Hair Growth and Weight Loss Challenge 2013

Mixed bag boxing tonight (did it yesterday too). My push-ups on my knuckles are getting much better and I didn't tire out to easy this time. I see/feel the improvement! :yep:

Not much going on with my hair. Washed and DC'ed on Sunday, so I'm braided up under my ole faithful wig. Will Co-wash tonight after working out.
 
strawbewie said:
Weight: I did Couch to 5K wk2/day1 it was a struggle. I also did ab ripper X. I weighed in on Sunday lost a pound. Still eating vegetarian/vegan.

Hair: I'm still wigging it. Will co-wash Wednesday, still using MN every other day and sulfur oil mix in between.
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I plan to start Couch to 5K with my friend next week. Hopefully the buddy system will help!
 
HAIR :
Been consistent with my regimen, my MN mix and PS for the whole last week. Sunday made a braid out. I will do a Co-wash tomorrow, my hair is again in a PS since yesterday night.

WEIGHT:
Yesterday reinstalled my home gym so I can start with my workouts. I do train at home, the routine I've planned is based on Destroying the fat (i guess is the name in english) writen by Thibadeau. The diet i'm doing is just IF, having one big meal per day, a low carb big meal (i will keep a low carb diet if not affect my workouts)

I weight myself everyday, i know it fluctuates so that's why i get the weight trend in a Android App. I don't do measures, but as soon as i get below the 100kgs i will start doing so. I will be writing my weight everyday in the thread :)

January 2013
07 - 118.7kgs // 261.1lib
08 - 118.1kgs // 259.8lib
 
Hey ladies!

Yesterday I was able to get 1hr of cardio, 50 push ups, but I only did 75 squats.. :ohwell: After that hour my legs were shot. Ended the night with belly dance class so overall it was a good day. I ate about 2000 cals...still didn't hit my net goal but I was stuffed and sleepy. :nono:

Today I will do my cardio in the afternoon... trail running! Yay! :ohwell:

londonfog I have a love hate relationship with jump ropes.. lol that's hardcore girl

koolkittychick 14lbs is amazing! Way to go! Keep up the hard work!

apple_natural great job on the calories!

aliyah7 I'm going to try really really hard to only weigh myself on Sunday this week... :giveup:

I'm stoked to be back belly dancing... I haven't really lost any of my moves either...
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LadyEuphoria007 said:
@tania I have an app that I track on daily too... I just have to know! lol

IDK how I'm going to make it till Sunday.
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I know!! :lachen:
For me is a very important part of my routine. And is not that I think the weight is more important than the bf% od body meassures cause I know better than that, but is something I do to motivate myself as well.

So already made my trainning, it was hard causa i have 4 months I don't lift anything. Today worked my lengs hamstrings and quads and also did the 20 minute workout from Turbo Jam ... died after that :lol: but felt soooooo gooooood
 
LadyEuphoria007 said:
@aliyah7 I'm going to try really really hard to only weigh myself on Sunday this week... :giveup:
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I sat there and let myself weigh today (two days since weigh-in). I actually gained a pound. I was like WHAT!!!??
I know it doesn't seem like much, but I've done this diet before and would normally lose like 4-6 in like two to three days.

I have only been walk/jogging once a day for about 15min. since I started the Mini Challenge, been too tired to do much more exercise. I believe it's due to my low calorie diet. Around 1200 calories.

I don't know, I thought about maybe finishing out this week with this diet then move on to my HCG alternative drops. Just a thought. I just want this weight off quick while I'm into it.:ohwell:
 
Checking in: Hair seems to be doing ok. I did a light protein treatment because I thought I was seeing some broken hairs. I don't know if the issue has been corrected. I've been wearing it in twists and Celie braids under a satin cap and beanie, so yeah.

As for working out: *sigh* My daughter hasn't been feeling very well, so no gym for me for the past couple days. I've been doing ok with my clean eating and drinking water though. I did just have some french fries, but I'm not sweating it.
 
I got my house all nice and clean the first week of the year. School is back in, it's time to focus on my workouts. I plan to burn 2,000 calories through cardio this week. I track calories burned using my Polar HRM. I also have to figure out what I'm going to do with my hair when I start going to the gym again. I love working out at home because its whatever, but I have to be concerned with how I look to a degree when I go to the gym. :crazy:

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I like all this talk of running. I ran a 5K in November and I've been a bum since then!

You lovely ladies are inspiring me! :)

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Knocked out another 45 min of cardio tonight. Want to try the 30 min circuit room at Planet Fitness tomorrow.
 
P90x and jogging complete.
Head is still not done. Lol.
But its ok bc I MIGHT go swimming tom.

Abs and purchasing healthy snacks are on the to-do list.
 
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Joining!

Hair Goals:

Current Length: 10 inches all over (about APL)
2013 Goal Length: Bra-strap length or 14 inches
Relaxed, natural, texlaxed: Natural
Hair type: 4 A/B
How you will achieve goal: no heat, vitamins, 365 PS, weekly DCs

Weight/Fitness Goals

Highest Weight: 166/ 75
Current Weight: 142/ 64.7
Goal Weight: 125/57
Current Dress Size: 8/9
Goal Size: 5/6
Fitness Goal: Exercise everyday
How you will achieve goal: Clean eating, IF, Green Smoothies, and Insanity

Update: 2nd week of Round 2 Insanity. Off to complete Cardio Recovery. Clean Eating has been on since the new year. I'll be doing an IF on Thursday morning until Friday night. Who's up for a high raw diet?

As for hair, keeping these box braids until March 1. Less is best. Deep conditioning with heat + retread today. It always leaves my hair so soft and shiny.
 
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shyekiera said:
hmph!!!! i can't run to the mailbox!!!:nono:
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I couldn't either at one time. I did something similar to the "Couch to 5K" thing some years back, but it was my own plan. I first worked on walking for an hour straight and then I started adding small runs. I would walk 10 minutes, then run for 1 minute, then walk until I could catch my breath, repeat. I kept adding run time as I got stronger. The next thing you know I was running for 30 minutes straight. I would get out there 3 - 4 days per week.

I have to do the exact same thing to get back into running shape now! I call it walk/jogging, I say it as one word. "I'm going walk/jogging today" :lol:
 
BGT said:
Anyone on My Fitness Pal? I'm dford5.
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aliyah7 said:
Hey, jprayze, good to see you hear!
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apple_natural said:
How can I add the fitness pal ticker to my signature?

Downloaded a couch to 5k app.. RunDouble. It looks pretty cool. I guess I can add this to my Zumba and pilates. I go to centergy once a week, too. That is more for relaxation and stretching, though.
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I'm on MyFitnessPal - I just re-activated my account today.

I have a Polar Heart Rate Monitor FT-80 and a bluetooth sensor that I can use to capture my workout stats. I will see if I can get it to work this morning.

I'll come back here later today to find all the MFP members in this challenge. I like this site because it can capture my workout data from my Polar unit + I need accountability right now badly.

Please add me to MFP I'm AtlantaJJ
 
I lost 3 lbs since my last weigh in. I want to be excited but it's hard knowing I was 40 lbs smaller 2 years ago and was trying to lose then. :nono: I can't really be excited until I hit 15+ because I gain 3 lbs easily with my period. :lol:
 
So I got a tablet for my birthday (yay me!) and went wild on free Google apps even weight tracking and fitness ones like Noom which has been talked about on talk shows. I started doing bodyweight exercises and random in home cardio so I won't have an excuse if I don't feel up to the gym. Pair that up to more bunning and fixing my diet, this year is up to a good start.:-)
 
I boosted my treadmill run up to 2 miles yesterday and did it again today!! :grin: I knew if I could do it yesterday then I would today too but I think my carbs that I eat before hand made the difference. I usually do 1 packet of instant oatmeal about 45 minutes to an hour before and that has a pretty decent amount of carbs for my energy to run. I ate oatmeal yesterday and I was able to run 2 miles without too much self encouragement. Well today I had about a cup of some mixed fruit & a boiled egg an hour before which the fruit has way more carbs than the oatmeal does. HECK NAWW :nono:!!!! I was struggling at a half a mile and didn't think I was gonna make it a whole mile let alone 2 of them. I had to zone out & listen to fast music the whole time but I pushed myself. Back to the oatmeal it is for the rest of my runs.

It wasn't that I felt weighed down or anything and I definitely wasn't hungry but I sure didn't feel like something was right. Not too sure what happened on that one.
 
I forgot that I weighed in at 210 in October so I'm actually down 8 lbs total and not just 3 like I thought.
 
londonfog said:
I usually do 1 packet of instant oatmeal about 45 minutes to an hour before and that has a pretty decent amount of carbs for my energy to run. I ate oatmeal yesterday and I was able to run 2 miles without too much self encouragement. Well today I had about a cup of some mixed fruit & a boiled egg an hour before which the fruit has way more carbs than the oatmeal does. HECK NAWW :nono:!!!! I was struggling at a half a mile and didn't think I was gonna make it a whole mile let alone 2 of them. I had to zone out & listen to fast music the whole time but I pushed myself. Back to the oatmeal it is for the rest of my runs.

It wasn't that I felt weighed down or anything and I definitely wasn't hungry but I sure didn't feel like something was right. Not too sure what happened on that one.
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Hmm, Since I started my eating plan, I noticed I felt too weak to do all my certain exercises. I am basically doing a low carb, low sugar diet. (Well, at least I was for a few days.) I see most the ladies on here are doing lots of exercising and jogging, etc, but then I noticed that they are also eating like 1600-2000 calories.
Looks like I may need to change up my plan a little to see what will work better. I DO NOT like feeling too weak to exercise!:nono:
Got off the bandwagon a couple days and ate crazy, But want to get back focused. Keep trying to find something that will work.

Good success to ALL!
 
Hair : Today i put my hair in twists, smaller than usual. I hope they can stay on untill next weekend, is easier to apply my MN when in twists

Here's a picture
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Weight : Did not workout today as i went to bed at 5:00am so sleep untill 6pm and did not have time, but diet and fasting hours were ok

January 2013
07 - 118.7kgs // 261.1lib
08 - 118.1kgs // 259.8lib
09 - 117.1kgs // 257.2lib
 
I did Jillian Michael's 6 week 6-pack this morning. I'm so excited because my Polar HRM tracks my calories through an app that connects to MyFitnessPal. This helps me actually get in my workouts because I'm in to statistics. I need to burn 2,000 calories this week so I'll hit that goal.
 
I didn't check in last week but I am on point! I ate well and began running my couch to 10K app three days a week (tues., thurs., sat.) and bootcamp in the am, three days a week (mon. , wed., and friday).

I completed 2-5K's and 1-10K race a year ago but I need to regain my running endurance. However, since I'm not a true beginner I'm running two of the days at a time; so six days over the course of three days. Totally manageable and I'm loving the challenge. :yep:
I'm in the MN challenge and using Wild Growth Oil in between. I pre-"pooed" (avocado/aloe/coconut oil), co-washed (AsIam) and deep conditioned my hair this week... it was like butter. :yawn:

I really need to co-wash an additional day during the week but otherwise.... I am still inspired and the post from all of you are keeping me going.
 
Taina said:
Hair : Today i put my hair in twists, smaller than usual. I hope they can stay on untill next weekend, is easier to apply my MN when in twists
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Your twists are beautiful. How do you get them like that? How long do they last? Thanks.
 
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