Club 10,000

BigV · 01-23-2008, 07:48 PM

I have been carrying around a pedometer pretty regularly for the past few weeks. I even got a new one when Tink told me she wanted hers back. I programmed it for my stride length and weight, and now it can calculate how far I've walked, how many calories it thinks it takes to carry myself that far, and how much time I've spent in motion.

I plan to join the 10,000 step club. But I'm not there yet. I keep thinking "I'll make a thread, that will keep me from backsliding" but I have been successful (until now) in avoiding closing that avenue of escape. No more. I'll report my step count (and if I'm really bold, my weight, distance, time, and calories) each day (jaysus, did I say that out loud? *every day*? you idiot, now you're screwed). My progress, or lack thereof, will be just as public as it is now, only to more decimal places of precision. And I won't be able to hide it with baggy clothes.

I've found that when I put the pedometer on first thing in the morning, if I look at the readout just before I reset it, I think that will be the high water mark of my mileage for the previous day. None of them have been over 10,000 steps so far. Dammit. Ok, let's get started.

Yesterday's total steps: 8883. See you all tomorrow.

Cloud · 01-23-2008, 07:58 PM

bah. I just dance in the moonlight!

(j/k--I'm off right now to go walking.)

TheMercenary · 01-23-2008, 08:10 PM

Jog in place and work up a sweat. Always take the stairs, up and down.

monster · 01-23-2008, 09:48 PM

when wanking, move the whole body to step forward and backward while the hand stays in place, rather than the more traditional action.

lumberjim · 01-23-2008, 09:55 PM

get a part time job as a waiter.

Undertoad · 01-23-2008, 09:59 PM

A lot of people waste their money on gyms, working out on the stair-steppers. I just go up the down escalator at the mall.

One story climbed, 1000 steps taken.

Oh sure, 50 people pissed off, but hey, no pain, no gain.

monster · 01-23-2008, 10:06 PM

wear boxing gloves and get an upper body workout too

lumberjim · 01-23-2008, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

A lot of people waste their money on gyms, working out on the stair-steppers. I just go up the down escalator at the mall.

One story climbed, 1000 steps taken.

Oh sure, 50 people pissed off, but hey, no pain, no gain.

it seems to me that that might be the last thing you'd ever do.

SteveDallas · 01-23-2008, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

A lot of people waste their money on gyms, working out on the stair-steppers. I just go up the down escalator at the mall.

One story climbed, 1000 steps taken.

Oh sure, 50 people pissed off, but hey, no pain, no gain.

I don't give a damn about your poll or your hunch... this needs to be on Youtube.

BigV · 01-24-2008, 10:24 AM

Good morning all. Yesterday's (pathetic) total:

5026 steps.

LabRat · 01-24-2008, 10:28 AM

This thread belongs in the humor thread. Monster, UT, you kill me.

Happy Monkey · 01-24-2008, 04:14 PM

Admit it BigV. "Club 10000" - you're just trying to taunt lumberjim.

Flint · 01-24-2008, 04:23 PM

I was talking to the manager at a grocery store and he told me he walks about nine miles a day, according to his pedometer. Great exercise.

BigV · 01-24-2008, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Admit it BigV. "Club 10000" - you're just trying to taunt lumberjim.

No, not "just trying to taunt". Everything I posted here is the truth. The taunt is pure bonus.

BigV · 01-24-2008, 04:39 PM

And I have found that it's about 2000 to 3000 steps to the grocery store, round trip, depending on how directly I travel. It's a nice walk, and there's almost always something to get from the store before coming home. I used to drive to the store, then go home. I'm trying to establish the habit of coming home first, then walking to the store for the goodies. Keeps the shopping in check too since I have to carry it all back. Yesterday I did cave and drive to the store since I knew I wanted a 10 lb bag of potatoes.

The library is about the same distance in the opposite direction and I love that walk too.

Just checked---2587 steps right now, midday at my desk... I better find a reason to travel.

Laterz!

01-23-2008, 07:48 PM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Club 10,000 I have been carrying around a pedometer pretty regularly for the past few weeks. I even got a new one when Tink told me she wanted hers back. I programmed it for my stride length and weight, and now it can calculate how far I've walked, how many calories it thinks it takes to carry myself that far, and how much time I've spent in motion. I plan to join the 10,000 step club. But I'm not there yet. I keep thinking "I'll make a thread, that will keep me from backsliding" but I have been successful (until now) in avoiding closing that avenue of escape. No more. I'll report my step count (and if I'm really bold, my weight, distance, time, and calories) each day (jaysus, did I say that out loud? every day? you idiot, now you're screwed). My progress, or lack thereof, will be just as public as it is now, only to more decimal places of precision. And I won't be able to hide it with baggy clothes. I've found that when I put the pedometer on first thing in the morning, if I look at the readout just before I reset it, I think that will be the high water mark of my mileage for the previous day. None of them have been over 10,000 steps so far. Dammit. Ok, let's get started. Yesterday's total steps: 8883. See you all tomorrow. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-23-2008, 07:58 PM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	bah. I just dance in the moonlight! (j/k--I'm off right now to go walking.) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-23-2008, 08:10 PM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Jog in place and work up a sweat. Always take the stairs, up and down. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-23-2008, 09:48 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	when wanking, move the whole body to step forward and backward while the hand stays in place, rather than the more traditional action. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-23-2008, 09:55 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	get a part time job as a waiter. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-23-2008, 09:59 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	A lot of people waste their money on gyms, working out on the stair-steppers. I just go up the down escalator at the mall. One story climbed, 1000 steps taken. Oh sure, 50 people pissed off, but hey, no pain, no gain.

01-23-2008, 10:06 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	wear boxing gloves and get an upper body workout too __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-24-2008, 10:24 AM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Good morning all. Yesterday's (pathetic) total: 5026 steps. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-24-2008, 10:28 AM	#11
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	This thread belongs in the humor thread. Monster, UT, you kill me. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

01-24-2008, 04:14 PM	#12
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Admit it BigV. "Club 10000" - you're just trying to taunt lumberjim. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-24-2008, 04:23 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I was talking to the manager at a grocery store and he told me he walks about nine miles a day, according to his pedometer. Great exercise. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-24-2008, 04:39 PM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	And I have found that it's about 2000 to 3000 steps to the grocery store, round trip, depending on how directly I travel. It's a nice walk, and there's almost always something to get from the store before coming home. I used to drive to the store, then go home. I'm trying to establish the habit of coming home first, then walking to the store for the goodies. Keeps the shopping in check too since I have to carry it all back. Yesterday I did cave and drive to the store since I knew I wanted a 10 lb bag of potatoes. The library is about the same distance in the opposite direction and I love that walk too. Just checked---2587 steps right now, midday at my desk... I better find a reason to travel. Laterz! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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