November 2023 Step Challenge and Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

It’s already November and 2023 is nearly gone; but we’ve still got our goals.

General monthly instructions are below, including the monthly picture scavenger hunt.   

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.

Much like October. While you are out and about getting in your walks/hike/rides this month take a few pics that show the changing seasons in your area, fall (or spring) colors, holiday displays and so on. Bonus points for pictures during the ‘golden’ hour, the hour before sunset.

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]

November - Day 27

50 floors every day we're at home.	27/30
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are.	27/30
Play the piano to Walter every day.   He's taken well to Australia's finest composer!	27/30
In bed by midnight every day..	27/30
..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7.	24/22
Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home.	27/30
15,000 steps every day	21/30
Finally persuade my Doc to mark my referral as urgent. YES - my letter to him did the trick!  I now have an appointment  - this part of our rather broken health system still works.	1/1
3 Scavenger Hunt photos	3/3

[NellyG]

28 November 

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

8 days over 12,000                                          12/8             

5 days over 15,000 steps                                 6/5           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   41/20

100km on my bike                                             172/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

[SteppingBooks]

November 21 through 27

13.5k Steps/Day Weekdays: 2/22

10K Steps/Day Weekends: 4/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 25/30

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 25/30

Weights 2x/week: 4/8

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: /10

80oz Water daily: 3/30

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 200,858/375,000

[Baltoscott]

Hey @SteppingBooks @NellyG @Vidd @Jotex (hope you are feeling better) @jantonini @gpshikernbiker 

Dancing December is up. Go post your goals.

Space.com says that this month's full beaver moon gets it's name because it rises the same time of year that beavers begin to retreat to their dens for winter. I can believe that. It's getting pretty chilly in Baltimore.

Beaver Moon 

[Baltoscott]

November Day 28

17K steps/day for 25 days		24/25
1 pushup for 25 days		28/25
14 weight-lifting days		6/12
post 3 scavenger pics		2/3
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month		12/20
1 pull-up for 25 days		28/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		20/25
13 Dry (no alcohol) days		9/13
Beat November 2022 bike mileage (181.7 miles)		394
100 zone minutes 25 days.		23/25

The leaves are mostly off the trees now and look what I found -- A Belted Kingfisher and Three Cedar Waxwings.

Belted KingfisherCeder Waxwing

[SteppingBooks]

November 28

13.5k Steps/Day Weekdays: 2/22

10K Steps/Day Weekends: 4/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 26/30

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 26/30

Weights 2x/week: 4/8

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: /10

80oz Water daily: 3/30

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 210,874/375,000

@Baltoscott Thanks for the head's up!  It has gotten quite cold.

[jantonini]

November 2023 Challenge  Day 29

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

13k steps per day -   13/15 days

16k steps per day -   5/4 days

18k steps per day -  3/4 days

Over 20k steps per day - 3/3 Days 1:  22,585,   2: 21003,   3: 20992

Weights -  13/14 days 

Yoga/pilates/stretch - 18/14 days

90 oz Water every day -  28/30 days

2 lb weight loss -    /2 pounds lost  

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

November pictures. 3/3

Beaver Moon Monday Night.

[NellyG]

30 November 

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      16/15

8 days over 12,000                                          13/8             

5 days over 15,000 steps                                 6/5           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   43/20

100km on my bike                                             172/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

[SteppingBooks]

November 29

13.5k Steps/Day Weekdays: 3/22

10K Steps/Day Weekends: 4/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 27/30

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 27/30

Weights 2x/week: 4/8

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: /10

80oz Water daily: 3/30

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 226,710/375,000

[Baltoscott]

November Day 30

17K steps/day for 25 days		26/25
1 pushup for 25 days		30/25
14 weight-lifting days		11/14
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month		13/20
1 pull-up for 25 days		30/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		21/25
13 Dry (no alcohol) days		9/13
Beat November 2022 bike mileage (181.7 miles)		414.4
100 zone minutes 25 days.		25/25

A good month for bike miles, but a bad month for sleep. Need to focus on getting to bed early for Dancing December. 

@SteppingBooks, it has gotten cold this week, but we got a little reprieve today and I was able to meet up with a buddy at a DC market for lunch outside.

[SteppingBooks]

November 30

13.5k Steps/Day Weekdays: 3/22

10K Steps/Day Weekends: 4/8

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 28/30

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 28/30

Weights 2x/week: 5/8

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: /10

80oz Water daily: 3/30

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 232,046/375,000

Definitely not a good month for me with movement.  Sadly day one of a new month, and I will be glued to my computer for the majority of the data (major data request to work on).

@Baltoscott  We warmed a little bit too, thankfully.  I can handle cold, but I can't handle cold with bitter winds whipping through.

[Vidd]

November - Day 30

50 floors every day we're at home.	30/30
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are.	30/30
Play the piano to Walter every day.   Now moved on to Grieg.  He likes Norway, by the looks of things!	30/30
In bed by midnight every day..	30/30
..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7.	27/22
Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home.	30/30
15,000 steps every day	30/30
Finally persuade my Doc to mark my referral as urgent. YES - my letter to him did the trick!  I now have an appointment D Day is December 4th.	1/1
3 Scavenger Hunt photos	3/3