March Madness 2020 — Step Challenge and Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

It is the third month of 2020 and for college basketball fans in the US the start of three weeks of hoop madness (beginning on March 17).  My Kansas Jayhawks are flawed this year (can't shoot very well other than dunking), but in a one-and-done 64+team tournament the luck of the draw often brings favorable matchups.  You just never know what will happen.  

In the meantime, it is time to commit to another month of health goals.                                                      

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 

March will be the last month of winter for most of us (and summer from some of us).  It is usually a good time for a mini-vacation, or maybe a big vacation, so the task this month is to get out of the house, walk about and find three pics that represent play or relaxation — People, or animals — swimming, skiing, hiking, sunning; or fun places, tourist attractions, playgrounds, circus tents, festivals.  Of course, the spread of coronavirus may result in the cancellation of many public events and if that happens where you are, maybe post some pics documenting how your community is reacting.

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.

[SteppingBooks]

March Madness Day 2:

15k Steps/Day: 01/31

600 Cal/Day Deficit: 01/31

20 Squats/Day: 02/31

IF 16x/Month:  01/16

Yoga 1x/week: --/4

Weights 2x/week: --/8

Photo Scavenger Hunt: --/3

[SunsetRunner]

March Madness — Day 3

10,000+ steps: 2/15 days

15,000+ steps:  1/4 days

20,000+ steps: 0/2 days
Exercises & weights: 3/15 days

Stomach exercises: 2/10 days

40 Jumping Jacks: 3/15 days

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 3/20 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 0/3

Since I get a high % of my steps indoors (on my treadmill), my exposure to scavenger hunt scenes is limited. Can I count one I painted (finished today)?

 

[CatLover74]

March Madness 3

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  2/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  1/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  -/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  3/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  1/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  1/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  3/20.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  71.95kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

[WendyB]

March Madness Day 3

Steps: Goal 10000: 3/31

Boxing: 3/31

Bike 2 times : 3/31

Weights DVD 18 Days: 1/18

DVD Has Balance, Cardio: 3/31

Wall Push Up/Counter push ups :3/31

Leg Exercises: 3/31

250 Steps per hour : 3/31

Log food daily : 3/31

Scavenger Hunt Photos : 2/3

Lose 3-5 Pounds: 0/3

Love the painting @SunsetRunner 😀

My Husband flying a kite

Me playing with the escaped goats

[SunsetRunner]

Thanks @WendyB! Great pics — quite a few goats got out!

[WendyB]

@SunsetRunner  They follow the leader 🤣😂 After I played I did go to the office to tell them about the loose goats. But only after playing 🤣😍

[NellyG]

4 March

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                                   3/20

12 days over 12,000                                                      2/12

10 days over 15,000 steps                                            1/10

3 days over 20,000 steps                                               1/3

10 lunges a day for 20 days                                          3/20

Swim 2x per week                                                           -/8

8 bike rides or strenuous walks per month                 1/8

3  hours dance practice per week minimum              4/12

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                                    -/3

[SteppingBooks]

March Madness Day 3:

15k Steps/Day: 02/31

600 Cal/Day Deficit: 02/31

20 Squats/Day: 03/31

IF 16x/Month:  02/16

Yoga 1x/week: --/4

Weights 2x/week: --/8

Photo Scavenger Hunt: --/3

[herget]

My goal during March Madness 2020 is to... get 7,000 steps per day, every day of week! I may even VLOG about it on my YouTube channel 😁
https://www.youtube.com/c/PeterHerget

Now, on Saturdays, I plan to surpass 10,000 for it is normally my long-run day and it has been a day of high activity. I've been a huge fan of Fitbit since I joined back in 2013 and have tried just about every single tracker they have released, even the Fitbit Force. The accuracy, sleep tracking, ease of use, great hardware, and the fun with challenges or challenging friends has been great. Best of luck everyone!

[herget]

Here is my relaxation photo snapped during an early-morning-trail run in the Provo Canyon not far from where I work in Provo, Utah. And yes, I realize how beautiful Utah is and how lucky we all are to live on this gorgeous planet called, Earth...

[SunsetRunner]

March Madness — Day 4

10,000+ steps: 2/15 days

15,000+ steps:  2/4 days

20,000+ steps: 0/2 days
Exercises & weights: 4/15 days

Stomach exercises: 3/10 days

40 Jumping Jacks: 4/15 days

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 4/20 days

Scavenger Pics: 1/3 

[WendyB]

March Madness Day 4

Steps: Goal 10000: 4/31

Boxing: 4/31

Bike 3 times : 4/31

Weights DVD 18 Days: 2/18

DVD Has Balance, Cardio: 4/31

Wall Push Up/Counter push ups :4/31

Leg Exercises: 4/31

250 Steps per hour : 4/31

Log food daily : 4/31

Scavenger Hunt Photos : 2/3

Lose 3-5 Pounds: 0/3

Beautiful Photo @herget Been Hiking there but many years ago. Moved out a long time ago. Many part of Utah are beautiful. I miss it sometimes

[Kanga999]

March Madness - Day 2 - 4

5,000+ steps ----- 1/11

10,000+ steps ----- 2/16

15,000+ steps -----0/4

1,500mls water ----- 4/31

Keep to food plan ----- 4/31

Sleep 7+ hours ----- 2/31

Scavenger Pix ----- 1/3

[SteppingBooks]

March Madness Day 4:

15k Steps/Day: 02/31

600 Cal/Day Deficit: 03/31

20 Squats/Day: 04/31

IF 16x/Month:  03/16

Yoga 1x/week: --/4

Weights 2x/week: --/8

Photo Scavenger Hunt: --/3

[NellyG]

5 March

Beautiful photo @herget !

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                                   4/20

12 days over 12,000                                                      3/12

10 days over 15,000 steps                                            2/10

3 days over 20,000 steps                                               1/3

10 lunges a day for 20 days                                          3/20

Swim 2x per week                                                           1/8

8 bike rides or strenuous walks per month                 1/8

3  hours dance practice per week minimum              4/12

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                                    1/3

Taken just before my early swim this morning.

 

[CatLover74]

March Madness 4

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  3/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  1/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  -/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  4/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  1/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  1/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  4/20.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  71.95kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

March Madness 5

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  3/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  2/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  -/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  5/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  2/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  2/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  4/20.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  71.95kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

[WendyB]

March Madness Day 5

Steps: Goal 10000: 5/31

Boxing: 5/31

Bike 3 times : 5/31

Weights DVD 18 Days: 3/18

DVD Has Balance, Cardio: 5/31

Wall Push Up/Counter push ups :5/31

Leg Exercises: 5/31

250 Steps per hour : 5/31

Log food daily : 5/31

Scavenger Hunt Photos : 4/3

Lose 3-5 Pounds: 1/3

Egret wading in the water

Playground where I walk

[herget]

Nice photo you posted too!

[herget]

Day 2 of this challenge was good. I reached 12,494 steps yesterday on March 4. Today is now, March 5th and I hope to surpass 10,000 once again. I just love getting the 10K badges from the Fitbit Ecosystem...

[benvegi]

Here are my March Madness goals, no real changes.

Steps I'm leaving at 20k + per day

Floors will be the same at 25 per day

Gym/yoga    15 of 30 days.

Active hours trying for 14 of 14 but so far that's been hard to do.

3/1 steps 25,785, floors 29, active hours 12 of 14

3/2 steps 22,889, floors 15,    "                  12

3/3 steps 20,156, floors 34,    "                   12

3/4 steps 28,463, floors 138    "                  14    Riding day, nine miles on horseback cloudy and 50's

Gym 2/15

Here are some ride pics of ride