Improve Yourself Challenge: Week 3 Update
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!”)
WEIGHT
I’ve 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 4.
MARRIAGE
Things are going very well in this department! Our weekly coffee/lunch dates have been wonderful and I’m really learning a lot from The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
FACEBOOK ~ MY HANDS ARE CLEAN, ARE YOURS?
I’m excited to report that I have over 180 fans already, with a month to go! And it seems like every time someone “Suggests [my fan page] to Friends”, a couple of orders come through. So Facebook is definitely a good market for me. I am starting a CPC (cost per click) ad campaign on FB for the next 5 days as a test, so I’ll update you next week on the success of the campaign. Consequently, I’m going to increase my goal from 200 fans to 500 fans by the end of February. Won’t you be my fan, and suggest my page to your friends??? =)
Thanks for following my progress. How are you doing on your resolutions?
Improve Yourself Challenge: Week 1 Update
Sooo…..the first week of the challenge is complete and I met about half my goals. What were they? Here’s a reminder:
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!”)
Weight Goal: Week 1 – 2000 calories/day and 15 minutes exercise/day
I think I did pretty well on the calorie limit; most days, I wrote down everything I ate and counted calories, fat, carbs, protein, fiber and Weight Watcher points. And instead of eating 6 cookies at night, I’d only eat 1. :-) The exercise goal is another story; I don’t think I did 15 minutes of continuous exercise even one day last week. I was going to make it all up on Saturday with 2 hours on the Wii, but I was sick and couldn’t. Oh well, there’s always this week!
Marriage Goal
Complete! I read the first 2 chapters of The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Facebook Fan Goal
Fans increased slightly on “My Hands Are Clean, Are Yours?” FB page, but I’m still under 100. Williamson AM (local newspaper) wrote a story about me and my “Clean Hands Healthy Baby” signs last week and I did an interview with WKRN News 2 this morning, so I’m well on my way to some great promotion. I also attended the Social Fresh Conference yesterday in Nashville and got some more great ideas for increasing traffic to my FB page and websites.
To keep up with me on Engaged Marriage’s Improve Yourself Challenge, choose “Improve Yourself Challenge” under Categories or click here. Thanks for your support!
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!
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