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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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OctoberFEST Day 23
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 20/25 | |
1 pushup for 25 days | 10/25 | |
12 weight-lifting days | 2/12 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 2/20 | |
1 pull-up for 25 days | 10/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 10/25 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 3/13 | |
| Beat October 2022 bike mileage (315.8 miles) | 218.7 | |
| 20 days of 50 floors | 15/20 |
Red maple is starting to drop its leaves.
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OctoberFest Day 24 report
| 50 floors every day we're at home. | 24/30 |
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are. | 24/30 |
Play the piano to Walter every day. Nearly finished Book 2 of the Preludes and Fugues now. | 24/30 |
In bed by midnight every day.. | 24/30 |
| ..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7. | 22/22 |
| Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home. | 24/30 |
15,000 steps every day
| 24/30 |
| 3 Scavenger Hunt photos | 17/3 |
Parasols slowly disappearing back into the earth.
Here they are are on Day 22:
And, further decayed, on Day 24
@Baltoscott That sounds like a wonderful trip you had!
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OctoberFEST Day 24
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 21/25 | |
1 pushup for 25 days | 11/25 | |
12 weight-lifting days | 2/12 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 13/20 | |
1 pull-up for 25 days | 11/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 11/25 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 4/13 | |
| Beat October 2022 bike mileage (315.8 miles) | 233.7 | |
| 20 days of 50 floors | 16/20 |
The purple witch is pretty cool in person. The broom is the only thing holder her up in the air. Looks very unbalanced and we've had a bit of wind lately so I'm surprised she is still aloft. And pumpkin man got a shirt since I last walked past him. 🎃
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Best AnswerOctoberFest Day 27 report
| 50 floors every day we're at home. | 27/31 |
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are. | 27/31 |
Play the piano to Walter every day. Started Book 1 again of the Preludes and Fugues. | 27/31 |
In bed by midnight every day.. | 27/31 |
| ..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7. | 25/22 |
| Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home. | 27/31 |
15,000 steps every day
| 27/31 |
| 3 Scavenger Hunt photos | 19/3 |
Parasol time!
On their way back to where they came from.
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OctoberFEST Day 29
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 25/25 | |
1 pushup for 25 days | 16/25 | |
12 weight-lifting days | 2/12 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 18/20 | |
1 pull-up for 25 days | 16/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 16/25 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 5/13 | |
| Beat October 2022 bike mileage (315.8 miles) | 321.5 | |
| 20 days of 50 floors | 19/20 |
Best AnswerOctoberFest 2023 through 10/29/23
10k steps per day (Sundays) - 4/5 days
13k steps per day - 13/15 days
16k steps per day - -5/4 days
18k steps per day - 4/4 days
Over 20k steps per day - -3/3 days: 1-20,801 2-24,660 3-26,048
Weights - 12/14 days
Yoga/pilates/stretch - 14/14 days
90 oz Water every day - 27/31days
2 lb weight loss - -1/2 pounds lost
Mindfulness Minute/Meditation at least 2 minutes/Positive focused thinking- -4/7
3 photos for scavenger hunt - 5/3 photos
Pics below. Our band played for a Halloween Party at a local bar/eatery and there were so many great costumes! Happy Halloween All!
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OctoberFEST Day 30
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 26/25 | |
1 pushup for 25 days | 17/25 | |
12 weight-lifting days | 2/12 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 19/20 | |
1 pull-up for 25 days | 17/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 17/25 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 6/13 | |
| Beat October 2022 bike mileage (315.8 miles) | 321.5 | |
| 20 days of 50 floors | 19/20 |
That looked like a great halloween party @jantonini
The leaves were flying off the trees yesterday.
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@jantonini @Vidd @NellyG @gpshikernbiker @Jotex @Debumarie @kaynelvb
The November challenge is up. I see @SteppingBooks already found it. Go post your goals.
Even though the Orioles had an early exit from the playoffs, they are still a theme in Halloween decorations around here.
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