****APL BY THE END OF 2008 CHALLENGE****

[miami74]

thanks for the optimism............we'll see if I make any progress once I take dem braids off

You have great progress since you BC'd. I think you can get there by year end. I am hoping I can too, but I don't know. Let's all stay positive!

 

[FemmeCreole]

You have great progress since you BC'd. I think you can get there by year end. I am hoping I can too, but I don't know. Let's all stay positive!

I have braids now for just over 3 weeks. I see almost 1/2" already and it looks like it's ready to be taken off. I hope I retain the growth I see.

 

[Ivie184]

Does else anyone feel like their torso is extra long?? I swear it feels like I'll never reach apl. i hope it won't be this hard when I'm trying to get to bsl

YESSS!!!!!!!!! I have a long neck and torso. I know I will make it by summer/fall it but it just seems unreachable at times

 

[lilsparkle825]

to help me stop playing in my hair/obsessing over the next length check, i'm thinking about yarn twists like the ones i put in my sister's hair...i will keep them in her hair for about 2 more weeks to make it a month total then take them out because i'm pretty sure her hair is growing underneath. problem is i am good at doing them in other people's hair but not my own, and i refuse to pay $175+ for them when i did hers for two dollars. i just can't.

 

[CurliDiva]

I'm only 2 inches away, and it seems like it is taking FOREVER!

I know that this seems that I should reach it by Fall, but a sista would like a summer growth spurt to reach it sooner.

 

[Firstborn2]

A growth spurt would be right up my alley, I hope I get one this summer, keeping fingaz X.

 

[25Nona]

A growth spurt would be right up my alley, I hope I get one this summer, keeping fingaz X.

I'm right there with you I am prayin for a spurt. I need 2 1/2 inches to claim APL and boy o boy do I feel like it's taking forever. But when I look at my comparison pic from Feb, I've come a long way, given that earlier in May I had to do a trim because of the "W" that had formed in the back of my hair, so honestly I should be jumpin for joy and not complain about my progress because things are coming along nicely.

 

[vestaluv1]

A growth spurt would be right up my alley, I hope I get one this summer, keeping fingaz X.

If this summer is anything like last year's, I can forget the idea of a growth spurt.
I think we've had about 4 days of proper sunshine for the year .
British weather .

 

[Hair Iam]

Just wanted to say ...keep up the good work ladies

 

[kweenameena]

to help me stop playing in my hair/obsessing over the next length check, i'm thinking about yarn twists like the ones i put in my sister's hair...i will keep them in her hair for about 2 more weeks to make it a month total then take them out because i'm pretty sure her hair is growing underneath. problem is i am good at doing them in other people's hair but not my own, and i refuse to pay $175+ for them when i did hers for two dollars. i just can't.

This is what I will be doing as well....a protective style.
I want to put some more kinky dreds in my hair but DH wants me to wear my fro when he gets off the plane from Iraq.
But afterwards, you best believe that I will braid this stuff up so that I won't keep doing length checks every hour.

 

[TrendySocialite]

I don't think I can claim SL yet to be on my way to APL, but I am joining this so that I can just keep on trucking to APL. I have a feeling this will be a more challenging length to obtain, but I'm up for it.

Everyone seems to be doing well, so the motivation helps tremendously.

 

[hairsothick]

I want to join! I will post my starting pic on Saturday after my relaxer.

 

[miami74]

I have braids now for just over 3 weeks. I see almost 1/2" already and it looks like it's ready to be taken off. I hope I retain the growth I see.

That's wonderful. Do whatever it takes to retain that length girl!

 

[claudia05]

Hey, Ladies. Just a little update...
I'm 23 weeks post now (stretching till ap,l but not full apl which to me is when hair is apl not just from the back, but from the side too), hopefully my hair looks shorter due to shrinkage and not breakage or shedding ...
I'm on a personal no heat challenge so there is no way to tell where my hair is exactly, but by pulling I can tell it is not apl but close...
So hopefully by my 2nd year lhcf anni in aug, I can claim it!

 

[miss Congeniality]

I am trying to do things the "right way" now. I am hoping for a growth spurt before my 3 year mark. I am taking vitamins, increasing water intake, and doing cardio. We shall see how things go. Plus, I am still rocking my protective styles.

 

[joyandfaith]

I'm in the no-heat challenge also, so I try to stretch my hair with my fingers to determine the length, but its hard.

I had a bad dream the other day that I got my hair straightened in September and it hadn't grown an inch. Believe me...it wasn't a fun dream. LOL that's when you know you're addicted to LHCF...when you have dreams about your challenges haha

 

[LunadeMiel]

I want to join... I doubt that I'll make it but I want to try anyways. Since I'm in the bootcamp challenge I can't use heat. I will stretch a piece of hair and post it.
Here is my starting pic. Please excuse my manly shoulders... I've tried everything to get them to shrink but it looks like I was born to play football...

 

[FemmeCreole]

I want to join... I doubt that I'll make it but I want to try anyways. Since I'm in the bootcamp challenge I can't use heat. I will stretch a piece of hair and post it.
Here is my starting pic. Please excuse my manly shoulders... I've tried everything to get them to shrink but it looks like I was born to play football...

our hair is about the same length and I keep thinking that I won't make it either...but we'll see how far it goes come December......and I thought I was the only one with manly shoulders. I was working out with my SO on Friday and I was complaining about mine. I can hardly do arm workouts because them shoulders just bulk up.... I hate it!! I look like a football player

 

[sydwrites]

Come on guys, you can't be discouraged too, then who is going to convince me, lol. Im in the same boat as you guys, we're in this together so no more crazy talk

Here is my end of May check-in pic

 

[leonette]

Heres my starting point



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[Soliel185]

Checking in!

 

[LayneJ]

I attempted to straighten in early May, but before I was half-way through, my hair started to revert, so this is the best shot I have.

 

[SoSweet08]

May I join this challenge? I plan to DC at least two times a week and wear protective hair styles.

Here's a starting pic

Wet hair

 

[song_of_serenity]

I stretched out my hair as much as I could to measure but it kept curling back up. I dunno. It got longer and THICKER in comparison to April (see sig) It doesn't feel like I should CLAIM it yet, it doesn't look as long in real life as in pictures. Yes, my armpit lines are uneven. erplexed I'm going to see where I am in September before I officially do. And the blurry picture is just to show that just not that "peak" has length.
~*Janelle~*

 

[25Nona]

Hi Ladies,

Wanted to post my may check in pic. The first is my starting pic from mid Feb and the second is my now pic taken on 5/28 a little bit after I trimmed out the W in the back of my hair.





Since joining LHCF I've been washing and DCing 2 times a week and taking my Vitamins daily. The other thing that I have been doing that I didn't do pre LHCF is moisturizing twice a day. I'm also trying to be consistent with the products I'm using that way I can really see if these are my staple items. The biggest challenge for me is the moisture protein balance so that will be something that I will have to continue to work on.

 

[joyandfaith]

Great job to all you ladies posting progress pics! There's some great growing going on.

 

[lilsparkle825]

checking in. i have only been in this challenge for 3 weeks maybe so no comparison pics.

i'm transitioning so hopefully i can avoid the BC.

 

[miami74]

Hi Ladies. Here is my check in pic. Don't know if I'll make it by Dec 31th, but I'm trying.

 

[kweenameena]

thanks ladies fo posting on the check-in date. I got so wrapped up in DH's return that I forgot to post mine.
I'll be posting soon.
Great progress and great length retention (which has been one of the hardest things for me)

 

[loulou82]

I'm hiding my hair until November so I'll just post my March 30th pic. It's grown slightly from then but I'm dealing with breakage while washing. But I received some good tips so hopefully it stop. I may go into Kinky Twists after all in July.