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Jaunty July is coming to an end and it is time to start a new step challenge. @Jotex suggested calling this one Anything Goes August as in the great Cole Porter song.
Anything Goes? Like July it’s hot in the Northern hemisphere, but this month we also begin to lament the end of summer and rush to cram in vacations and finish summer projects we should have started in June. With all that it is easy to forget to take care of yourself so now is your chance to write down your step and a few other goals for the month. Then you can report in every few days to keep yourself honest. And in the spirit of Anything Goes, maybe add a few taps to your basic step goals.
General monthly instructions are below, but this month I’m adding a picture scavenger hunt:
Take your phone or other camera on your walks look for, snap, and post three pics or more of the following: 1 - some sort of Danger or Warning sign or image like “falling rocks” or “slippery when wet,” the odder the better; 2 - a posted map of something like a downtown walking map, or a park trail map; and 3 a movie or theatre marquee. Just post here as you find them and add a line or internet link about what you are posting. (Thanks @Ennay for the pic)
inspiration : 
How It Works:
The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to keep track of your daily step goals for the month; though many of us track other things as well, like body weight exercises, sleep, trips to the gym, logging food, etc. This is not a competition to see who can do the most of whatever, instead it is a challenge to measure your consistency. So whether you do 1k, 5k, 10k or even 40k steps a day, this is measuring how many days out of the monthly total you can hit your goal.
Some might have a constant goal of 10k steps every single day and others might have a variable goal throughout the week, (and some might even plan days off!) for example.
Monday -> Friday = 10k steps a day
Sat & Sun = “6k steps a day,” or “not tracking”
Regardless of how you structure your daily goals, the only thing that matters for the monthly challenge is whether or not you reach what you set out to do.
Suggested Posting Format.
1) Post either your constant or variable step goal.
2) Keep track of the # of daily goals achieved out of the monthly minimum and or monthly total
Although you certainly don’t have to post daily, you’ll likely stay closer to what you set out to do by updating the thread several times/week
Injury Notice
If you injure yourself during the month and need to scale back due to the injury, then all you have to do is adjust your goal for that period. If you normally do 10k steps a day but pull a hamstring and decide to do minimal walking (2k steps a day), then all you have to do is change your goal.
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Aug 18
Steps: Goal right now is 9000 17/31
Boxing 31 days: 18/31
Bike 2 times 31 days: 18/31
Weights 14 days: 7/31
Lose 3 Pounds 3/3
250 Steps per hour 17/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos 3/3
Posting early as we are headed out. Plan to make my step goal today and the 250 per hour. If I dont I will be back to revise
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Anything Goes — August 18
15 x 10,000 steps —7/15 days
10 x 15,000 steps — 3/10 days
2 x 20,000 steps — 4/2 days
15 x Strength training — 4/15 days
3 Scavenger Hunt Photos — 3/3
Nothing new on my goals today. Too busy cleaning, and then finishing the fruit pizzas and off we went to the Open House. We got there at 15.00 and left after 20.00. I am glad to be home with my feet up, sipping a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon. 😬🍷
Peter (my hubby) took loads of pics today, but here are a few snapshots from my iPhone.
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August 18
| Use Instapot 4 times | 3/4 |
15K steps/day | 16/31 |
1 pushup/day | 17/31 |
13 weight-lifting days | 9/13 |
post 3 scavenger hunt pics | 3/3 |
Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month | 10/12 |
Weight loss of 2-4 lbs | 0.9 |
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19 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 15/20
Swim 2x per week 2/2 5/9
Dance 6 hours a week 10/6 18/26
One Interval walk or bike ride per week 1/1 3/4
Post 3 Scavenger Hunt Pictures 3/3
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Aug 19
Steps: Goal right now is 10000 18/31
Boxing 31 days: 19/31
Bike 2 times 31 days: 19/31
Weights 14 days: 7/31
Lose 3 Pounds 3/3
250 Steps per hour 18/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos 3/3
Pretty picture @NellyG
From Walk last week
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Thanks for the pictures of the open house. Looks like another movie set picture for you.
As I scrolled down the posts, I saw the top of your dog's head. It looked like a skunk to me at first.
@SunsetRunner,
About the same time you were walking on the beach in the rain, I was running in the dark in 64 degrees (F).
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Best AnswerDay Twenty of August.
1. Steps=5000 - 19/31 - missed a day in week 2.
2. 2 km walks - 8/8
3. 3 scavenger pictures: 2/3.
The GPS is working today - not so many clouds 🙂 I'm still working on fathoming the steps/distance for running vs walking. Today I set it to running and the distance around the pondage was longer than it was for walking: 2.6 km vs 2.35 km; however, for some reason the recorded path included venturing into deep water at one point! (I didn't).
I have also started to incorporate some running. Today it was about 1/3 running and 2/3 walking, by running 50 steps or so then walking 100 steps or so. It doesn't seem to have done any damage, though I can feel it a bit in the wonky knee. I'm keeping up the exercises the physio gave me to make sure there's no harm done.
Took some snaps with the snow-covered hills in the background.
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