Very Varied February 2021 Step Challenge and Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

So how did your January Reset go?  Are you still holding strong on those New Years’s resolutions?  Or have you completely forgotten about them?  🙂

Well, Welcome to Very Varied February. Just switch things up a bit. MAYBE make your goals a little less lofty.  Instead of 6 days a week at the gym, commit to putting on your workout shoes for 3 mornings and walking a couple of miles, followed by some body weight exercises.  Change one thing in your diet each week or two and see if it sticks instead eliminating entire food groups.  If whatever it was you committed to in January was just too hard to catch up on if you missed a couple of days, aim to do half as much of it in February and see how that goes.  (Of course, if you hit your goals in January, YAY YOU! Now keep practicing the goals you want as lifetime habits, and increase effort or time a bit).                                                     

   
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 free flowing and likely to be VERY VARIED.  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.  From when I did this challenge a couple of years ago:

1. What looks like ...

2. A well-locked bike ...

3. Can be ...

4. Just a well-locked bike frame

Moral -- lock goes through frame + wheels!

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.

[Baltoscott]

Very Varied Day 24

16K steps/day		24/28
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		24/28
15 weight-lifting days		14/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		14/20
1 pull-up		24/28
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		21/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 166.8 (Feb. 1)	2/21	168

Saw this American Tree Sparrow while Jane and I were on an audubon walk last Saturday. So puffed up because that's how you stay warm when you are a bird and it's 28F out.

American Tree Sparrow

[NellyG]

25 February 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                       24/20

20 days over 12,000                                         21/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               14/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/4           

Physio exercises 20 days                                  24/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    26/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      7/3

[SteppingBooks]

Very Varied February 24:

11.5K Steps/Day: 04/28

700+ Calorie Deficient/Day: 15/28

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 24/28

Weights 2x/week: 1/8

Stretch 4x/week: 08/16

Squats 20/day: 08/15

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 200,489/322,000

What a gorgeous day out yesterday!  We hit into the 50s, it was sunny, and I was able to get some good steps in after work yesterday.  Unfortunately today I've a few appointments that will keep me from getting those steps this afternoon, but there is always tomorrow 🙂

[Jotex]

Very Varied February - Day 24 & 25

6,000+ steps:  2/5 days

8,000+ steps: 10/15 days

10,000+ steps: 9/5 days

12,000+ steps: 2/5 days 

Lose ½ kg (starting 1.2.21 at 66.9*): -.1.3/.5 kg

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 21/25 days

Drink ACV drink 30min before meals: 20/25

[Ennay]

02/25 - 10188

February Goals

>10K -20/24

>11K -16/16 met

>12K -10/4 met  

Steps- 269442 /310000 
NEW GOAL Stability work  - 7/10

[Baltoscott]

Very Varied Day 25

16K steps/day		25/28
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		25/28
15 weight-lifting days		14/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		15/20
1 pull-up		25/28
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		22/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 166.8 (Feb. 1)	2/21	168

[NellyG]

26 February 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                       25/20

20 days over 12,000                                         22/20                

14 days over 15,000 steps                               14/14

4 day over 20,000 steps                                     4/4           

Physio exercises 20 days                                  25/20

20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym)    27/20

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      7/3

[Ennay]

02/25 - 10050

February Goals

>10K -21/24

>11K -16/16 met

>12K -10/4 met  

Steps- 279492 /310000 
NEW GOAL Stability work  - 7/10

Ready for this month to be over so I can have a rest day. 😄

[Jotex]

Very Varied February - Day 26

6,000+ steps:  2/5 days

8,000+ steps: 11/15 days

10,000+ steps: 9/5 days

12,000+ steps: 2/5 days 

Lose ½ kg (starting 1.2.21 at 66.9*): -.1.3/.5 kg

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 22/25 days

Drink ACV drink 30min before meals: 20/25

Looks like I am not going to meet my goals, since tomorrow is the last day! But there’s always March! 

[alexthecat]

Feb. 27

6,000+ steps: 4/4

8,000+ steps: 10/10 days

10,000+ steps: 13/14 days

Weights: 8/8 days

[Ennay]

2/26- 11816  - oops wrong date yesterday!

February Goals

>10K -22/24

>11K -17/16 met

>12K -10/4 met  

Steps- 291308 /310000 
NEW GOAL Stability work  - 8/10

Going for a walk with a friend today, but I don't think it will be a long walk. She has a location she likes to walk and I don't think it is very big.  Will need to do a bit extra later.   It is an uneven surface so it might be stability work on its own.  

[Jotex]

Very Varied February - Day 27

6,000+ steps:  2/5 days

8,000+ steps: 12/15 days

10,000+ steps: 9/5 days

12,000+ steps: 2/5 days 

Lose ½ kg (starting 1.2.21 at 66.9*): -.1.3/.5 kg

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 23/25 days

Drink ACV drink 30min before meals: 20/25

[Baltoscott]

@Jotex @Ennay @alexthecat @NellyG @SteppingBooks @CatLover74 @juramom @stoughjr @PureEvil @benvegi 

Muck-About March Madness is up.  Go post your goals.

[Ennay]

2/27- 10609

February Goals

>10K -23/24

>11K -17/16 met

>12K -10/4 met  

Steps- 301917 /310000 
NEW GOAL Stability work  - 9/10

Well as long as I get my 10K in today I should hit all my goals. 

[benvegi]

Thought I had posted one more time but can't find it. During this lull I bought a Sense. I do like the larger screen and brightness setting so now I can read the watch face out in the sun.  Since it's warmer now I'm getting out more, raised my step goal to 12,000 a day.

My goal are pretty much the same. 10 k steps per day, 20 floors, weights, yoga, stretching each day..  Plus trying for 14 of 14 active hours per day.

Feb steps 10 K -- 27 of 27,  but since my daily step count has risen, now I've averaged 15,009 steps since Feb 1st.

Feb 20 floors -- 12 of 27, but my average for the month is 19 per day

Active hours -- 10 of 27 @ 14 of 14 (averaging 12.9 floors for the month

Exercise etc 22 of 27

Yoga & stretching 24 of 27

[stoughjr]

End of month update: 😀

12,000 steps per day: 28/28
3 sets of 5 exercises every other day: 14/14
1 hr of exercise each day: 28/28
6.5 hr sleep each day: 24/28
Log meals & water daily: 28/28
3 pictures: 3/3

Another Virgina resident:

[Baltoscott]

Very Varied Day 28

16K steps/day		27/28
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day		28/28
15 weight-lifting days		15/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month		16/20
1 pull-up		28/28
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days		25/25
Lose 2 lbs. Start 166.8 (Feb. 1)	2/28	168.3

A mixed bag this month. I gained 1.5 lbs and came up a little short on step days, and pretty much a fail on my sleep goal.  On the other hand, I hit my goals on pushups, pull-ups, and unicycling. So I'm focusing on the positive.  

[PureEvil]

My goals for Very Varied February 2021 and Scavenger Hunt are as follows.

10k steps per day	28	/28
13,699 steps per day	22	/18
17k steps per day	18	/11
Activities	4	/7
Photo Scavenger Hunt	1	/3
Full 'Reminders to Move' Days	11	/9

I just have the one picture, but it's a fun one...  Five Fingered footprints in the snow:

[SteppingBooks]

Very Varied February 25-28:

11.5K Steps/Day: 06/28

700+ Calorie Deficient/Day: 18/28

IF Daily (12 hr weekday/16:8 weekend): 28/28

Weights 2x/week: 1/8

Stretch 4x/week: 08/16

Squats 20/day: 08/15

Photo Scavenger Hunt: -/3

Total Steps: 243,420/322,000

What a screwy month!  While I didn't meet all my goals, I'm at least trying.  While I didn't do weights like I wanted, I ended up chopping up ice quite a bit, which is like an arm-workout lol.

[Ennay]

2/28 -12,015
February Goals

>10K -24/24 met

>11K -18/16 met

>12K -11/4 met  

Steps- 313932 /310000 met
NEW GOAL Stability work  - 10/10 met

2021 goal 624017/4 million

Yesterday is one of those days I don't actually know how I got that many steps.