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It is fall here in the North. Went to my first OctoberFest of the year last weekend (September) for my birthday. It was a family affair with my wife, brother and sister-in-law. Beer, schnitzel, spätzle, strudel … YIKES! I definitely enjoyed it, but too many of those rich meal days over the coming holidays could really add up. SO … it looks like the festive season is upon us, and it is time to start planning out fitness and eating goals for the month and check in with Fitbit friends to get support for hitting our goals. Let’s get started! (Of course, if you don't see this before the month starts, just join the party mid-month and set your goals for however many weeks are left).
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
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.
OctoberFest
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.
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Day 24 for OctoberFEST 2021.
| 17K steps/day | 24/25 | |
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 24/30 | |
15 weight-lifting days (body weight routines count this month) | 14/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:15 hours + 16 days or more during the month | 18/16 | |
1 pull-up | 22/30 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 24/25 | |
| Fill out calorie total from MyFitnessPal every Friday | 10/1 10/8 10/15 | 2428 cal 3111 cal 2731 cal |
| 12 Dry (no alcohol) days | 10/17 | 7/12 |
We are getting a little color around here.
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25 October
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 17/20
15 days over 12,000 14/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 7/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
Physio exercises 20 days 18/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 19/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3 - Pending!
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26 October
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 18/20
15 days over 12,000 15/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 7/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
Physio exercises 20 days 19/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 20/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3 - Pending!
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Day 26 for OctoberFEST 2021.
| 17K steps/day | 26/25 | |
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 26/30 | |
15 weight-lifting days (body weight routines count this month) | 15/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:15 hours + 16 days or more during the month | 20/16 | |
1 pull-up | 26/30 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 26/25 | |
| Fill out calorie total from MyFitnessPal every Friday | 10/1 10/8 10/15 10/22 | 2428 cal 3111 cal 2731 cal 2708 cal |
| 12 Dry (no alcohol) days | 10/17 | 9/12 |
Pics aren't on topic for this month, but it's always cool to get wildlife photos. Saw these guys when I was walking around the hospital grounds Monday morning while I was waiting for my wife to finish her first session of PT on her new knee.
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28 October
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 19/20
15 days over 12,000 16/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 8/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
Physio exercises 20 days 20/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 20/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3 - Pending!
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29 October
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 20/20
15 days over 12,000 17/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 9/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
Physio exercises 20 days 21/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 21/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
Beginning of the month
End of the month
the Fern doesn't look like it's changed much! Thought it would grow a bit more than it has 🤣
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