OctoberFest Step Challenge and Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

YIKES! It is the beginning of festival/holiday season. Already! Around here October will be beer festivals with the wurst and schnitzel, probably a trip to the Maryland Renaissance Festival, and a pumpkin carving party at the end of the month. With all that coming up, it makes sense to plan out fitness and eating goals for the month and check in with Fitbit friends to get support for hitting those goals. So lets get started!

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

This month’s scavenger hunt is a little more free-flowing than the past couple of months. Tell a story with words and pictures about where you live - your neighborhood, your town/city. Maybe just about a particular building, or maybe the founding of the area, or maybe a famous person who lived in or visited or died where you live. It doesn’t have to be a lot of pictures and doesn’t have to be historical. Most comic strips are just 3 or 4 panels. But it does have to be pictures you take while walking this month. For example, here is a little moralistic story about locking your bike in the Baltimore/DC area from pics I took last month:

1. What is ...2. A well-locked bike frame3. What can be ...4. A well-locked bike frame

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.

[CatLover74]

October 18

10,000 steps on at least 10 days of the month - 2/10.

15,000 steps on at least 10 days of the month - 7/10.

4 walks along the foreshore of my local beach - 1/4.

7 hours sleep on at least 20 days of the month - 13/20.

10 wall push ups on at least 20 days of the month - 13/20.

Lose 1kg (SW - 79.15kg)  -  CW  -  78.55kg ( -0.6kg ).

[NellyG]

18 October 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                         16/20     

Days over 15,000 steps (1 per week)               4/4    

Swim 2x per week                                                2/2         6/8                          

Dance 6 hours a week                                         5/6      20/24                        

One Interval walk or bike ride per week            -/1         2/4

Post Scavenger Hunt Picture Story                   1/1

[benvegi]

October goals

Steps 15k per day

20+ floors per day I cut my floors back because sometimes the weather or working in the yard keeps me from getting lots of floors.

7+ miles per day

2 sets of 12 reps of dumbell curls, triceps, shoulder shrugs, and chest flys, 3 times a week.

Three or more pics of each scavanger hunt topic. 

Check in at least 2x a week.

Last but not least, lose 3 more pounds, lost one in Sept

Back from horse camp on Sunday. Had a lot to do this week so finally getting caught up here.

10/8 steps 17,616, 27 floors, 8.13 miles

10/9 steps 18,105, 21 floors, 8.35 miles

10/10 steps 10,360, 11 floors, 4.68 miles--- this was the day we drove to camp with our horses. Five hour drive, then set up camp.

10/11 steps 21,591, 80 floors, 9.76 miles ---- it was cool and drizzle for the next 3 days. Didn't ride far.

10/12 steps 23,203, 102 floors, 10.85 miles

10/13 steps 28,456, 92 floors, 12.96 miles --- last day of riding, tomorrow we leave for home

10/14 steps 17,257, 13 floors, 7.98 miles got a long walk in before we left and lots of back and forth once we got home.

10/15 steps 17,021, 22 floors, 7.92 miles

10/16 steps 20,225, 28 floors, 9.67 miles

10/17 steps 19,532, 33 floors, 9.1 miles

weights 9/12

Here are some photos of our trip:

Small portion of the campCrossing a streamIn the woods most of the timeHeaded back to campHowell cemetery circa 1845Cutie on my game camera

[benvegi]

@LisefromCanada  Your paintings are outstanding!  (I have a pretty good idea of what is good - my wife does sketching and water colors, my daughter has been painting for 20 years or more. Plus there are several painters in our art club)    Keep up the good work!

[LisefromCanada]

Thank you Benvegi for your kind words and encouragement.

[Jotex]

OctoberFest Step Goals - Oct 18

10,000 steps - 13/20 days

Training w/weights - 6/15 days

40 jumping jacks - 11/20 days

Lose 2-4 lbs (@1-2 kgs) - 1.5/2-4 lbs

[WendyB]

@benvegiAwesome Pic's! Was that deer right in front of you? Looks like it

[WendyB]

OctoberFest Day 18

Steps: Goal right now is 13000 18/31
Boxing 31 days: 18/31
Bike 2 times 31 days: 18/31
Weights DVD 18 days: 10/31

Stomach Youtube 31 days:18/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days:18/31
250 Steps per hour : 18/31

Lose 2 Pounds 1.2/2

Post Scavenger hunt photos 3/3

[benvegi]

No, it walked up to my game camera. It must make a sound they can hear. I
can't hear the camera work. There were 7 pictures of this deer staring into
the lens.

[WendyB]

@benvegiPretty awesome! Your rides are amazing

[CatLover74]

October 19

10,000 steps on at least 10 days of the month - 2/10.

15,000 steps on at least 10 days of the month - 7/10.

4 walks along the foreshore of my local beach - 1/4.

7 hours sleep on at least 20 days of the month -  14/20.

10 wall push ups on at least 20 days of the month - 14/20.

Lose 1kg (SW - 79.15kg)  -  CW  -  78.55kg ( -0.6kg ).

[NellyG]

19 October 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                         17/20     

Days over 15,000 steps (1 per week)               5/4    

Swim 2x per week                                                2/2         6/8                          

Dance 6 hours a week                                         7.5/6      22.5/24                        

One Interval walk or bike ride per week            1/1         3/4

Post Scavenger Hunt Picture Story                   1/1

[benvegi]

@WendyB  Thanks, we are going on one more horse camp next week, I hope the leaves are turning by then. We are going to the same ranch where we purchased our two lovely horses 21 years ago. 

[Jotex]

OctoberFest Step Goals - Oct 19

10,000 steps - 14/20 days

Training w/weights - 7/15 days

40 jumping jacks - 12/20 days

Lose 2-4 lbs (@1-2 kgs) - 1.5/2-4 lbs

[WendyB]

OctoberFest Day 19

Steps: Goal right now is 13000 19/31
Boxing 31 days: 19/31
Bike 2 times 31 days: 19/31
Weights DVD 18 days: 11/31

Stomach Youtube 31 days:19/31
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 31 days:19/31
250 Steps per hour : 19/31

Lose 2 Pounds 1.2/2

Post Scavenger hunt photos 3/3

[NellyG]

20 October

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                         18/20     

Days over 15,000 steps (1 per week)               6/4    

Swim 2x per week                                                2/2         6/8                          

Dance 6 hours a week                                         7.5/6      22.5/24                        

One Interval walk or bike ride per week            2/1         4/4

Post Scavenger Hunt Picture Story                   1/1

[LisefromCanada]

Results for week 1 & 2 & 3:

• At least 5,000 steps every day.  wk1: 7/7   wk2: 5/7   wk3: 7/7 
• At least 7,500 steps on two days each week.   wk1: 5/2   wk2: 3/2   wk3: 7/2
• At least 10,000 steps once a week.  wk1: 2/1   wk2: 3/1   wk3: 7/1
• Practice T'ai Chi Chih at least 5 days per week. 
  • week1: 6/5 days (exceeded goal)
  • week2: 4/5 days (Missed goal)
  • week3: 0/5 days (Missed goal) - lost interest in this activity
• Aquafit class or swim 45 minutes at least 2 times per week. 
  • week1:  2/2 days (Nailed it)
  • week2:  3/2 days (Exceeded Goal)
  • week3:  4/2 days (Exceeded Goal)
• Lose 5 pounds in 31 days (MTD: -2.0 lbs).  
  • week1:   -1.5 lbs
  • week2:   -1.4 lbs
  • week3:   +0.9 lbs 

Even though I was more active this week, and ate the correct amount of calories (actually a little too little on 2 days this week), I gained 0.9 lbs.  I think this is a tiny blip, and anticipate the scale to be more kind to me by the end of the week.

[Jotex]

OctoberFest Step Goals - Oct 20

10,000 steps - 15/20 days

Training w/weights - 8/15 days

40 jumping jacks - 13/20 days

Lose 2-4 lbs (@1-2 kgs) - .5/2-4 lbs

Gained back most of what I had lost this month. Must do better before Halloween! 🎃 

[CatLover74]

October 20

10,000 steps on at least 10 days of the month - 2/10.

15,000 steps on at least 10 days of the month - 7/10.

4 walks along the foreshore of my local beach - 1/4.

7 hours sleep on at least 20 days of the month -  15/20.

10 wall push ups on at least 20 days of the month - 14/20.

Lose 1kg (SW - 79.15kg)  -  CW  -  78.55kg ( -0.6kg ).

[Baltoscott]

OctoberFest Day 20

15K steps/day		19/31
30 jumping jacks/day		20/31
1 pushup/day		20/31
13 weight-lifting days		9/13
post scavenger storyboard		2/1
Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month		6/12
Weight loss of 2-4 lbs (Oct 1 = 160.4 on TW)		Oct. 14: -0.3

Having fun at the beach this weekend.  Caught some canine athletes dock diving as part of a local dog adoption drive.

I can get it, I can get it ...