FYI July 2020 — Step Challenge and Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

Just a little For Your Information that we are halfway through 2020, and it is time to sign up for another monthly challenge. And a reminder that if you happen to see this for the first time mid-month, jump on in; there is no need to wait for another challenge to start next month.

How It Works

The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to encourage you to set and hit 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

Picture Scavenger Hunt — 3 pictures

6 FeetIt's nice to go to the gym when you are one of 20 ...

The theme this month is COVID-19 Related.  Is your area opening up? Or shutting back down?  What does that look like. In the US we are seeing spikes in the South and West and downward trends in the Northeast.  But that will probably change as ‘opening up’ seems to put the brakes on ‘downward trend.’

Posting

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]

Day 29

Steps: Goal 10000: 28/31

Boxing: 29/31

Steps: Goal 10000: 29/31

Boxing: 29/31

Bike 2 times : 29/31

Weights DVD 19 Days: 18/31

DVD Has Balance, Cardio: 29/31

Wall Push Up/Counter push ups : 29/31

Waist/Stomach: 29/31

Leg Exercises: 29/31

250 Steps per hour : 29/31

Log food daily : 29/31

Scavenger Hunt Photos : 3/3

Lose 2 Pounds: 2/3

[Baltoscott]

Day 29

17K steps/day		26/31
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day		28/31
15 weight-lifting days		17/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6 hours, 10 minutes 17 days or more during the month		18/17
3 pull-up + 1min bar-hang /day		28/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		28/25
Drop 2 lbs. Start 163.5 lbs	7/26	163.3

Unicycle GPS fun

[WendyB]

@BaltoscottLOL but Spooky 🤣

[NellyG]

30 July

Yee haaa - met all my goals after all. Its amazing what a stern self talk can do sometimes! 🤣🤣

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      28/20

20 days over 12,000                                         20/20                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               12/12

3 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/3           

10 lunges a day for 20 days                            20/20

15 exercise days (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)    24/15

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       4/3

[Jotex]

FYI July Step Challenge Goals - Day 30

10,000+ steps:9/10 days

8,000 steps:  6/7 days
6,000+ steps:  10/10 days

Exercises & weights:11/15 days

Stomach exercises:11/15 days

40 Jumping Jacks:15/15 days

Eat 1 piece of fruit:17/15days

Lose 2.2 kg (from 65.2kg 1.7): 0/-.8kg*
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 4/3 pics

[NellyG]

31 July

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      29/20

20 days over 12,000                                         20/20                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               12/12

3 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/3           

10 lunges a day for 20 days                            21/20

15 exercise days (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)    25/15

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       4/3

[TheCemeteryMom2]

7/31 

pounds 2.5/2 (277.4) 

8k steps 23/24 (24 is 7/31 should get it today. Was almost 25/24) 
10k steps 1/0 

5 days a week exercise 4/4 

Hubby measures me weekly: as of 7/26 no change in arms, bust, and legs. Lost 1 1/4 inches in hips, 2 3/4 in waist, 3/4 in in neck. 

Muscle definition in calves, arms, and face. 

[benvegi]

Goals: Until I come up with a more permanent fix I'll stick to my goals of 8,000 steps per day and attempt to get at least 12 of 14 hours active with a minimum of 250 steps per hour.

7/17 steps 7,068

18th 6,395

19th 6,960

20th 10,454                     I'm averaging 13 of 14 active hours per day.

21st 11,578

22nd 10,944

23rd 11,419

24th 13,122

25th 11,734

26th 12,565

27th 13,815

28th 15,035

29th 12,000

30th 8,079

31st 12,220

[PureEvil]

FYI July 2020 Challenge - Totals

10k steps per day: 31/31

13,699 steps per day: 25/21

17k steps per day: 21/15

Activities: 13/8

Photo Scavenger Hut: 3/3

[Jotex]

FYI July Step Challenge Goals - Day 31

10,000+ steps:9/10 days

8,000 steps:  6/7 days
6,000+ steps:  10/10 days

Exercises & weights:11/15 days

Stomach exercises:11/15 days

40 Jumping Jacks:15/15 days

Eat 1 piece of fruit:17/15days

Lose 2.2 kg (from 65.2kg 1.7): 0/-.8kg*
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 4/3 pics

Sorry to say it was so hot yesterday, I stayed most of the day in front of the fan (no AC over here). Came pretty far in reaching my goals, but hope to do better in August.

[Baltoscott]

Day 31

17K steps/day		27/31
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day		29/31
15 weight-lifting days		17/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6 hours, 10 minutes 17 days or more during the month		18/17
3 pull-up + 1min bar-hang /day		29/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		30/25
Drop 2 lbs. Start 163.5 lbs	7/31	163.2

Down 0.3 lbs for the month. Yesterday was driving to the beach and I didn’t get any of my goals except the unicycle. But I’m on vacation so who cares 🙂

Overall it was a pretty good month. Too hot though.

[SteppingBooks]

FYI July 24-31:

12K Steps/Day:  08/20

500 Cal/Day:  22/31

20 Squats/Day: 05/20

**IF (16:8) 20/Month: 30/20**

Yoga 1x/week: 1/4

Weights/Toning 2x/week: 2/8

Drop 3 pounds: --/3

Obtain Water Goal: 05/20

Photo Scavenger Hunt: 1/3