Improve Yourself! 2010 Challenge from Engaged Marriage

January 3, 2010 by admin
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Improve Yourself! 2010 Challenge from Engaged Marriage
Dustin over at Engaged Marriage has challenged his readers to set some personal goals for the next 2 months and use him, his blog and his readers as accountability partners.  I have accepted the challenge, and will post updates weekly.  The challenge begins today and goes for 8 weeks.  I have 3 goals:
1. Lose the rest of my baby weight, about 20 lbs (note: my “baby” is now a toddler)
2. Make intentional steps to improve my marriage
3. Get 200 Facebook Fans on MY HANDS ARE CLEAN fan page (“Clean Hands, Healthy Baby!”)
First, here is my plan for weight loss (slow and steady wins the race – and in this case, is actually more likely to stick with it!).  I may not lose all 20 pounds in the 8 weeks, but if I stick with it I should be close!
Week 1 – 2000 calories/day; 15 minutes exercise/day
Week 2 – 2000 calories/day; 15 minutes exercise/day
Week 3 – 1800 calories/day; 20 minutes exercise/day
Week 4 – 1800 calories/day; 25 minutes exercise/day
Week 5 – 1600 calories/day; 30 minutes exercise/day
Week 6 – 1600 calories/day; 35 minutes exercise/day
Week 7 – 1500 calories/day; 40 minutes exercise/day
Week 8 – 1500 calories/day; 45 minutes exercise/day
Second, I’m going to read “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman (2 chapters/week) and have a weekly coffee dates with my husband.
Third, I’m going to shamelessly ask everyone I know to be my fan and invite their friends to be my fan, and so on.  All you have to do is click on MY HANDS ARE CLEAN and then click the fan box.  I don’t post a lot so I promise I won’t overwhelm your FB page!
There you have it.  My goals for 2010.  At least the first 2 months of 2010.  Check back weekly to see my progress!
What are your goals?  I encourage you to join the challenge now.  Dustin is giving away lots of great prizes too!

Dustin over at Engaged Marriage has challenged his readers to set some personal goals for the next 2 months and use him, his blog and his readers as accountability partners.  I have accepted the challenge, and will post updates weekly.  The challenge begins today and goes for 8 weeks.  I have 3 goals:

1. Lose the rest of my baby weight, about 20 lbs (note: my “baby” is now a toddler)
2. Make intentional steps to improve my marriage
3. Get 200 Facebook Fans on MY HANDS ARE CLEAN fan page (“Clean Hands, Healthy Baby!”)

First, here is my plan for weight loss (slow and steady wins the race – and in this case, is actually more likely to stick with it!).  I may not lose all 20 pounds in the 8 weeks, but if I stick with it I should be close!

Week 1 – 2000 calories/day; 15 minutes exercise/day
Week 2 – 2000 calories/day; 15 minutes exercise/day
Week 3 – 1800 calories/day; 20 minutes exercise/day
Week 4 – 1800 calories/day; 25 minutes exercise/day
Week 5 – 1600 calories/day; 30 minutes exercise/day
Week 6 – 1600 calories/day; 35 minutes exercise/day
Week 7 – 1500 calories/day; 40 minutes exercise/day
Week 8 – 1500 calories/day; 45 minutes exercise/day

Second, I’m going to read “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman (2 chapters/week) and have a weekly coffee dates with my husband.

Third, I’m going to shamelessly ask everyone I know to be my fan and invite their friends to be my fan, and so on.  All you have to do is click on MY HANDS ARE CLEAN and then click the fan box.  I don’t post a lot so I promise I won’t overwhelm your FB page!

There you have it.  My goals for 2010.  At least the first 2 months of 2010.  Check back weekly to see my progress!

What are your goals?  I encourage you to join the challenge now. Dustin is giving away lots of great prizes too!

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2 Comments on Improve Yourself! 2010 Challenge from Engaged Marriage

  1. Dustin | Engaged Marriage on Mon, 4th Jan 2010 5:24 pm

    2. Thanks for posting this, for participating and for being a sponsor!. You have some excellent goals, and I look forward to working alongside you as you meet them.

  2. Improve Yourself Challenge: Week 3 Update : MyDoodleBop.com on Tue, 26th Jan 2010 5:26 pm

    3. [...] been sick for weeks and so I have not stuck to my diet or exercise plan. However, I’m finally starting to feel better so perhaps I can get back on track during Week [...]

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