OctoberFEST — Step Challenge and Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

I love October!  The heat of summer is mostly gone, and the icy cold of winter isn’t quite here yet.  It is a GREAT time to get outside and move around.  Plus at least two good festive events — German Beer/bratwurst/sauerkraut — Halloween!

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. 

From a Fitbit photo challenge 4 years ago (5K in costume)Vienna, Austria, Halloween 2014

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.

[Jotex]

OctoberFEST Goals - Day 21
8,000 steps: 7/10 days
10,000+ steps: 9/15 days
Exercises & weights: 14/25 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 5/3 pics

@SteppingBooks - so sorry to hear you are in pain. Hope you get some relief very soon. 🙏🏻🌹

[Bridgeport]

October 21

2500 Steps 5 days a week: 8/20

5000 Steps 4 days a month: 4/5

Walking Distance: 1 mile 5 days a week: 8/20

Scavenger Hunt Photos: 1/3

Ab Roller every other day: 3/15

10 Lunges every other day (no weight): 1/13

Grats on the weight loss, Joy2019!!

SteppingBooks - been there & it hurts!  Take it easy for a while.

[WendyB]

OctoberFEST Day  20-21

Steps: Goal 10,000: 21/31

Boxing 31 days: 21/31

Bike 3 times 31 days: 21/31

Weights DVD 17 days: 10/17

Stomach YouTube 31 days : 21/31

Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 21/31

Leg Exercises 31 days: 21/31

250 Steps per hour 30 days: 21/31

Log food daily 31 days: 21/31

Scavenger Hunt Photos 3: 3/3

[benvegi]

Same goals as the last several months, 20,000+ steps per day, 25 floors.  May do better on the photo challenge this month, then again, maybe not.😊 

10/17 steps 26,286, floors 45

10/18 steps 24,292, floors 24

10/19 steps 22,246, floors 37

10/20 steps 23,277, floors 34

Leaving early tomorrow to our last horse camp of the year, back Sunday. Weather looks good but cool and sunny.

Weather last night severe storms, including a small tornado about 1/4 mile south of our house moving west to east. Had a few minutes of wind here and lots of lightning. Power outage at 2 am, still out this morning. Walked down to the mailbox this morning and a neighbor stopped to tell me the road was blocked towards the main highway due to downed trees. We were able to get out to a different road by going north from our house. Four miles of rough gravel road.  Power company must have had lots of damage as they didn't show up till 9 am to fix the lines and poles downed on our road. It took the county guys all day to clear all the wood off the road.

small path cut to last tree with downed power lines in it.some of our leaves are changing!

[benvegi]

The way any of us "eats" is what works for each individual. We are all so different in our eating habits and discover what works for us.  Another thing Char & I are trying to improve with is to ER&CYF, Eat Raw & Chew Your Food.😁  At this point we eat about 40% of our food raw, it's easy since we eat lots of vegies. Some dinners now consist of raw carrots, broccoli, celery, apple slices, etc with hummus as a dip.  It is amazingly filling. 

[WendyB]

@SteppingBooks  So sorry to hear that. Do take care of your self. Hope it feels better soon

I have had it in the sciatic nerve before and it is painful

@benvegiSounds good to me. But I know my DH would not go for it. He has to have some kind of meat

[NellyG]

22 October

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

12 days over 12,000                                                      18/12

6 days over 15,000 steps                                             9/6          

2 days over 20,000 steps                                               2/2

Swim 2x per week                                                           6/8              

Dance prac 4+ hours a week                                         20/20

6 bike rides or interval walks per month                      5/6              

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                                     4/3  1st pictures

[SteppingBooks]

OctoberFEST Day 21:

15.5K Steps/Day: 09/31

2K(or less) Calorie Intake:  08/31

Yoga: --/5

Weights: --/10

@Jotex   Thank you! 😊

@WendyB I'll try to not push it too much. 😋  I think I'm just re-injuring it, so it delays healing.  This morning I made it up the two flights of stairs without wanting to collapse (never trust the elevators to not break down around here).  What I hate with the sciatic pain, is when the pain starts to travel down my leg.  If it stays isolated, I usually push through it.  But once I start feeling pain in my thigh and knee, I'm pretty much done for. 

[Jotex]

OctoberFEST Goals - Day 22
8,000 steps: 7/10 days
10,000+ steps: 10/15 days
Exercises & weights: 15/25 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 5/3 pics

[WendyB]

OctoberFEST Day 22

Steps: Goal 10,000: 22/31

Boxing 31 days: 22/31

Bike 3 times 31 days: 22/31

Weights DVD 17 days: 11/17

Stomach YouTube 31 days : 22/31

Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 22/31

Leg Exercises 31 days: 22/31

250 Steps per hour 30 days: 22/31

Log food daily 31 days: 22/31

Scavenger Hunt Photos 3: 3/3

[Joy2019]

10k steps - 21/31 days

18/6 fasts - 19/31 days

15k+steps - 14/15 days

30 minutes HIIT - 17/31 days

500 calories deficit - 16/20 days

Weight training - 7/15 days

I set out for a leisurely stroll yesterday and ended up walking 3 hours. Added to my normal 2 hour walk, itmeant I hit 37k steps! I feel good for having done such a big walk considering the horrible Auckland hills. Up, down, sideways, up very steeply, down very steeply haha

[NellyG]

23 October 

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

12 days over 12,000                                                      19/12

6 days over 15,000 steps                                             10/6          

2 days over 20,000 steps                                               3/2

Swim 2x per week                                                           6/8              

Dance prac 4+ hours a week                                         20/20

6 bike rides or interval walks per month                      6/6              

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                                     4/3  1st pictures

[SteppingBooks]

OctoberFEST Day 22:

15.5K Steps/Day: 10/31

2K(or less) Calorie Intake:  08/31

Yoga: --/5

Weights: --/10

[Jotex]

OctoberFEST Goals - Day 23
8,000 steps: 7/10 days
10,000+ steps: 11/15 days
Exercises & weights: 16/25 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 5/3 pics

[WendyB]

OctoberFEST Day 23

Steps: Goal 10,000: 23/31

Boxing 31 days: 23/31

Bike 3 times 31 days: 23/31

Weights DVD 17 days: 12/17

Stomach YouTube 31 days : 23/31

Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days:23/31

Leg Exercises 31 days: 23/31

250 Steps per hour 30 days: 23/31

Log food daily 31 days: 23/31

Scavenger Hunt Photos 3: 3/3

[Joy2019]

24/10

10k steps - 22/31 days

18/6 fasts - 20/31 days

15k+steps - 14/15 days

30 minutes HIIT - 17/31 days

500 calories deficit - 17/20 days

Weight training - 7/15 days

Haven't been to the gym at all this week. Interestingly, I've also dropped about .5kg! Off for a long weekend trip. Will do my best to keep within my calorie limits!

[Joy2019]

10k steps - 22/31 days

18/6 fasts - 20/31 days

15k+steps - 14/15 days

30 minutes HIIT - 17/31 days

500 calories deficit - 17/20 days

Weight training - 7/15 days

Haven't been to the gym at all this week. Interestingly, I've also dropped about .5kg! Off for a long weekend trip. Will do my best to keep within my calorie limits!

[SteppingBooks]

OctoberFEST Day 23:

15.5K Steps/Day: 11/31

2K(or less) Calorie Intake:  08/31

Yoga: --/5

Weights: --/10

Now that it's chilly and rainy most days, it's harder to be motivated to go out for a walk.

[NellyG]

24 October 

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

12 days over 12,000                                                      19/12

6 days over 15,000 steps                                             10/6          

2 days over 20,000 steps                                               3/2

Swim 2x per week                                                           7/8              

Dance prac 4+ hours a week                                         20/20

6 bike rides or interval walks per month                      6/6              

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                                     4/3  1st pictures

[WendyB]

OctoberFEST Day 24

Steps: Goal 10,000: 24/31

Boxing 31 days: 24/31

Bike 3 times 31 days: 23/31

Weights DVD 17 days: 12/17

Stomach YouTube 31 days : 24/31

Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days: 24/31

Leg Exercises 31 days: 24/31

250 Steps per hour 30 days: 24/31

Log food daily 31 days: 24/31

Scavenger Hunt Photos 3: 5/3

[Jotex]

OctoberFEST Goals - Day 24
8,000 steps: 8/10 days
10,000+ steps: 11/15 days
Exercises & weights: 16/20 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 5/3 pics

With this month slowly coming to an end (can you believe it?!?!?), I realized I’m not going to make my exercises & weights goal. But instead of giving up, I’ve reduced it from 25 to 20 to motivate me to get in at least 4 more days. 
Happy weekend Peeps!