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It is the first full month of fall. The weather has been cooler for the past week or so, a real relief after all the heat in my neck of the woods; it is weird to be wearing pullovers again! But time moves quickly. The holidays and parties are just around the corner and I am already trying to be mindful of all the goodies coming my way in the next few months. Moderation. Moderation. Moderation. But for NOW, so long as I am not in the path of a hurricane, I plan to enjoy the weather and the changing seasons and get out and MOVE.
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.
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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Octoberfest Days 1 and 2
| Close all 5 circles | 0 | 20 |
| Drink 45oz water | 1 | 20 |
| Sept 2021 steps | 19,175 | 324,298 |
| Sept 2021 floors | 11 | 383 |
| Sept 2021 miles | 8.31 | 146.58 |
| Sept 2021 calories | 4.084 | 65,572 |
| Scavenger Hunt pics | 0 | 3 |
Went to a farm over the weekend to enjoy the nice weather and came across these! Not a koala but odd to see in Western NY!
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Here are my three pictures for the start of the month, all taken on October 1st. The first two - two sycamores and an oak: and then an ash - are about two miles from home. The red acer and dogwood are in front of our house.
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OctoberFest Day 3
| 16K steps/day | 3/28 | |
10 6-10 minute calisthenics workout | /10 | |
15 weight-lifting days | 2/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 1/3 | |
Sleep 6:10 hours + 15 days or more during the month | 2/15 | |
1 pull-up | 3/28 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 28 days | 3/28 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 10/2 | 1/13 |
| Beat October 2021 bike mileage (226.4 miles) | 8.4 | |
| 1 pushup | 3/28 |
@Vidd -- the change in those trees over the month should pretty cool. Can't wait to see that.
Took this in the neighborhood finishing up my steps last night.
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4 October
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 2/20
15 days over 12,000 2/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 2/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 1/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 3/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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5 October
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 3/20
15 days over 12,000 3/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 3/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 4/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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6 October
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 4/20
15 days over 12,000 4/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 4/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 5/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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7 October
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 5/20
15 days over 12,000 5/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 4/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 6/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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OctoberFest Challenge @ October 6th
10,000 steps/day= 1/15
12,000 steps/day= 4/16
2 servings fruit/day= 4/25
3 servings veggies/day= 5/25
scavenger pics= it will be interesting to see the before and after pics of these two trees at the end of the month.
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OctoberFest Day 7
| 16K steps/day | 7/28 | |
10 6-10 minute calisthenics workout | 1/10 | |
15 weight-lifting days | 3/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 2/3 | |
Sleep 6:10 hours + 15 days or more during the month | 3/15 | |
1 pull-up | 5/28 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 28 days | 6/28 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 10/2 | 1/13 |
| Beat October 2021 bike mileage (226.4 miles) | 45.7 | |
| 1 pushup | 5/28 |
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Minimum 40000 steps each day I'm at home | 7/31 |
20 days of meaningful gardening or DIY | 7/20 |
Play some piano or organ every day I'm at home | 7/31 |
Three dog walks per day, with each one at least 3 miles | 7/31 |
280000 steps per week (my average daily requirements for the year's total are still reducing slowly!) | 1/4. Week 1 315923 |
| 1.25 million steps in the month | 315923/1250000 |
| In bed before midnight every day | 7/31 |
| 3000 floors in October | 1084/3000 |
| Scavenger hunt pictures | 4/3 |
Here's a parasol mushroom (about 9 inches across) - we get a lot of these from late August onwards.
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9 October
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 7/20
15 days over 12,000 6/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 5/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 2/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 7/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
As @Baltoscott predicted - some flower photos!
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