FYI July 2023 — Step Challenge and Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

Hey Fitbitters! For Your Information … we are halfway through 2023, and it is time to sign up for another monthly challenge. Also, 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

I’ve got three ideas for pictures this month. 1. July — at least one picture of July, wherever you live. 2. A reflection. 3. A Silhouette.

Hot July

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.

[Vidd]

Goals for FYI July - revised

July 25th

 July 1st to 13th                             July 14th onwards

150 floors every day that I'm at home in Shropshire	13/13	Floors target suspended.	I'm slowly increasing my floors, having started with 68 on July 14th, but dropping to 10 on the 17th.  Got over 100 today for the first time since the knee went.
10 miles at least with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are, including at least an hour's walk before breakfast.	13/13	3 walks each day with Walter.	12/18
Play the piano to Walter every day.	25/31
In bed by midnight every day..	25/31
..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7.	23/22
Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home.	25/31
30,000 steps every day.	13/13	10,000 steps every day.	12/18
3 Scavenger Hunt photos	2/3

[SteppingBooks]

FYI July 25

12.3k Steps/Day Weekdays: 06/21

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 5/10

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 25/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 24/31

Weights 2x/week: -/8

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: 1/10

80oz Water daily: 9/30

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 252,738/375,000

[Nicola_grec]

Im on holiday, and doing a lot of steps .

 

 

 

[NellyG]

27 July

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                     11/15

8 days over 12,000                                           6/8                

5 days over 15,000 steps                                 5/5           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   20/20

250km on my bike                                              121/250

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      4/3

[Vidd]

Two lonely trees above Batch Valley.

The VoteBot is going mad!  12 on my last post and it's only been up 13 minutes.

For August, how about moon shots?

[NellyG]

28 July

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                     11/15

8 days over 12,000                                           6/8                

5 days over 15,000 steps                                 5/5           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   21/20

250km on my bike                                              121/250

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      4/3

[Baltoscott]

Crank out those steps @Nicola_grec 😊

[Baltoscott]

Hey @Vidd @NellyG @Nicola_grec @SteppingBooks @Jotex @dee1843 (hows it going with your new Versa 4?) @jantonini @BASILCHIVES 

July is nearly done and AuGUST August is up. Go post your goals.

[NellyG]

29 July

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                     12/15

8 days over 12,000                                           7/8                

5 days over 15,000 steps                                 6/5           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   22/20

250km on my bike                                              121/250

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      4/3

[NellyG]

30 July

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                     12/15

8 days over 12,000                                           7/8                

5 days over 15,000 steps                                 6/5           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   23/20

250km on my bike                                              154/250

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      4/3

[SteppingBooks]

FYI July 26 through 30

12.3k Steps/Day Weekdays: 07/21

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 6/10

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 30/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 29/31

Weights 2x/week: -/8

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: 1/10

80oz Water daily: 9/30

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 297,063/375,000

@Baltoscott  Thank you!

[Baltoscott]

FYI July Day 31

17K steps/day for 25 days		25/25
1 pushup for 25 days		31/25
12 weight-lifting days		16/12
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:00 hours + 20 days or more during the month		22/16
1 pull-up for 25 days		31/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		27/25
13 Dry (no alcohol) days		9/13
Beat July 2022 bike mileage (400.3 miles)		561
20 days of 50 floors		27/20

Good month. A bit surprised with all the hot weather. Probably won't be any better on August, but I'm hopeful.

@Vidd -- I missed your suggestion for moon shots, so that's not on the 'official' scavenger hunt for AuGUST August, but it will be on the list for STEPtember. 

[jantonini]

Well... I have been a bit out of the loop up at the top of Minnesota and Canada on a cabin/fishing trip to visit my son who is a fishing guide in Lake of the Woods. GREAT time, but little service. Now we are packing for Maui to visit our daughter, so I will have a couple more down days. I am NOT fond of flying--but onward we will trek.  I didn't meet all of my goals for the traveling days this month.

But I still fared pretty well...

FYI July Day 31

10k steps per day (Sundays) -   6/4 days

13k steps per day -   15/14 days

16k steps per day -   4/5 days

18k steps per day -   3/5 days

Over 20k steps per day -   3/3 days  1-24,506 steps ; 1- 22,506  1-21, 058

Weights -   14/13 days 

Yoga/pilates/stretch -   11/12 days

90 oz Water every day -   29/31 days

5 lb weight loss -    -2/4 pounds lost  

3  photos for scavenger hunt -   -3/3 photos

Mindfulness Minute/Meditation at least 2 minutes/Positive focused thinking-    5/7

The photo below is a picture showing Angle Inlet where my son lives at the top of the US (contiguous)

Population on this island is 65! ( And my son is one of them) 

[Vidd]

@Baltoscott Thanks - September's an easier month to see the moon, so that's good.

[Vidd]

 July 1st to 13th                             July 14th to 31st

150 floors every day that I'm at home in Shropshire	13/13	Floors target suspended.	I'm slowly increasing my floors, having started with 68 on July 14th, but dropping to 10 on the 17th.  Got over 100 on July 25th and have kept over 100 since then.
10 miles at least with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are, including at least an hour's walk before breakfast.	13/13	3 walks each day with Walter.	18/18
Play the piano to Walter every day.	31/31
In bed by midnight every day..	31/31
..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7.	28/22
Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home.	31/31
30,000 steps every day.	13/13	10,000 steps every day.	31/18
3 Scavenger Hunt photos	3/3