Anything Goes August Step Challenge and Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

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.

[WendyB]

Aug 22

Steps: Goal right now is 10000 21/31
Boxing 31 days: 22/31
Bike 2 times 31 days: 22/31
Weights 14 days: 10/31
Lose 3 Pounds 3/3
250 Steps per hour 21/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos 3/3

Love the photos Nellie. Would love to be sitting on that bench 

[Baltoscott]

August 22

Use Instapot 4 times	4/4
15K steps/day	20/31
1 pushup/day	21/31
13 weight-lifting days	13/13
post 3 scavenger hunt pics	3/3
Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month	11/12
Weight loss of 2-4 lbs	1.1

Hit the weight lifting goal and getting close on the sleep goal ....

[SunsetRunner]

Day Twenty-three of August.

1. Steps>=5000 - 22/31 - missed a day in week 2. 

2. 2 km walks - 10/8

3. 3 scavenger pictures: 2/3.

[benvegi]

Here are my goals for Anything Goes August.

15,000 steps a day

7 miles per day

30 floors per day

I am modifying this by adding 4 days off so as to not feel guilty when we have a "town" day & can't get the steps.

8/18 steps 18,732, 35 floors, 8.57 miles

8/19 steps 18,663, 36 floors, 8.62 miles

8/20 steps 17,751, 44 floors, 8.06 miles

8/21 steps 19,438, 49 floors, 8.88 miles

8/22 steps 30,357, 133 floors, 13.79 miles  Sure was tired after this! So was my horse!.  Trail ride in the National Forest starting at an old homestead site called Willie Lee. Eleven riders rode 9.3 miles up and down the hills. First time Char & I have been on a horse in two months. Beautiful weather!

Some pictures of my pets resting (we are between dogs right now but plan on fixing that soon)

[NellyG]

23 August

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                   19/20         

Swim 2x per week                                         2/2         7/9                 

Dance 6 hours a week                                  2/6         20/26    

One Interval walk or bike ride per week     -/1         3/4

Post 3 Scavenger Hunt Pictures                 3/3

[GershonSurge]

@benvegi

Your horses are beautiful. Looks like everyone had a great day. We don't see many on the trails anymore in this part of Colorado. The local clubs that maintained some of the trails have disappeared. We hardly even see people anymore. It's different up north closer to Denver.  

[benvegi]

gershonsurge, thanks, they just turned 21 this spring. We keep them in good
shape.
Our horse groups are still pretty active but we are all ageing. Four of the
couple's in our group go to Colorado to ride every year. It's too long a
haul for us. We don't like to trailer horses for more than 6 hours.

[WendyB]

Aug 23

Steps: Goal right now is 10000 22/31
Boxing 31 days: 23/31
Bike 2 times 31 days: 23/31
Weights 14 days: 10/31
Lose 3 Pounds 3/3
250 Steps per hour 22/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos 3/3

@benvegiyour horses are beautiful. thanks for sharing

[Jotex]

Anything Goes — August 23

15 x 10,000 steps —8/15 days

10 x 15,000 steps — 5/10 days 

2 x 20,000 steps — 4/2 days

15 x Strength training — 5/15 days 

3 Scavenger Hunt Photos — 3/3

Again, loving all the photos and stories. Finally got hubby off on his Iceland journey. Now to get caught up on some of my goals and get some projects done. Famous last words? 😅

[CatLover74]

August 23

10,000 steps a day for at least 20 days of the month  -  18/20.

1 walk per week along the foreshore of my local beach (should be fun in an Australian winter)  -  3/4.

At least 7 hours sleep on at least 15 days of the month  -  18/15.

10 wall pushups a day on at least 15 days of the month  -  19/15.

Post 3 scavenger hunt pictures  -  3/3.

Missed my sleep goal by just 4 minutes for the night.  A little frustrating, but I can't do anything about it now, so there's no point me dwelling on it too much.  I've already made my monthly goal for sleep and wall pushups though; and should get there with my steps and beach walking in the last week of August.

[Homefrontgirl]

August Steps:

8,000 per day - 23/31

[GershonSurge]

 Time to start thinking of September's theme.

[Jotex]

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@GershonSurge wrote:

 Time to start thinking of September's theme.

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Already!? OK, putting on thinking cap ... 🤔 

I have a quick question for those of y’all who have more than one fitbit tracker. Do you only wear one device all the time, or do you wear more than one? If the latter, does fitbit add all your steps into one tally for the day? I’m interested in the Fitbit Charge 3 coming out. My Charge 2 works great, but it has a nasty scratch. So, I could wear it on my treadmill, and when working out (= perspiring!), but put on the newer one to track steps the rest of the time. Wondering if all steps will still be counted.

[GershonSurge]

@Jotex,

If you wear both trackers at the same time, the step count will likely be inaccurate. Most likely high.

You need to sync both trackers when switching to make sure you don't lose steps. For example, say you have 5,000 steps on your Charge 2 and don't sync the Charge 3 before switching. Let's say it syncs after you do 1,000 steps on the treadmill. It will say you have 5,000 steps and lose the 1,000.

[Jotex]

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@GershonSurge wrote:

@Jotex,

If you wear both trackers at the same time, the step count will likely be inaccurate. Most likely high.

You need to sync both trackers when switching to make sure you don't lose steps. For example, say you have 5,000 steps on your Charge 2 and don't sync the Charge 3 before switching. Let's say it syncs after you do 1,000 steps on the treadmill. It will say you have 5,000 steps and lose the 1,000.

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Thanks @GershonSurge. I won’t be wearing both at the same time, so I’ll make a note to sync both BEFORE switching. 

[SunsetRunner]

Day Twenty-four of August.

1. Steps>=5000 - 23/31 - missed a day in week 2. 

2. 2 km walks - 10/8

3. 3 scavenger pictures: 2/3.

[Jotex]

Anything Goes — August 24

15 x 10,000 steps —8/15 days

10 x 15,000 steps — 5/10 days 

2 x 20,000 steps — 5/2 days

15 x Strength training — 6/15 days 

3 Scavenger Hunt Photos — 3/3

[WendyB]

Aug 24

Steps: Goal right now is 10000 23/31
Boxing 31 days: 24/31
Bike 2 times 31 days: 24/31
Weights 14 days: 11/31
Lose 3 Pounds 3/3
250 Steps per hour 23/31
Post Scavenger hunt photos 3/3

I can't wait till the charge 3 gets released. It looks awesome. 

I don't switch my trackers. Want goes on in the morning stays on all day.

[Jotex]

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@WendyB wrote:

Aug 24

I can't wait till the charge 3 gets released. It looks awesome. 

I don't switch my trackers. Want goes on in the morning stays on all day.

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Thanks @WendyB. I’m about 98% sure I’m going to get the Charge 3, too. {Some part of me is still a bit interested in the iWatch, because I’ve been a loyal Apple user/fan for @25 years.} 

[CatLover74]

August 24

10,000 steps a day for at least 20 days of the month  -  19/20.

1 walk per week along the foreshore of my local beach (should be fun in an Australian winter)  -  3/4.

At least 7 hours sleep on at least 15 days of the month  -  18/15.

10 wall pushups a day on at least 15 days of the month  -  19/15.

Post 3 scavenger hunt pictures  -  3/3.