Stomping STEPtember 2023 — Step Challenge and Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

Here comes autumn  — back to school for the kids, a shift from hot to cooler temperature, and falling leaves and changing colors outside. And just the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, cooler to warmer weather.  It is a great time to get outside, stomp around, and get your steps.                                

How It Works

The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to encourage you to set and hit 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 — 3 pictures

The theme this month is STEPS, of course! It is STEPtember after all. Also, any pic that includes a moon. The one below is from a while ago -- September 27, 2015 blood moon. 

Berlin MarylandSept. 27, 2015 Blood Moon

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.

[Jotex]

Thanks for the invite @Baltoscott. I realize I am coming late ‘to the dance’, so will follow what everyone else is doing and get back in the swing of things next month.
September has been a very odd month in many ways, including very low step count most days. Stil recovering from jet lag after a recent return trip from the States. 
Loving the pics! Here are two my husband took while I was away. 

Perseids (above left of the center)

Start trails with surreal moonrise over the Lake of Thun

[Baltoscott]

Those are great pics @Jotex.

[Jotex]

Thanks @Baltoscott! I’ll tell Peter.

[Vidd]

Stomping STEPtember update - September 23rd

50 floors every day that I'm at home in Shropshire.	23/30
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are	23/30
Play the piano to Walter every day.	23/30
In bed by midnight every day..	23/30
..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7.	21/22
Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home.	23/30
15,000 steps every day.	23/30
3 Scavenger Hunt photos	1/3

@Baltoscott  - agreed! - fabulous pictures, @Jotex and Peter.

[Jotex]

@Vidd Thank you!

[NellyG]

24 September

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      16/15

8 days over 12,000                                           11/8               

5 days over 15,000 steps                                 6/5           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   38/20

100km on my bike                                              122/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      5/3

[SteppingBooks]

Stomping STEPtember 22 through 24

13.6k Steps/Day Weekdays: 2/21

10K Steps/Day Weekends: 2/9

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 22/30

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 20/30

Weights 2x/week: 1/8

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: 1/10

80oz Water daily: 2/31

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 223,091/375,000

[NellyG]

26 September

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      17/15

8 days over 12,000                                           11/8             

5 days over 15,000 steps                                 6/5           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   41/20

100km on my bike                                              122/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      5/3

[SteppingBooks]

Stomping STEPtember 25

13.6k Steps/Day Weekdays: 2/21

10K Steps/Day Weekends: 2/9

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 23/30

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 21/30

Weights 2x/week: 1/8

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: 1/10

80oz Water daily: 2/31

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 231,160/375,000

[Vidd]

The moon has started reappearing on my late evening walks with Walter.

Here it is peeping through the trees on the other side of our road.

[Baltoscott]

@Vidd -- Yes. Harvest Moon coming this Thursday/Friday. I got this pic through the clouds a few days ago.

[SteppingBooks]

Stomping STEPtember 26

13.6k Steps/Day Weekdays: 2/21

10K Steps/Day Weekends: 2/9

2000 Calorie Limit/Day: 24/30

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 22/30

Weights 2x/week: 1/8

Stretch 4x/week: -/15

Squats 30/day: 1/10

80oz Water daily: 2/31

Lose 3 pounds: --/3

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 239,146/375,000

[jantonini]

@Jotex Wow, your husband sure takes amazing pics!

Stomping STEPtember--September 27.....Working a lot more with the start of school and the addition of a couple more classes. I am finally finding some time to catch up and post. Happy Fall Y'all!

10k steps per day (Sundays) -   4/4 days

13k steps per day -   15/14 days

16k steps per day -   4/5 days

18k steps per day -   2/4 days

Over 20k steps per day -   2/3 days  -21,004; 20,494

Weights -   11/13 days 

Yoga/pilates/stretch -   9/12 days

90 oz Water every day -   25/30 days

2 lb weight loss -    -/2 pounds lost  

Mindfulness Minute/Meditation at least 2 minutes/Positive focused thinking-    3/7

3  photos for scavenger hunt -   2/3 photos

The photo taken this evening, almost the harvest moon.

Early evening moon.

[Jotex]

Thanks @jantonini! Your shot is beautiful, too!

Here’s one I took with my iPhone, resting on a fence.

[Baltoscott]

Stomping STEPtember Day 28

17K steps/day for 25 days		23/25
1 pushup for 25 days		28/25
12 weight-lifting days		6/12
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month		21/20
1 pull-up for 25 days		28/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		24/25
13 Dry (no alcohol) days		12/13
Beat STEPtember 2022 bike mileage (367.8 miles)		163
20 days of 50 floors		9/20

Wow! Stomping STEPtember is nearly gone! Time to start thinking about your OctoberFEST goals.

In the meantime, Harvest Moon tomorrow. Go get some pics! @jantonini and @Jotex yours look great.

[NellyG]

29 September 

10,000 steps a day for 15 days                      18/15

8 days over 12,000                                           12/8             

5 days over 15,000 steps                                 7/5           

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   42/20

100km on my bike                                              122/100

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      5/3

[Baltoscott]

Hey @NellyG @Jotex @jantonini @SteppingBooks @Vidd @KarenLWood @LicaTsukino @fire4202 @Purrrl @maxse2014 

OctoberFest 2023 is up. Go post your goals!

[Baltoscott]

A rare shot of a Blue Moon, midday, on stairs ...

Blue Moon

[Vidd]

@Baltoscott That made me chuckle!

Stomping STEPtember update - September 30th

50 floors every day that I'm at home in Shropshire.	30/30
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are. I was away from home for most of Saturday - he still got three walks, but only two were with me.	29/30
Play the piano to Walter every day.	30/30
In bed by midnight every day..	30/30
..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7.	27/22
Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home.	30/30
15,000 steps every day. Same thing on Saturday.	29/30
3 Scavenger Hunt photos	3/3

Here's an unusual set of steps, which are level but go up and down.

[Baltoscott]

Stomping STEPtember -- Wrap up

17K steps/day for 25 days		23/25
1 pushup for 25 days		30/25
12 weight-lifting days		7/12
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month		23/20
1 pull-up for 25 days		30/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		24/25
13 Dry (no alcohol) days		12/13
Beat STEPtember 2022 bike mileage (367.8 miles)		520.7
20 days of 50 floors		28/20

Good month except for dry days and weight lifting. @Vidd -- clever.