Forward February 2023 — Step Challenge and Picture Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

So how did January go?  Are you still holding strong on those New Year’s resolutions?  Or have you completely forgotten about that?  🙂

I slipped a bit. Got sick and had to reset some of my daily goals. And my 20+ mile unicycle ride has yet to happen. But I’m feeling better and I’m looking forward in February — Forward February!      

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

Picture Scavenger Hunt — 3 pictures

The theme of the photo scavenger hunt for Forward February is water — frozen, running, still, under bridges, on trees ….

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.

[NellyG]

17 February 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      15/20

15 days over 12,000                                         14/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               10/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  3/2           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   18/20

Increased to 200km on my bike                                            200/200

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                         4/3

[Jotex]

February 2023 — Day 15, 16

8,000 steps: 7/10 days

10,000 steps: 6/15 days

Calisthenics: 10/25 days

Intermittent Fasting: 15/ 28 days

Blue Days: 4/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3

Not doing well on meeting my goals this month… 

[SteppingBooks]

Forward February 16

18k Steps/Day Weekdays:--/20

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: --/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 16/28

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 13/28

Weights 2x/week: -/8

Stretch 4x/week: 02/15

Squats 30/day: --/10

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 162,122/450,000

@Vidd  I am, thank you!  Still have some congestion, but I can at least breathe through my nose.

We're going to drop about 20 to 30 degrees today.  Currently 57 (and lovely), but by the time I leave work, it's supposed to be about 30.

[Jotex]

February 2023 — Day 17

8,000 steps: 7/10 days

10,000 steps: 7/15 days

Calisthenics: 10/25 days

Intermittent Fasting: 16/ 28 days

Blue Days: 4/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3

[Jotex]

Everyone who’s read the email from Fitbit today who does daily challenges is bummed. I’ve invited Carl to  join to see how it works. 😊

[AlohaCarl]

Thanks, Jotex! I think I need to be invited by Baltoscott in order to make a new comment. For our weekly Fitbit challenges that are going away, I'm checking out an app that syncs with Fitbit and numerous other devices. It's called Stridekick and is available on iPhone and Android. 

[Baltoscott]

Welcome @AlohaCarl — I’m really bummed about the challenges going away, but the fitbit forums are not, so I’ll keep setting up this monthly “challenge” for as long as folks want to do it.  Please feel free to join in.

But I AM a fan of Stridekick. I’m Baltoscott over there too. Happy to accept any friend requests from this group or others who see this.

[AlohaCarl]

Thanks, @Baltoscott ! I found you on Stridekick! 😀

[Jotex]

Thanks for the tip about Stridekick @AlohaCarl and @Baltoscott . I’ve joined, too, and sent you both friend requests. 

[NellyG]

18 February 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      16/20

15 days over 12,000                                         15/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               11/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  3/2           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   19/20

Increased to 200km on my bike                                            232/200

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                         5/3

On my bike ride this morning I went up to the windfarm. There is a little dark dot on the bottom of the vertical blade - that is two men working cleaning the blade. Amazing size!

 

 Princess Royal Yacht Club - on my bike ride this morning

[Baltoscott]

@Jotex @AlohaCarl - I’ve accepted your friend requests and invited you to a Stridekick challenge. If anyone else is interested just friend Baltoscott on Stridekick.

[NellyG]

19 February 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      17/20

15 days over 12,000                                         15/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               11/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  3/2           

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

Increased to 200km on my bike                                            232/200

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                         5/3

[Baltoscott]

@NellyG - the size of that windmill is amazing.  My wife found this on our ride yesterday. 

 

[NellyG]

@Baltoscott  Oooh what is it? It looks like a forgotten Christmas decoration?

[Baltoscott]

@NellyG — probably not forgotten, but a little Easter egg someone put in the rock formations along the trail we were riding on. The icicles were a bonus given this month’s scavenger hunt.

[Jotex]

February 2023 — Day 18, 19

8,000 steps: 8/10 days

10,000 steps: 8/15 days

Calisthenics: 11/25 days

Intermittent Fasting: 18/ 28 days

Blue Days: 5/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3

[Vidd]

Forward February, Day 19

Play the piano to my dog every day (CMT)	19/28
Quantifiable DIY or gardening on 12 days.	13/12
210,000 steps per week	Week 1 249635 Week 2 246671
3000 floors in February Revising this target to 5000 floors	3671/3000 3671/5000
In bed by midnight every day........	19/28
......and by 11pm 10 times in the month	14/10
At least 10 miles every day with Walter	19/28
3 scavenger hunt pictures	2/3

@NellyGYou're smashing those cycle miles still!  

@SteppingBooks Glad you're feeling better.

@Jotex Sorry if you've told us, but what are Blue Days?

[NellyG]

20 February 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      18/20

15 days over 12,000                                         16/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               11/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  3/2           

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

Increased to 200km on my bike                                            264/200

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                         5/3

[SteppingBooks]

Forward February 17 through 19

18k Steps/Day Weekdays:--/20

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 01/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 19/28

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 15/28

Weights 2x/week: -/8

Stretch 4x/week: 03/15

Squats 30/day: --/10

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 187,742/450,000

[Jotex]

@Vidd  blue days are ‘alcohol-free’.