12 inches in 12 months - 2014

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

faithVA did you ever buy the fitbit? If so, what do you think of it?

No, I didn't get it. Requested it for my birthday in April.

 

[caliscurls]

Ok, I think I might get one this week...just wish they would relaunch the fixed fitbit force

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Ok, I think I might get one this week...just wish they would relaunch the fixed fitbit force

I

I was in radioshack and they had so many new types, I said I would do some research before I bought them. They have wrist versions that are less expensive.

 

[caliscurls]

I

I was in radioshack and they had so many new types, I said I would do some research before I bought them. They have wrist versions that are less expensive.

I'll swing by there and check it out. I've been using the fitbit app only with my iPhone and I love it...I just hate carrying my phone everywhere which is what you have to do without their actual device.

 

[Gr8ness83]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Just updating you ladies with some pics I took today. I didn't realize that I am APL. I have areas that are shorter, basically my perimeter but it's growing back in leaps and bounds... I'll post more of the same area in 30 days...

 

[Gr8ness83]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Another pic.....

 

[Gr8ness83]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I really am praying that I get 12" on 12 months. I will be MBL in the back and below SL in the front. xx fingers crossed xx

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I have one that looks like this. It feels good and doesn't mess up the hair but I rarely use it I need to put it under my pillow. We will see.

View attachment 248241

Is this an attachment for a electric massager?

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I think this is where I said I would post my next curlformer set. I'm in so many threads, I can't remember

Things are getting better. I completely my wash day yesterday at 1 am. But today my hair is soft, moisturized and curly. I am glad to finally have some progress. Here are the results of my latest curlformer set.

View attachment 248385

View attachment 248387

View attachment 248389

View attachment 248391

Absolutely beautiful. I have to purchase some of those things. They seem like a good investment. Thanks for posting your pics, you remembered!

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

faithVA pretty!!! Your hair looks so soft!

I'm on day 3...well, after I get done with tonight day 4 will be completed with the whole inversion thing. I may or may not get some results, but I didn't really measure anything. I'm just gonna use a length check pic I took like two prior to starting this and I'll see from there. Maybe I'll try it again next month. =)

I had a great day today with my diet!! I had healthy food all day today which literally surprised me. Folks are right when they say one healthy decision leads to another. I been eating fruit and salad and fruit grain bars all day and lots of water. I discovered the plain greek yogurt is beyond DISGUSTING and I have a huge tube of it. But by adding in some honey and some sugar, it makes it a LOT more tolerable and just toss in loads of blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries makes it alot better! I feel better today, gonna try to keep this up this week and not buy at the food court all this week. Baby steps, right?

I figure maybe if I get my diet better, maybe the motivation to workout will soon follow suit. Domino affect anyone? Hopefully. lol

Sounds like a plan. It's true about healthy eating. Keep up with the good work.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Just updating you ladies with some pics I took today. I didn't realize that I am APL. I have areas that are shorter, basically my perimeter but it's growing back in leaps and bounds... I'll post more of the same area in 30 days...

It looks good. It's nice when our hair surprises us. Please post more pics. We will be waiting. Thanks for checking in.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hello ladies, this is check in for me. I hope everyone is doing well. By all the posts and responses it seems like everyone is doing well and sticking to therir regimes.

My hair is acting a little funky and I don't know why. I can't really tell when I need a protein treatment but I'm going to give myself one in a few days. I'm also going to pull out that Splitender and give myself a needed trim.

I have been faithfully doing my oil massages and it seems like I have all this newgrowth that seems excessive, but I'm not sure. I try to measure the new growth but then it seems to blend into my other hair. My hair feels so thick at the top and so thin at the bottom. I am seriously thinking about giving myself a touchup. I was going to wait until July, but I don't think I can. Perhaps I will do it before the end of this challenge.

I tweaked some thing in my regime. I stopped during Rhassoul clay/butter treatments for awhile. Maybe once a month. I also will start using infusium 23 leave in with oils and water as my leave in. I love Mizani coconut soufflé hairdressing and will continue to use it. I will use a clarifying shampoo on Wednesday and then followup with ORS hair mayo mixed with egg. I will substitute my clay treatment with henna shampoo powder mixed with conditioner for my wash day on Saturday and follow up with butter treatment. I'm hoping this will improve my hair and get it out of this funk.

I went back to combing my hair. But what I've noticed is that there is very little hair in my comb. Even when I fingercomb, there is very little hair that comes out. What's up with this. Is this good or not.

I'm still working on some things, but I will be so busy this week, I will try to make adjustments inbetween. I will give updates, and keep everyone posted. The basic things I'm focus like exercising, oiling scalp, massaging scalp, taking supplement etc., but this healthy eating, inversion I have to work on. I'm trying and will not give up and you ladies continue to do the same. Stay consistent and focus and we will all get there with healthy long increased inches.

 

[JaneBond007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Well, I damaged my hair again, trying to get out the indigo. Can't do bleach, esp. twice. LOL. Anyhoo, while it's cut short, I don't mind cutting again just to get rid of the fried stuff. I've got about 4 inches or so of natural hair and I just wanna see the curls again. Won't rule out the BKT for when I want it pin straight. But I need to push it out fast and got biotin, my first time. After 2 doses of 5,000 mcg, I feel a warmth on my scalp. 12 inches a year just seems so little, I want more and I bet I'll get it. Will return to my regular of some sort of legume eaten daily. It helped in the past. MSM combined also helped. I want that 3/mo. again. Diff. weather up here, but I'm pushing for it. Just hope I don't break out. This is my year to revamp what I want vs. what I do to achieve it. All things have changed.

ETA: Oh, gotta get the lecithin too.

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

caliscurls[/USER];19736275]I'll swing by there and check it out. I've been using the fitbit app only with my iPhone and I love it...I just hate carrying my phone everywhere which is what you have to do without their actual device.

Please let me know what you find. I want to get something. I just haven't researched enough. Fitbit may still be the best out there.

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Just updating you ladies with some pics I took today. I didn't realize that I am APL. I have areas that are shorter, basically my perimeter but it's growing back in leaps and bounds... I'll post more of the same area in 30 days...

Fabulous.....

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Is this an attachment for a electric massager?

No it is just a handheld massager. I think I got it from Morrocco Method or Terressentials. Can't remember which. It's soft, rubbery and flexible.

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hello ladies, this is check in for me. I hope everyone is doing well. By all the posts and responses it seems like everyone is doing well and sticking to therir regimes.

My hair is acting a little funky and I don't know why. I can't really tell when I need a protein treatment but I'm going to give myself one in a few days. I'm also going to pull out that Splitender and give myself a needed trim.

I have been faithfully doing my oil massages and it seems like I have all this newgrowth that seems excessive, but I'm not sure. I try to measure the new growth but then it seems to blend into my other hair. My hair feels so thick at the top and so thin at the bottom. I am seriously thinking about giving myself a touchup. I was going to wait until July, but I don't think I can. Perhaps I will do it before the end of this challenge.

I tweaked some thing in my regime. I stopped during Rhassoul clay/butter treatments for awhile. Maybe once a month. I also will start using infusium 23 leave in with oils and water as my leave in. I love Mizani coconut soufflé hairdressing and will continue to use it. I will use a clarifying shampoo on Wednesday and then followup with ORS hair mayo mixed with egg. I will substitute my clay treatment with henna shampoo powder mixed with conditioner for my wash day on Saturday and follow up with butter treatment. I'm hoping this will improve my hair and get it out of this funk.

I went back to combing my hair. But what I've noticed is that there is very little hair in my comb. Even when I fingercomb, there is very little hair that comes out. What's up with this. Is this good or not.

I'm still working on some things, but I will be so busy this week, I will try to make adjustments inbetween. I will give updates, and keep everyone posted. The basic things I'm focus like exercising, oiling scalp, massaging scalp, taking supplement etc., but this healthy eating, inversion I have to work on. I'm trying and will not give up and you ladies continue to do the same. Stay consistent and focus and we will all get there with healthy long increased inches.

I would say less hair in your comb is a good thing. Hopefully your regimen changes will get your hair back in the groove. You are doing massages so don't stress on the inversion too much. Do focus on the healthy eating Keep up all of your good work.

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

So I haven't posted since Wednesday? I will just pick up from yesterday.

Monday
...Vitamins...check
...Water...check
...Scalp treatment....skipped
...Brought my lunch...NA
...Tea spritz...skipped
...Baggying/Water Rinse/Cowash/GHE...skipped
...Smoothie...skipped
...Exercise...skipped
...Visualization...check

Tuesday
...Vitamins...check
...Water...check
...Scalp treatment....check
...Brought my lunch...check
...Tea spritz...check
...Baggying/Water Rinse/Cowash/GHE...check
...Smoothie...check
...Exercise...skipped
...Visualization...check

 

[jbwphoto1]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

So I haven't posted since Wednesday? I will just pick up from yesterday.

Monday
...Vitamins...check
...Water...check
...Scalp treatment....skipped
...Brought my lunch...NA
...Tea spritz...skipped
...Baggying/Water Rinse/Cowash/GHE...skipped
...Smoothie...skipped
...Exercise...skipped
...Visualization...check

Tuesday
...Vitamins...check
...Water...check
...Scalp treatment....check
...Brought my lunch...check
...Tea spritz...check
...Baggying/Water Rinse/Cowash/GHE...check
...Smoothie...check
...Exercise...skipped
...Visualization...check

faithVA, I like this checklist. I'm stealing it. I can take out vitamins as I take those with regular daily meds and remove the tea spritz. I'll add moisture spray and swap juice for smoothie. Thanks much!

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

faithVA, I like this checklist. I'm stealing it. I can take out vitamins as I take those with regular daily meds and remove the tea spritz. I'll add moisture spray and swap juice for smoothie. Thanks much!

Steal On. The more people use it, the more it will remind me

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I would say less hair in your comb is a good thing. Hopefully your regimen changes will get your hair back in the groove. You are doing massages so don't stress on the inversion too much. Do focus on the healthy eating Keep up all of your good work.

Thanks girl. I had so much on me this week and I just couldn't get it together. Now my schedule has lighten and I'm good to go. I want to get back into healthy eating because I know it contributes to hair growth. Hopefully I will get better this weekend.
Thanks for the encouraging words.

 

[Mskraizy]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hello ladies, this is check in for me. I hope everyone is doing well. By all the posts and responses it seems like everyone is doing well and sticking to therir regimes.

My hair is acting a little funky and I don't know why. I can't really tell when I need a protein treatment but I'm going to give myself one in a few days. I'm also going to pull out that Splitender and give myself a needed trim.

I have been faithfully doing my oil massages and it seems like I have all this newgrowth that seems excessive, but I'm not sure. I try to measure the new growth but then it seems to blend into my other hair. My hair feels so thick at the top and so thin at the bottom. I am seriously thinking about giving myself a touchup. I was going to wait until July, but I don't think I can. Perhaps I will do it before the end of this challenge.

I tweaked some thing in my regime. I stopped during Rhassoul clay/butter treatments for awhile. Maybe once a month. I also will start using infusium 23 leave in with oils and water as my leave in. I love Mizani coconut soufflé hairdressing and will continue to use it. I will use a clarifying shampoo on Wednesday and then followup with ORS hair mayo mixed with egg. I will substitute my clay treatment with henna shampoo powder mixed with conditioner for my wash day on Saturday and follow up with butter treatment. I'm hoping this will improve my hair and get it out of this funk.

I went back to combing my hair. But what I've noticed is that there is very little hair in my comb. Even when I fingercomb, there is very little hair that comes out. What's up with this. Is this good or not.

I'm still working on some things, but I will be so busy this week, I will try to make adjustments inbetween. I will give updates, and keep everyone posted. The basic things I'm focus like exercising, oiling scalp, massaging scalp, taking supplement etc., but this healthy eating, inversion I have to work on. I'm trying and will not give up and you ladies continue to do the same. Stay consistent and focus and we will all get there with healthy long increased inches.

Hang in there. It must be awesome to be seeing all of that thickness at the root of your hair. You're definitely doing some things right in your regimen! Keep it up! Your comparison pics are gonna look AWESOME! Just imagine what kinda progress you'll see when you compare your start to finish of this challenge!

 

[Mskraizy]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I stopped the inversion thing on day 4 and most likely won't be trying it again for awhile. I was starting to get a shortness of breath and constantly feeling choked. I'm thinking it's because I let my iron get too low again so I'm back on the iron tablets. I may try it again next month, maybe. I haven't noticed any specific increase in my hair anyway, maybe the scalp massages are enough...

I'm thinking about protective styling for the rest of the year again. I just don't feel like my hair is budging. Like it got to MBL and....that's where it's gonna stay. Since my hair flourishes more with protective styling I figure I'll do that but I'm just gonna PS in my own hair which means twists and braids for DAYS! I don't wanna get too reliant on my yarn braids again this year.

I'm SO CLOSE. Waist length is like right -------->THERE. At least I think it is. I just want it to be waist length so I can flat iron it already! I just always wanted to wait to flat iron my hair at a really long length I've never seen on myself before. C'MOOOOON TWO INCHES! lol

So back into the twists ladies. Time to get boring again.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

So I have Iliotibial Syndrome in my right leg says the Doc. It's very painful, takes many weeks to heal and why did it happen you ask? That damned "bend down touch my toes" for that one week I did my inversion differently. I failed to stretch and warm up my muscles. Big mistake and now I'm paying for it :/ not sure when I'll be comfortable enough to do inversions again. My leg really hurts

 

[Mskraizy]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

So I have Iliotibial Syndrome in my right leg says the Doc. It's very painful, takes many weeks to heal and why did it happen you ask? That damned "bend down touch my toes" for that one week I did my inversion differently. I failed to stretch and warm up my muscles. Big mistake and now I'm paying for it :/ not sure when I'll be comfortable enough to do inversions again. My leg really hurts

Wow. I'm so sorry to hear that. I stopped because it was making me feel choked and I couldn't really breathe. It's really not something to just "jump up and do" you do have to take precautions with this, I just didn't know my side effects would be so serious.

Geez, I hope you heal up soon!

The things we do for long, beautiful hair...

 

[PinkSunshine77]

Wow. I'm so sorry to hear that. I stopped because it was making me feel choked and I couldn't really breathe. It's really not something to just "jump up and do" you do have to take precautions with this, I just didn't know my side effects would be so serious.

Geez, I hope you heal up soon!

The things we do for long, beautiful hair...

Thank you! It's getting a little better.. I know what you mean. I did start scalp massages. I need my inch monthly

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I'm just slacking.

No checklist needed for Wednesday or Thursday. I took my vitamins, drank my water, brought my lunch or ate a healthy lunch and had my smoothie. I spritzed my hair and that's it.

I didn't do any exercise and I devoured an entire box of girl scout cookies. I still managed to lose 1/2 pound.

Warmer weather is coming next week. Next week will be better.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Well, I damaged my hair again, trying to get out the indigo. Can't do bleach, esp. twice. LOL. Anyhoo, while it's cut short, I don't mind cutting again just to get rid of the fried stuff. I've got about 4 inches or so of natural hair and I just wanna see the curls again. Won't rule out the BKT for when I want it pin straight. But I need to push it out fast and got biotin, my first time. After 2 doses of 5,000 mcg, I feel a warmth on my scalp. 12 inches a year just seems so little, I want more and I bet I'll get it. Will return to my regular of some sort of legume eaten daily. It helped in the past. MSM combined also helped. I want that 3/mo. again. Diff. weather up here, but I'm pushing for it. Just hope I don't break out. This is my year to revamp what I want vs. what I do to achieve it. All things have changed.

ETA: Oh, gotta get the lecithin too.

You got 3 inches in a month, really. I found that cassavia which is neutral henna damaged my hair so bad some months ago. I stopped using it. I just finished giving myself a henna and indigo treatment. I have no problem with them.

It seems like you are on the right track. Have you tried mustard powder or mustard oil. They both stimulate the scalp and I also mix in cayenne pepper. I do this twice a week as prepoo for 60 minutes and then wash out. I think this is why I have so much newgrowth. My whole scalp tingles. Google it to see what you find.

We're all hoping for increased inches whether it be 6, 8 12 and beyond. Thanks for checking in and hoping for the best in getting your hair back on track. Keep us posted.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hang in there. It must be awesome to be seeing all of that thickness at the root of your hair. You're definitely doing some things right in your regimen! Keep it up! Your comparison pics are gonna look AWESOME! Just imagine what kinda progress you'll see when you compare your start to finish of this challenge!

Start to the finish, I'm hoping that I will see some progress.

My hair is doing better. I'm thinking perhaps the ph was off on some of the products I was using and made my hair a little funky. I stopped using my homemade moisturizing spray and elected to use Kimmeytube leave in recipe and all seems well. I'm going to clarify my hair this weekend and then give it a protein treatment. Do you know a good clarifying shampoo?

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I stopped the inversion thing on day 4 and most likely won't be trying it again for awhile. I was starting to get a shortness of breath and constantly feeling choked. I'm thinking it's because I let my iron get too low again so I'm back on the iron tablets. I may try it again next month, maybe. I haven't noticed any specific increase in my hair anyway, maybe the scalp massages are enough...

I'm thinking about protective styling for the rest of the year again. I just don't feel like my hair is budging. Like it got to MBL and....that's where it's gonna stay. Since my hair flourishes more with protective styling I figure I'll do that but I'm just gonna PS in my own hair which means twists and braids for DAYS! I don't wanna get too reliant on my yarn braids again this year.

I'm SO CLOSE. Waist length is like right -------->THERE. At least I think it is. I just want it to be waist length so I can flat iron it already! I just always wanted to wait to flat iron my hair at a really long length I've never seen on myself before. C'MOOOOON TWO INCHES! lol

So back into the twists ladies. Time to get boring again.

Girl, you just do you! We love your hair and you will get those 2 inches. Just don't give up! Just like everything else, we plateau, but then we shake things up again to get things moving. The twists are a good protective style and no doubt will lead to increased growth. Cheering you on!