Year over Year again

Last year, I posted a year over year digits list for the fitbit steps. I'm posting this to add the 2025 digits. 

2025: 9895 daily steps per day average. 3,611,667
the previous digits below:

2024: 7080 daily steps per day average. 2,591,372 steps total
2023: 5972 daily steps per day average. 2,179,854 steps total
2022: 2488 daily steps per day average. 908, 161 steps total 
2021: 2645 daily steps per day average. 965,338 steps total
2020: 2771 daily steps per day average. 1,014,011 steps total (thanks, pandemic)
2019: 5390 daily steps per day average. 1,967,352 steps total
2018: 4636 daily steps per day average. 1,692,262 steps total
2017: 3295 daily steps per day average. 1,202,556 steps total
2016: 3781 daily steps per day average. 1,383,990 steps total

So I've made improvements, and 2025 maybe I'll break 3 million steps! 

I highlighted the comment from the 2025 post saying "maybe I'll break 3 million steps" there. Because I did. Not only did I break it, I killed it. 

The month over month steps were pretty good too. I had wanted a daily average of over 10k per day for the whole year. The January, February months were soft and then in June/July/August set me back a bit. If you recall, your humble narrator took a spill down a flight of stairs at the end of June. I think I broke 2 toes on my right foot because they just were not right for a long long time, and doing steps was hard. Eventually things healed up, and then in September we bought the house and steps got ramped up again. So those 5 months messed up the digits. In the last month or so I poured it on in hopes we'd get there but we fell just short. Still, 9895 for a daily average is pretty sweet. 

Here's the month by month for 2025, for the curious.

December 11,091
November 10,800
October 10,782
September 10,610
August 9198
July 8358
June 9385
May 10,432
April 11,130
March 10,319
February 8870
January 7743 

No predictions for this time next year but 4 million? attainable? every day average 10k? As long as I don't break some more toes, we can stay on track for such things. Maybe. 

Today was a pretty great day. I thought we might go somewhere and do something since Jess and I are leaving in the morning, but, instead people took naps, I went to the gym instead of napping. I pushed my time on the treadmill to 40 min and got 2.26 miles, and now I know the sweet spot for 2 miles is to do 37 to 38 minutes. I also signed up for the Black Card membership at Planet Fitness, just so I can use the treadmill while up by mom, since it is like 19 degrees out there. Definitely not a "hey it is 28 degrees and no wind! I can do an outside walk!" no. Nope. Gonna work it right and keep up the treadmilling.

When I got back, Doug and Jess took the dogs to the dog park and I took a shower. 

We thought about going out to dinner but we weren't sure leaving the dogs out and unkenneled was a good plan. Maybe Geoff could babysit but I thought that wasn't fair to Geoff. 

Pizza was ordered. 

We watched Wake Up Dead Man, and I thought it was pretty good. Here's a great write up on WBUR.org about it, with really good questions to Rian and Nathan Johnson about their faith, Christianity, and the characters in the movie. I recommend it.

Well. Off to pack and organize some things. I am realizing I need more cold weather wear. I can only find one of my winter hiking shoes, so mayhaps I'm visiting LL Bean while up there! Gotta make sure I've got the gear! 

Digits below the cuddly doggies who were post-dog park wiped out. 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. Gym treadmill, 40 min/2.26 mi. 11k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

9am: 143
4pm: 90
10pm: 154

food & meds:
9am: phentermine+jardiance
mimosas with Jess
1:30pm: met+glip
4pm: protein shake (realized I did not eat all day after I got back from the gym... oops)
7pm: 3 large slices of buffalo chicken pizza; wine; slice of carrot cake
8pm: met+glip