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.

[Vidd]

@Jotex Thanks!🙂

[Jotex]

February 2023 — Day 20

8,000 steps: 9/10 days

10,000 steps: 8/15 days

Calisthenics: 12/25 days

Intermittent Fasting: 19/28 days

Blue Days: 5/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3

[Vidd]

Gas Street Basin in the middle of Birmingham.

[SteppingBooks]

Forward February 20

18k Steps/Day Weekdays:--/20

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 01/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 20/28

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

Weights 2x/week: -/8

Stretch 4x/week: 03/15

Squats 30/day: --/10

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 202,982/450,000

[AlohaCarl]

Thanks @Baltoscott ! I just sent you a Stridekick friend request.

[Jotex]

February 2023 — Day 21

8,000 steps: 9/10 days

10,000 steps: 8/15 days

Calisthenics: 12/25 days

Intermittent Fasting: 20/28 days

Blue Days: 6/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3

[Vidd]

Forward February, Day 21

Play the piano to my dog every day (CMT)	21/28
Quantifiable DIY or gardening on 12 days.	14/12
210,000 steps per week	3/4 Week 1 249635 Week 2 246671 Week 3 246585
3000 floors in February Revising this target to 5000 floors	4109/3000 4109/5000
In bed by midnight every day........	21/28
......and by 11pm 10 times in the month	16/10
At least 10 miles every day with Walter	21/28
3 scavenger hunt pictures	3/3

[Baltoscott]

02-21-2023 20:13

Forward February Day 21

17K steps/day for 25 days		19/25
lose two pounds (171.6 on Jan. 31)	2/20	170.9
13 weight-lifting days		6/13
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 19 days or more during the month		16/19
1 pull-up (modified)		20/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		17/25
18 Dry (no alcohol) days	2/20	11/18
Beat February 2022 bike mileage (217.1 miles)		216.7
1 pushup		20/25

[SteppingBooks]

Forward February 21

18k Steps/Day Weekdays:--/20

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 01/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 21/28

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 17/28

Weights 2x/week: -/8

Stretch 4x/week: 03/15

Squats 30/day: --/10

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 210,743/450,000

We had a quite intense storm yesterday, so I ended up not walking.  Unfortunately I likely won't get a walk after work today either.  We're expecting freezing rain to start about the time I get out of work.  Definitely not excited with this volatile weather messing up my steps.

[Baltoscott]

Forward February Day 22

17K steps/day for 25 days		20/25
lose two pounds (171.6 on Jan. 31)	2/20	170.9
13 weight-lifting days		7/13
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 19 days or more during the month		17/19
1 pull-up (modified)		21/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		18/25
18 Dry (no alcohol) days	2/20	11/18
Beat February 2022 bike mileage (217.1 miles)		216.7
1 pushup		21/25

[Jotex]

February 2023 — Day 22

8,000 steps: 9/10 days

10,000 steps: 9/15 days

Calisthenics: 13/25 days

Intermittent Fasting: 21/28 days

Blue Days: 7/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3

[NellyG]

23 February 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      21/20

15 days over 12,000                                         17/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               12/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  3/2           

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

Increased to 200km on my bike                                            264/200

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                         5/3

[SteppingBooks]

Forward February 22

18k Steps/Day Weekdays:--/20

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 01/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 22/28

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 18/28

Weights 2x/week: -/8

Stretch 4x/week: 03/15

Squats 30/day: --/10

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 217,055/450,000

[NellyG]

24 February 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      22/20

15 days over 12,000                                         18/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               13/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  3/2           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   24/20

Increased to 200km on my bike                                            264/200

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                         5/3

[SteppingBooks]

Forward February 23

18k Steps/Day Weekdays:--/20

9.5K Steps/Day Weekends: 01/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 23/28

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 19/28

Weights 2x/week: -/8

Stretch 4x/week: 03/15

Squats 30/day: --/10

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 230,641/450,000

This hasn't been a particularly good month.  We are now going to drop in temperature again into I think they said single digits this weekend (or just barely into double digits).  I am so over this weather.  

I'm also going to have to set a routine for my WFH days.  Instead of getting up and getting a few steps, I slept in.  Whoops.

[Vidd]

I'm having to revise a couple of targets slightly because we have to get to our boat on Sunday afternoon for it to be towed to the next marina for an engine change.  Where it is is very flat compared to the part of Shropshire I live in, so my floors each day will be very low.  We don't have a piano on the boat, so no CMT for Walter after tomorrow until we get back at the end of the week.

Forward February, Day 25

Play the piano to my dog every day we're at home.(CMT)	25/26
Quantifiable DIY or gardening on 12 days.	15/12
210,000 steps per week	3/4 Week 1 249635 Week 2 246671 Week 3 246585
3000 floors in February Revising this target to 5000 floors I had thought of raising this to 5280, to make it 10 miles' worth of climbing, but unless I spend a couple of hours going up and down steps, that won't be possible.	4948/3000 4948/5000
In bed by midnight every day........	25/28
......and by 11pm 10 times in the month	23/10
At least 10 miles every day with Walter	25/28
3 scavenger hunt pictures	3/3

[Tracy9301]

Goals

Get up and move  25/28

Steps 10,000  25/28

Scavenger Hunt Pics  2/3

Steps for the month 373,058/350,000

Floors per day 175  20/28

goal floor  200 per day

12 glass of water a day  25/28

get some me time   22/28

Lose 3 pounds 1.5/3

get new badges on fitbit challenges

Total steps so far-----373,058

distance around the earth last year----- 5.39%1.59%

beat steps from last year 996,654/3,363,396

beat miles last year 397.4/1,341.2

beat days walked last year 56/339

walking4fun figures this for you. plus you can walk around different virtual trails

[NellyG]

26 February 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      23/20

15 days over 12,000                                         19/15                

12 days over 15,000 steps                               14/12

2 days over 20,000 steps                                  3/2           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   26/20

Increased to 200km on my bike                                            311/200

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                         6/3

Muddy Bottom Creek

 

 

[Jotex]

February 2023 — Day 23, 24, 25

8,000 steps: 9/10 days

10,000 steps: 9/15 days

Calisthenics: 13/25 days

Intermittent Fasting: 24/28 days

Blue Days: 9/10 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3

Have been sick with a gosh-awful head cold. Between blowing my nose and feeling like a limp dishrag, I am falling miserably behind in my goals this month. Hoping the worst is behind me, so March — coming up on Wednesday (!!!) will be better.

[Baltoscott]

@Jotex - Sorry to hear about the head cold and February blues. Fortunately March Madness is just around the corner. So you and @NellyG @Tracy9301 @Vidd @SteppingBooks @kaynelvb and anyone else reading this can head on over and post your refreshed  goals 🙂