2016 A P L/b S L Challenge

alex114 said:
I love yoga, so I'll probably do that twice a week, and the group excercise pass I have also offers Zumba, Pilates, kickboxing and core fitness. I'm planning to choose the 4 most convenient for me each week. I also do pole dancing. @traceedeebee
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@alex114 thats so cool! I was looking into pole fitness recently, I have a weaker side I want to fix and physio is just too boring for me. How do you think your upper body strength is now compared to when you started? You kinda inspired me to get my fitness on freal freal.

I washed my hair out Monday and attempted my first african threading to stretch, it went well.
On Tuesday I got lazy and had hair in two chunky cornrows. I looked like a mushroom with my wig on top ahah, thats what I get for being lazy. Anyway, I ended up taking out the cornrows and doing smaller sections last night.
Scalp massaging, moisturizing and sealing all throughout the week so far, so good.
 
I've been doing karate since high school so my upper body strength has always been something I work on, but pole fitness is like the next level. My upper body is way more fit than it was doing 10-12 hours of karate a week, which is crazy lol. Pole dancing seems simple, but it works so many muscle groups and shapes them beautifully.
Because I carry so much of my weight in my lower body, it took me a year and a half to finally invert. But once you're able to do certain tricks, you literally feel like a superhero vixen fairy lolol :lachen::lachen::lachen:
And if you can afford to do pole by itself, the progress really stacks up fast. Otherwise, you can do supplementary workouts to hone your core, back and arm strength.
@long.hair.dont.care
 
Ok, Ladies! I'm looking for suggestions. I've entered myself into a weight loss challenge at work. If I lose 1 lb by my next weigh in on Monday, I'm finally buying a different DC. Right now, I use a cheapie. Aussie 3 minute deep moisture. It just works for my hair.

What do you guys like to use? I'm so happy because I think I'll nail this one.
 
PlainJane said:
I trimmed tonight. There were so many ssks! I'm sure I didn't get them all but I'll feel more comfortable trimming when my hair is flat ironed.
Hopefully roller setting will keep them at bay until I big chop and do a real trim.

Is anyone else on a personal no heat challenge?
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i need heat. Fine médium hair but i prefer the results with heat. (Stretched like i want )
 
PlainJane said:
I trimmed tonight. There were so many ssks! I'm sure I didn't get them all but I'll feel more comfortable trimming when my hair is flat ironed.
Hopefully roller setting will keep them at bay until I big chop and do a real trim.

Is anyone else on a personal no heat challenge?
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I'm on a personal no heat challenge, although it doesn't feel like a challenge anymore. I just wear WnG. And dust/ trim my hair in its coil state.

I've had more knots on the bottom half of my hair this week. I've been wearing it loose and they're probably due to length, wool and cold weather. I just dusted some out last night but my hair was clipped up. It was random but I didn't want to feel them anymore. I plan to wash my hair today and will probably snip some more if need be.
 
Good morning! I went to get my hair done on Thursday and the stylist asked if I was stressed. She informed that my hair was shedding excessively and I had some breakage in areas. I'm bummed, but already acknowledged that last year was hard on my hair and health. Gotta get a regrowth regimen together.
 
PlainJane said:
I trimmed tonight. There were so many ssks! I'm sure I didn't get them all but I'll feel more comfortable trimming when my hair is flat ironed.
Hopefully roller setting will keep them at bay until I big chop and do a real trim.

Is anyone else on a personal no heat challenge?
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I have been on a personal no heat challenge since I started transitioning in December 2012. I do not plan to use heat until my hair reaches WL (about 7 more inches).
 
gvin89 said:
Good morning! I went to get my hair done on Thursday and the stylist asked if I was stressed. She informed that my hair was shedding excessively and I had some breakage in areas. I'm bummed, but already acknowledged that last year was hard on my hair and health. Gotta get a regrowth regimen together.
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Hey! Don't stay bummed for long, you will overcome! Does your regimen include anything to slow down the excessive shedding?
A little garlic oil maybe? A black tea rinse? Hmm? I havent done one in years, but caffeinated black tea rinses worked for me.
 
Trimmed my hair last night. I was tired of how thin some of my ends looked so I put them in twists and went to work. I always say I want to trim every 4 mos but it seems like I always find a way to trim sooner. So I'm going to try to use no heat for a while because I think that caused me to trim sooner than I wanted to and just keep my hair stetched. I like wearing my hair curly but I don't like the ssks I get so stretched it is.
 
PlainJane said:
I trimmed tonight. There were so many ssks! I'm sure I didn't get them all but I'll feel more comfortable trimming when my hair is flat ironed.
Hopefully roller setting will keep them at bay until I big chop and do a real trim.

Is anyone else on a personal no heat challenge?
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@PlainJane, I'm on a reduced heat challenge. Trying to only flat iron every 4-6 weeks at the most.
 
Today was CoWash Saturday for me.

  • Pre-poo'd overnight with my AVJ spritz and Hairitage Butter on my ends.
  • This morning, I applied a mixture of Curly Kinks DC, HydroQuench Honey Pineapple Hibiscus DC & Brahmi Powder and went under my heat cap for an hour.
  • Cleansed my scalp with CC Natural's Scalp Scrub and CW'd my length with Honey Handmade's Knot Going Bananas, used Garnier Triple Nutrition as a reconstructor & rinsed out 80% of the V05 Strawberry & Cream.
  • LCOB'd with L = Aphogee Curlific, C = Treluxe Untie the Knot, O = Orofluido on length & Sunny Isle JBCO on edges & B = Hairitage Horsetail Butter on scalp & Siamese Twists Pracaxi Peach ButterCreme on ends.
My hair is so spoiled.
 
long.hair.dont.care said:
Hey! Don't stay bummed for long, you will overcome! Does your regimen include anything to slow down the excessive shedding?
A little garlic oil maybe? A black tea rinse? Hmm? I havent done one in years, but caffeinated black tea rinses worked for me.
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I hadn't thought about that. I will definitely try black tea rinse and possibly order garlic oil. I also need to up my water intake. Thank you for the suggestions @long.hair.dont.care
 
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