OctoberFEST 2020 — Step Challenge and Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

October is one of my favorite months. In the North the heat of summer is mostly gone, and the icy cold of winter isn’t quiet here yet; and in the South the cold weather is on the way out.  It is a GREAT time to get outside and move around.  Plus at least two good festive events — OctoberFest = funny clothes/bratwurst/sauerkraut — Halloween = equals more funny clothes!

How It Works

The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to encourage you to set and hit 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 this month is … seasonal changes (a tree or flower or storefront at the beginning of the month, and again at the end); Halloween decorations/costumes, trick or treaters; German OctoberFEST related. 

Greyhound busWolf in sheep's clothing

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.

[AmandaGeorge]

15th October:

10k steps once a week 3/4

7k steps for 25 days 12/25

2,500 steps for 31 days 15/31

200 sit-ups for 28 days 14/28

175 leg raises for 28 days 14/28

50 squats for 28 days 14/28

50 seconds of front planks for 28 days 14/28

30 seconds of left side planks for 28 days 14/28

30 seconds of right side planks for 28 days 14/28

Gain and maintain 1kg to my weight  53.05kg/53.5kg

[NellyG]

16 October 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      15620

20 days over 12,000                                         16/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               12/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/4           

10 lunges a day for 20 days                            12/20

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

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       5/3

Spring might be here but on top of Bluff Knoll it looked and felt like winter!

 

 

[SteppingBooks]

OctoberFEST 15:

At least 12K/Day: 05/20

970 Cal/Day: 08/25

20 Squats/Day: 03/16

16:8 IF/Day: 15/25

Yoga/Week: --/4

Weights 2/week: 2/8

Water Goal: --/20

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

1Mil Steps: 170,396/1,000,000

[Baltoscott]

Thanks @WendyB -- I found the daddy T-Rex, and its mini-me, or more probably a cat, a couple blocks away .... I remember the big one from last year.

Day 15

16K steps/day		8/27
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day		12/27
15 weight-lifting days		7/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6 hours, 15 minutes +17 days or more during the month		10/17
1 pull-up		12/27
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		15/27
Lose 2 lbs. Start 166.1 lbs (Oct. 5)	10/11	165.4
Log meals 27 days		11/27

Mini T-RexDaddy T-Rex

[AmandaGeorge]

16th October:

10k steps once a week 3/4

7k steps for 25 days 13/25

2,500 steps for 31 days 16/31

200 sit-ups for 28 days 15/28

175 leg raises for 28 days 15/28

50 squats for 28 days 15/28

50 seconds of front planks for 28 days 15/28

30 seconds of left side planks for 28 days 15/28

30 seconds of right side planks for 28 days 15/28

Gain and maintain 1kg to my weight  53.05kg/53.5kg

[NellyG]

17 October

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

20 days over 12,000                                         17/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               13/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/4           

10 lunges a day for 20 days                            13/20

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

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       5/3

[Jotex]

OctoberFEST - Day 17

oh my gosh, here it is, past mid-month already, and I haven’t posted goals or anything. 😱 I don’t know where the time has gone, except for physiotherapy, struggling to hobble around our flat and get the absolutely necessary things done. Hubby came back after a 3-½ month adventure to Iceland, and just in the nick of time. The next day Iceland and Denmark went on the Swiss list for quarantine if you came from there. 

Anyway, I’ll try to post my modest goals below and what I’ve achieved so far, and try to faithfully report in more often. I loved all the pics posted so far. Thanks Peeps!

OctoberFEST Goals - and first 17 days

6,000+ steps: 7/20 days

8,000+ steps: 2/5 days

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 3/15 days

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 5/15 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 0/3 pics

[AmandaGeorge]

17th October:

10k steps once a week 3/4

7k steps for 25 days 13/25

2,500 steps for 31 days 17/31

200 sit-ups for 28 days 16/28

175 leg raises for 28 days 16/28

50 squats for 28 days 16/28

50 seconds of front planks for 28 days 16/28

30 seconds of left side planks for 28 days 16/28

30 seconds of right side planks for 28 days 16/28

Gain and maintain 1kg to my weight  53.05kg/53.5kg

[NellyG]

18 October

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

20 days over 12,000                                         18/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               14/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/4           

10 lunges a day for 20 days                            14/20

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

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       5/3

[AmandaGeorge]

18th October:

10k steps once a week 3/4

7k steps for 25 days 13/25

2,500 steps for 31 days 18/31

200 sit-ups for 28 days 17/28

175 leg raises for 28 days 17/28

50 squats for 28 days 17/28

50 seconds of front planks for 28 days 17/28

30 seconds of left side planks for 28 days 17/28

30 seconds of right side planks for 28 days 17/28

Gain and maintain 1kg to my weight  53.05kg/53.5kg

[Jotex]

OctoberFEST - Day 18

6,000+ steps: 7/20 days

8,000+ steps: 2/5 days

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 4/15 days

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 6/15 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 0/3 pics

[NellyG]

19 October

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                      19/20

20 days over 12,000                                         19/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               15/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/4           

10 lunges a day for 20 days                            15/20

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

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       5/3

[SteppingBooks]

OctoberFEST 16-18:

At least 12K/Day: 07/20

970 Cal/Day: 09/25

20 Squats/Day: 05/16

16:8 IF/Day: 18/25

Yoga/Week: --/4

Weights 2/week: 2/8

Water Goal: --/20

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

1Mil Steps: 222,463/1,000,000

[Baltoscott]

Day 17

16K steps/day		10/27
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day		14/27
15 weight-lifting days		9/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6 hours, 15 minutes +17 days or more during the month		12/17
1 pull-up		14/27
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		17/27
Lose 2 lbs. Start 166.1 lbs (Oct. 5)	10/18	165
Log meals 27 days		13/27

The theme today is dogs ...

[NellyG]

20 October

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

20 days over 12,000                                         20/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               15/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/4           

10 lunges a day for 20 days                            16/20

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

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                       5/3

[Jotex]

OctoberFEST - Day 19

6,000+ steps: 8/20 days

8,000+ steps: 2/5 days

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 5/15 days

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 7/15 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3 pics

These trees turn gorgeous red every fall.

Along the Aare River south of Bern

 

 

[SteppingBooks]

OctoberFEST 19:

At least 12K/Day: 07/20

970 Cal/Day: 09/25

20 Squats/Day: 05/16

16:8 IF/Day: 19/25

Yoga/Week: --/4

Weights 2/week: 3/8

Water Goal: --/20

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

1Mil Steps: 231,595/1,000,000

[AmandaGeorge]

19th October:

10k steps once a week 4/4

7k steps for 25 days 14/25

2,500 steps for 31 days 19/31

200 sit-ups for 28 days 18/28

175 leg raises for 28 days 18/28

50 squats for 28 days 18/28

50 seconds of front planks for 28 days 18/28

30 seconds of left side planks for 28 days 18/28

30 seconds of right side planks for 28 days 18/28

Gain and maintain 1kg to my weight  53.7kg/53.5kg

[Baltoscott]

Day 18

16K steps/day		11/27
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day		15/27
15 weight-lifting days		9/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6 hours, 15 minutes +17 days or more during the month		13/17
1 pull-up		15/27
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		18/27
Lose 2 lbs. Start 166.1 lbs (Oct. 5)	10/18	165
Log meals 27 days		18/27

That is great fall color @Jotex.  Leaves are starting to change around here too, but I'm still finding a lot of ghosts and other baddies to photograph ...

Come closer, my pretty ...Boo!A circle of ghost/witches? and one more ascending

[Jotex]

OctoberFEST - Day 20

6,000+ steps: 9/20 days

8,000+ steps: 2/5 days

Knee Exercises from physiotherapy: 6/15 days

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 8/15 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 2/3 pics

Thanks @Baltoscott. Halloween isn’t such a big deal over here, and less so with Covid restrictions tightening up again this week. I am really enjoying all your photos, though. Keep ‘em comin’!