of it adding up so that this week, just 71% of the way through Year 12 using the Fitbit, I have already surpassed my totals from Year 9 and Year 10.  Assuming I keep up the pace, I should end up blowing by every year since the pandemic started.  The weeks got off to a decent start, scoring 5000 steps on Sunday thanks to the final regular season game of the season at Rate Field.  Things picked up on Monday, finishing 34 steps shy of 7800.   A small drop on Tuesday left me just 4 steps shy of 6600.  Wednesday was the low day of the week, ending with 4800 steps.  Things picked back up on Thursday as I jumped up to 6600 steps.  Dinner out on Friday left me 14 steps shy of 8300.  A long walk on Saturday finished the week with 7400 steps.

Total steps: 46,564

Daily average: 6652

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Fitbit 12 – Week 36

Still another great week as I surpassed my daily goal twice and came within 200 steps of it another two times while finishing above 40,000 steps for the fifteenth straight week.  Things got off to a slow start on Sunday as a rainy day limited me to 4300 steps. Things picked back up on Monday, finishing with 8000 steps.  A small drop on Tuesday left me just 3 steps shy of 5600.  Wednesday jumped back up a bit, ending with 6100 steps.  A trip to the Athenaeum Center on Thursday to see Taylor Tomlinson discuss her new book pushed me back up to 8300 steps.  The final Friday of the regular season brought me back to Rate Field, leaving me 40 steps shy of 7400.  A long walk on Saturday finished the week with 7300 steps.

Total steps: 47,079

Daily average: 6725.6

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Fitbit 12 – Week 35

Another great week as I surpassed my daily goal three times and finished above 40,000 steps for the fourteenth straight week.  Things got off to a nice start on Sunday thanks to a morning walk, which left me with 7400 steps, just 16 away from my daily goal. I picked up those extra steps and then some on Monday, finishing 17 steps shy of 8000.  Another good day on Tuesday, despite travel north for a shiva, ended with 7700 steps.  Wednesday saw a slight slowdown, coming 36 steps away from 6300.  A trip to the Salt Shed on Thursday to see Liz Phair pushed me back up to 7800 steps.  Things slowed down on Friday, ending 13 steps shy of 5600.  A return to Rate Field on a rainy Saturday wrapped up the week just 5 steps away from 5700.

Total steps: 48,528

Daily average: 6932.6

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Fitbit 12 – Week 34

Another great week as I once again surpassed my daily goal twice and finished above 40,000 steps for the thirteenth straight week.  Things got off to a nice start on Sunday thanks to a morning walk and a trip to Rate Field to see the White Sox pick up a victory. pushing me up to 9100 steps.  The Labor Day holiday on Monday finished with 6300 steps.  A quiet Tuesday again finished with 6300 steps, a mere 8 less than Monday’s total.  Wednesday was the low day of the week, ending with 4800 steps.  Thursday saw a slight improvement, going up to 4900 steps.  Things picked back up on Friday, ending 14 steps shy of 6000.  A return to Wrigley Field on Saturday wrapped up the week with 7600 steps.

Total steps: 45,191

Daily average: 6455.9

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Fitbit 12 – Week 33

The good times keep rolling as I surpassed my daily goal twice and finished above 40,000 steps for the twelfth straight week.  Things got off to a nice start on Sunday thanks to a morning walk and a trip to Wrigley Field to pick up a Harry Caray bobblehead, leaving me 16 steps shy of 8800.  Thanks to an early morning eye doctor appointment on Monday, I fell back a bit, ending up 23 steps away from 5600.  A quiet Tuesday left me a mere 6 steps short of 6500.  Colonoscopy prep, and the requisite trips to the facilities, on Wednesday pushed me back over my daily goal, ending with 7900 steps.  Said colonoscopy limited me to 4400 steps on Thursday.  Friday bounced back in a big way, finishing with 7000 steps on the nose.  A return to Rate Field for my first game of September on Saturday wrapped up the week with 7200 steps.

Total steps: 47,454

Daily average: 6779.1

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Fitbit 12 – Week 32

Still another great week, as I surpassed my daily goal once and finished above 40,000 steps for the eleventh straight week.  Things got off to a nice start on Sunday thanks to a morning walk, which left me with 6200 steps.  Monday pushed things up to 6600 steps.  A quiet Tuesday left me with 6400 steps.  More of the same on Wednesday, ending the day back up at 6600 steps.  A slight improvement on Thursday pushed me up to 6700 steps.  Friday turned out to be the best day of the week, finishing 34 steps shy of 9400.  Saturday wrapped up the week needing just 13 additional steps to reach 5200.

Total steps: 47,260

Daily average: 6751.4

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Fitbit 12 – Week 31

Yet another great week, as I surpassed my daily goal twice and finished above 40,000 steps for the reached my tenth straight week.  Things got off to a nice start on Sunday thanks to a morning walk, which left me 12 steps shy of 8100.  The return of Crosstown on Monday left me needing 40 more steps to hit 7900.  An abbreviated trip to Wrigley on Tuesday to see the White Sox battle the Cubs before the bad weather arrived left me just 16 steps shy of my daily goal of 7500.  Wednesday fell down quite a bit thanks to a trip into the office, ending with 4900 steps.  A day off and another visit to the south side for exciting White Sox baseball on Thursday pushed me back up to 7300 steps.  A doctor’s appointment on Friday followed by yet another trip to Rate Field got me up to 7100 steps.  Saturday wrapped up the week needing just 11 additional steps to reach 5800.

Total steps: 48,584

Daily average: 6940.6