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Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by jl6 on Monday January 01, 2018 @02:06AM (#16045067)
I’ll be doing a slightly-silly personal challenge that I made up: walk 7,777,777 steps, write 777,777 words, do 77,777 jumping jacks, 7,777 press-ups, eat 777 different types of fruit, achieve target weight of 77kg, and run 7 10K races.

https://medium.com/@7sevens/the-seven-sevens-challenge-c7b7d...

Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by zapperdapper on Monday January 01, 2018 @06:00AM (#16045636)
Heheh good one. I thought my plan to walk at least 10,000 steps a day for 365 days was quite a challenge. I can't help thinking that eating 777 types of fruit might be the biggest challenge there though! I've travelled pretty widely and am a great fruit lover, but would be surprised if I've eaten more than 100 types of fruit!
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by jrowley on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @03:43PM (#16055441)
Yeah, thats a lot of steps. Assuming 1,000 steps = 1/2 mile, thats 3,888 miles for the year, which is totally doable, but a lot easier if you're into distance running.
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by zapperdapper on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @07:36AM (#16060463)
Those steps do add up. So far this year I'm over target. The challenge will be keeping it going when I head to Philippines soon, I usually switch to swimming there - do laps count?! {grin} Good luck for 2018!
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by sAbakumoff on Monday January 01, 2018 @03:29AM (#16045260)
That'e excellent resolution because it has specific and measurable goals. Everything that says like "eat less junk food" is going to be ignored 1 week later. I like 777 types of fruit, gonna steal this one :-)
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by ChristianGeek on Monday January 01, 2018 @03:17PM (#16047815)
Are there 777 types of fruit (at least edible ones you have access to)?
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by jl6 on Monday January 01, 2018 @06:37PM (#16048691)
I think yes, if you choose your definition of fruit. I chose it to mean any amount of any part of the fruit, in the botanical sense.

I wrote more here: https://medium.com/@7sevens/1st-january-2018-fruit-and-runni...

Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by pavelromashkin on Monday January 01, 2018 @09:40PM (#16049448)
But there is only one chmod
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by imhoguy on Monday January 01, 2018 @08:09AM (#16045931)
You should join the Ministry of Silly Walks ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w

Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by lma21 on Monday January 01, 2018 @07:56AM (#16045890)
I like this one.

7M steps! That's quite challenging, that's an average of 20K steps a day... Even the 7x10K races would only make up for ~90K steps...

Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by jl6 on Monday January 01, 2018 @06:38PM (#16048694)
I did one of the races today, and it counted for about 12,000 steps. I did exceed my step target for the day, but it wasn't easy.
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by briandear on Monday January 01, 2018 @06:46AM (#16045716)
Do subvarieties of apples count?
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by jl6 on Monday January 01, 2018 @06:39PM (#16048700)
I'm counting species, not varieties. I wrote more here: https://medium.com/@7sevens/1st-january-2018-fruit-and-runni...
Re:Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? by lma21 on Monday January 01, 2018 @07:53AM (#16045881)
If that doesn't count I'm gonna have trouble finding that many type of fruit in my area...