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October
It is the first full month of fall, cooler weather around in the Baltimore area; I’m even wearing long pants some days! Holidays and parties are around the corner and I am trying to be mindful of all the goodies coming my way in the next few months. Moderation. Moderation. Moderation. But for NOW, lets just enjoy the weather and the changing seasons and get out an 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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I have slacked off the last few months, due to various personal issues, but will be starting again today. I have been maintaining the spread sheet I used previously, I just haven't been going online.
After breakfast, I will post my tracking today.
Thanks for still being here.
Kayne
So - here goes. The photo is of my favorite tree in the backyard. It is past it's peak now, but the photo was taken last week. The second photo is of my cat, who thought it was too cold to get up this morning, not to mention too early (6:45 am).
7.5 k steps per day 6/14
walk for 20 mins daily 0/31
below calorie limit 8/31
lost weight daily 11/31
min 30 mins house work daily 15/31
pictures 
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12 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 7/15
8 days over 12,000 5/8
5 days over 15,000 steps -/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 15/20
100km on my bike 43/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
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13 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 7/15
8 days over 12,000 5/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 1/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 17/20
100km on my bike 43/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
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OctoberFest Day 13 report
| 50 floors every day we're at home. | 13/30 |
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are. | 13/30 |
Play the piano to Walter every day. We're still on Bach - he gets two Preludes and Fugues from the '48' and is halfway through those, so they're good for another twelve days. | 13/30 |
In bed by midnight every day.. | 13/30 |
| ..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7. | 13/22 |
| Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home. | 13/30 |
15,000 steps every day
| 13/30 |
| 3 Scavenger Hunt photos | 7/3 |
The parasols kept on growing, but on their 5th day the brightness was going, and on the 6th day, someone had harvested two of them. I hope they made a good breakfast, but was sorry they'd chosen two from that special group of three.
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
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15 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 8/15
8 days over 12,000 6/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 2/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 20/20
100km on my bike 86/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
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16 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 9/15
8 days over 12,000 7/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 3/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 21/20
100km on my bike 86/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
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| 50 floors every day we're at home. | 16/30 |
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are. | 16/30 |
Play the piano to Walter every day. On to Book 2 of the Preludes and Fugues now. | 16/30 |
In bed by midnight every day.. | 16/30 |
| ..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7. | 15/22 |
| Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home. | 16/30 |
15,000 steps every day
| 16/30 |
| 3 Scavenger Hunt photos | 10/3 |
Parasols seem now to have stopped growing, so they're possibly working their way up to rotting down.
Not much change in these three photos!
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
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OctoberFEST Day 18
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 14/25 | |
1 pushup for 25 days | 6/25 | |
12 weight-lifting days | 1/12 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 2/3 | |
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 2/20 | |
1 pull-up for 25 days | 6/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 6/25 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 2/13 | |
| Beat October 2022 bike mileage (315.8 miles) | 159.5 | |
| 20 days of 50 floors | 9/20 |
I'm going to have to re-evaluate my goals after this trip. Definitely out of my routine. But I brought the unicycle to London and did get a few trips in. Here it is yesterday morning at Hyde Park.
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18 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 11/15
8 days over 12,000 9/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 5/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 24/20
100km on my bike 86/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
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19 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 12/15
8 days over 12,000 10/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 6/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 25/20
100km on my bike 86/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
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| 50 floors every day we're at home. | 19/30 |
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are. | 19/30 |
Play the piano to Walter every day. On to Book 2 of the Preludes and Fugues now. | 19/30 |
In bed by midnight every day.. | 19/30 |
| ..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7. | 18/22 |
| Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home. | 19/30 |
15,000 steps every day
| 19/30 |
| 3 Scavenger Hunt photos | 13/3 |
Day 10 - much the same
Day 11 - a little darker in places
Day 12 - rain, I presume. has soaked the cap and brought it down, sadly.
So I've introduced this one, growing ten yards away, as a reserve.
@Baltoscott Great to know you're in England! I guess Shropshire might be a bit out of your way, but let me know if you're thinking of taking a look at our hills.
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OctoberFest 2023 through 10/21/23
10k steps per day (Sundays) - 3/5 days
13k steps per day - 10/15 days
16k steps per day - -3/4 days
18k steps per day - 3/4 days
Over 20k steps per day - -2/3 days: 1-20,801 2-24,660
Weights - 9/14 days
Yoga/pilates/stretch - 10/14 days
90 oz Water every day - 19/31days
2 lb weight loss - -1/2 pounds lost
Mindfulness Minute/Meditation at least 2 minutes/Positive focused thinking- -3/7
3 photos for scavenger hunt - 3/3 photos
I love all of the blooming Chrysanthemums right now .. this is there time to shine. I have planted several throughout our yard over the years.
Such a beautiful colored mum.
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