MAYbe Step It Up (2021)-Challenge and Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

April brought a lot of showers in the northeast of the US and May will bring more. But it will also bring lots of flowers and other spring wildlife. So get outside and MAYbe up your step goals for a month!    

   
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 this month is to find at least three different kinds of flowers (blooms), three different animals on your daily walks.  The more colors and critters the better.  

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.

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[SteppingBooks]

MayBE Step It Up! 25

12K Steps/Day: 20/31

750+ Calorie Deficient/Day: 23/31

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

Weights 2x/week: 4/8

Stretch 4x/week: 08/16

Squats 30/day: 08/16

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 368,638/372,000

Had a great step day yesterday, and then found a major open blister on the back of my foot.  Whoops!  I may take it a bit lighter today.

[Jotex]

MAYbe Step It Up (2021) — May 26

9,000+ steps:  2/10 days

10,000+ steps: 11/8 days

12,000+ steps: 9/8 days 

Bellicon (15-min program):  19/25 days

Lose 1 kg (starting 66): -.5/1 

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 19/25 days

New: Blue Days: 8

[YojanaFitbit]

MAYbe Step it Up!

Day 26

9k steps per day	15	31
Activities	5	5
Photo Scavenger Hunt	5	15
Full 'Reminders to Move' Days	6	10
Update post	12	31
Squats 30/day	19	20
Fruit Challenge	22	31

@Baltoscott Great pictures!

[NellyG]

27 May

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      26/20

20 days over 12,000                                         23/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               18/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     8/4           

Physio exercises 20 days                                 25/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   32/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

[SteppingBooks]

MayBE Step It Up! 26

12K Steps/Day: 21/31

750+ Calorie Deficient/Day: 24/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 25/31

Weights 2x/week: 5/8

Stretch 4x/week: 08/16

Squats 30/day: 09/16

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 385,371/372,000

Day-long meeting today, so I probably won't get many steps today, but I will definitely be stretching.

[NellyG]

28 May

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      27/20

20 days over 12,000                                         24/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               19/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     8/4           

Physio exercises 20 days                                 26/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   33/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

[Baltoscott]

@SteppingBooks @NellyG @YojanaFitbit @Jotex @alexthecat @stoughjr @PureEvil @Heather-S @benvegi 

The June Challenge is up.

[SteppingBooks]

MayBE Step It Up! 27

12K Steps/Day: 22/31

750+ Calorie Deficient/Day: 25/31

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 26/31

Weights 2x/week: 5/8

Stretch 4x/week: 09/16

Squats 30/day: 09/16

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 399,793/372,000

@Baltoscott  Thanks for the head's up for June!  

[YojanaFitbit]

MAYbe Step it Up!

Day 28

9k steps per day	16	31
Activities	5	5
Photo Scavenger Hunt	5	15
Full 'Reminders to Move' Days	7	10
Update post	13	31
Squats 30/day	20	20
Fruit Challenge	24	31

@Baltoscott Thanks for the heads up, I'll do my best next month. This month wasn't so good for me.🤔

[PureEvil]

Update for MAYbe Step It Up (2021):

10k steps per day	28	/31
13,699 steps per day	23	/19
17k steps per day	12	/11
Activities	9	/7
Photo Scavenger Hunt	3	/3
Full 'Reminders to Move' Days	13	/11
Update post	6	/7

[Jotex]

MAYbe Step It Up (2021) — May 27&28

9,000+ steps:  2/6 days

10,000+ steps: 11/8 days

12,000+ steps: 9/8 days 

Bellicon (15-min program):  20/25 days

Lose 1 kg (starting 66): -.5/1 

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 20/25 days

New: Blue Days: 9

This will be my final report this month as i am checked in and waiting to board my international flight. I will join back for the July challenge. Have a great Memorial Day, Peeps, and an awesome June month. 🙋🏼‍:female_sign:

[NellyG]

29 May

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

20 days over 12,000                                         25/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               19/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     8/4           

Physio exercises 20 days                                 26/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   33/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

[benvegi]

What a month!  All good but lots of excitement including a big flash flood, our creek filled up the channel above the bridge with gravel covering the bridge completely. Also damaged my driveway. We got the the dentist for the first time in 14 months, got our gardens planted including the addition of containers for additional crops. Plus lots of mowing due to all the rain.

Step goals:  steps per day 12,000, floors 20 per day, daily weights, yoga, stretching.

Steps: 29 days over 12,000 so far, floors over 20 - 29 of 29, weights, yoga, stretching. 26 of 29

on steps I had 2 days over 20,000 steps. Average steps per day is 15,337 so far this month.

Can't seem to add a photo, perhaps later

[Baltoscott]

Day 30

18K steps/day UP 1K/day		28/28
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		30/31
15 weight-lifting days		15/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		17/20
1 pull-up		29/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		28/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 168.4 lbs (May 1)	5/22	169
Use Cutback Coach for the month		30/31

Two day road trip to South Florida cut into my step and sleep goals, but it’s nice to get on the road and go somewhere after the past year and a half.

[NellyG]

31 May

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      30/20

20 days over 12,000                                         26/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               19/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     8/4           

Physio exercises 20 days                                 27/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance)   34/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

[PureEvil]

Update for MAYbe Step It Up (2021):

10k steps per day	31	/31
13,699 steps per day	24	/19
17k steps per day	13	/11
Activities	14	/7
Photo Scavenger Hunt	3	/3
Full 'Reminders to Move' Days	13	/11
Update post	7	/7

[YojanaFitbit]

MAYbe Step it Up!

Day 31

9k steps per day	18	31
Activities	5	5
Photo Scavenger Hunt	5	15
Full 'Reminders to Move' Days	8	10
Update post	14	31
Squats 30/day	21	20
Fruit Challenge	25	31

Wow, this month wasn't that good for me. Hope next month will be better! 😎

[SteppingBooks]

MayBE Step It Up! 27

12K Steps/Day: 24/31

750+ Calorie Deficient/Day: 28/31

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

Weights 2x/week: 5/8

Stretch 4x/week: 09/16

Squats 30/day: 10/16

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

*Total Steps: 448,432/372,000*

Not too bad of an end to the month.  I somehow ended up gaining 2 pounds by the end of the month which is a bit concerning given the overall calorie count shows a deficit.  New month, time to try again.

[Baltoscott]

Day 31

18K steps/day UP 1K/day		28/28
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		30/31
15 weight-lifting days		15/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		17/20
1 pull-up		29/31
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		29/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 168.4 lbs (May 1)	5/22	169
Use Cutback Coach for the month		31/31

Perfect on using cutback coach for the month and I hit most of the other goals too.  On to Zoom Zoom June.

[YojanaFitbit]

Thank you all for keep posting your updates 😍, it helps and motivates others to finish what we've started!