Hair Growth and Weight Loss Challenge 2014

I'm so happy I joined a gym with group classes. Even if I'm exhausted and want to give up my competitive nature won't let me. That's also why I can barely put my jacket on because I'm so sore. Oops.

Going to do a light incline treadmill walk and some stretching today. Sundays will be "rest" days.
 
On my way to the gym. Packed my bag last night. Packed my snacks for the week 2 Zip lock bags a day consisting of various vegetables (2 servings per bag) and 1 serving of fruit. I Try to switch it up. I also used a cheap punch bowl and filled it with salad and vegetables so whenever I get hungry between meals... eat salad. Doctor's orders.

At the gym I'm just going to walk the treadmill see how long I can go and see how fast/slow I'm I going.
 
I had a pretty good week. I went on 13 1.2 mile walks with my dog, and did all 6 of my p90x3 workouts. I ate ok. I didn't count how many cheat meals I had and I had too many seconds. I have to do better this week. I lost 1 pound and 70% of of it was fat so I'm happy.

On the hair side I co-washed once which I rarely do. I also washed and roller set so I've met my March hair goal. Although I'll probably do it again since I skipped February.
 
jennwantslonghurr said:
Well I got on the scale and. It. Read... 238.8 omg I lost 10.2lbs! I usually don't count the tenth of a pound but I was so surprised to be in the 230's. In total, I lost 21lbs since January. I'm hitting my goals... god I feel like I can do anything. I can do this!
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That is amazing! Congrats on your progress
 
Today was a diet bust y'all! But it's ok because I did workout and I meal prepped today. I know I'm slacking because I've gotten some good weight loss as of late. I have to get it together before this slacking catches up to me. The ebb and flow of motivation is just apart of the process for me. I wish I was fully motivated right now.
 
We went to Noodles yesterday and it was my first time. I enjoyed it. And I'm glad I found a noodles that are within my calorie count :yay:
 
Hair Goals
Current Length: MBL
2014 Goal Length: Full WL-HL
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Hair type: 4 A?
How you will achieve goal: Protective styles (i have a series on my channel)co-washing, bunning, sew-ins, roller sets full lace wigs

Weight/Fitness Goals
Current Weight: 230 ish
Goal Weight: 160
Current Dress Size: 18
Goal Size: 8-10
Fitness Goal: overall weight loss,tighten up, lose the back fat and flatten my tummy
How you will achieve goal: I use My Fitness Pal to track calories and fitness. I'm also exercise 45 min to an hour,7 days a week (until i build more muscle).
Meal prep so i never need to order out NO fast food always keep fruit, vegetables and salad fixings in the house especially trader joes low to no sodium tuna I am an excellent cook have several cooking videos up including meatless monday's I will VLOGG all of my progress on my hair and beauty channel LINK BELOW:grin:
 
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Bunnyhaslonghair said:
Today was a diet bust y'all! But it's ok because I did workout and I meal prepped today. I know I'm slacking because I've gotten some good weight loss as of late. I have to get it together before this slacking catches up to me. The ebb and flow of motivation is just apart of the process for me. I wish I was fully motivated right now.
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I was just thinking about how my motivation levels fluctuate. Whenever I start gaining I never can seem to get motivated again until I reach a new high. :nono: This time I'm going to set a clear upper limit for action. And when I reach my goal weight I'm getting new smaller clothes. When my clothes are too tight I get motivated to lose weight.
 
I had pizza!!!! I only ate half of it, so I'll eat the other half tomorrow.

Yes, that's terrible, but it's been weeks since I had pizza and that's a great feat for me! I ran intervals this morning, and will go to Zumba again tomorrow night.
 
GettingKinky said:
I was just thinking about how my motivation levels fluctuate. Whenever I start gaining I never can seem to get motivated again until I reach a new high. :nono: This time I'm going to set a clear upper limit for action. And when I reach my goal weight I'm getting new smaller clothes. When my clothes are too tight I get motivated to lose weight.
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All this... so true for me too
 
I threw the other half of the pizza away. I had a burger, fries, and a milkshake for lunch and I seriously feel sick. I ate it 5 hours ago! I just had a small bowl of raisin bran and a bottle of water, and I'm off to Zumba. I hope I don't throw up!

I have to get serious if I want to see a change. I want to say I'll wait until tomorrow, but I need to start now.
 
I said I was going to come home and ride my bike but I'm sleepy. I fixed my smoothie. I will take my vitamins. But after I get my stuff ready for tomorrow I am headed to bed. Hopefully I will feel up to it tomorrow, so I can be down to 150 by my weigh in on Thursday.
 
I'm so sleepy, but I'm out on my nightly 1 mile walk with my dog. I love/hate having a dog. :-)

ETA since I overrate at dinner ( Mexican takeout) I made it a 1.5 mile walk. I know I ate more extra calories than I burned on this walk, but hopefully it helps a little.
 
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All these large portions are catching up to me. I am up a pound today. :nono: Today I'm having spinach salad with grilled chicken for lunch.

On the hair side, I'm on day 4 of my roller set. :-)
 

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Hi ladies. Been drinking my green smoothies every day. I usually have one a day. Been making sure I up the green and lower the fruits. :look:

So far I've gotten in two workouts this week. I will go again to work my legs again. I feel like I need to train my legs heavy in order to see anything going on with them. That means two to three times per week. Everybody comments about my upper body, especially my arms. I have guns. :yep: But the midsection and legs are still lagging. I need to stay consistent and stop skipping workouts. *lesigh*
 
Just made it back home and checked my closet... you know that one closet where all the house junk is double stuffed on the shelves... yea. And I only found 1 5lb weight :look: so I will pick up a set from Target when school is out. I plan on working my arms and obliques/side rolls on Wednesdays and Saturdays.


As for my hair, we're not getting along at the moment; still braided up. Will wash on Saturday. My shampoo bar samples from kjnaturals arrived today. Can't wait to try!
 
jennwantslonghurr said:
GettingKinky that's what's up. I need to log my weight loss so I can see it graphically. I think my period tracker app allows you to do this. Your hair is very pretty btw :)
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I love the weight tracking app. I used to just weight myself once a week and keep it in a spreadsheet but I like the app better. I also think it will keep me from drifting up too far before I take corrective action.
 
If I told yall my weight today you wouldnt believe me...im so bloated that my weight is up 8.8lbs since saturday. Thats insane and extremely discouraging. Im drinking some cranberry tea to try and get rid of some of this water weight. Anyone else have a massive gain during their TOM?
 
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Prettymetty said:
If u told yall my weight today you wouldnt believe me...im so bloated that my weight is up 8.8lbs since saturday. Thats insane and extremely discouraging. Im drinking some cranberry tea to try and get rid of some of this water weight. Anyone else have a massive gain during their TOM?
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Never had 8 lbs but I am usually up 4 to 5 lbs which is how I know its heading my way. The good thing is that if you eat well and exercise consistently during that time frame you have this fabulous drop in weight at the end :yep:
 
Prettymetty 8 lbs of water retention? That does not sound like fun. Does that happen every month? But like faithVA said it will be so great when it all disappears when your TOM is over. I avoided all rice, bread and pasta today and me and the dog are going on a super long walk. I have to stop this weight gain in its tracks.
 
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Prettymetty said:
If I told yall my weight today you wouldnt believe me...im so bloated that my weight is up 8.8lbs since saturday. Thats insane and extremely discouraging. Im drinking some cranberry tea to try and get rid of some of this water weight. Anyone else have a massive gain during their TOM?
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Have you been able to identify any foods or ingredients that trigger your water retention? Maybe keeping a food journal the week before your TOM may help.

For myself I have to eliminate dairy two weeks before.
 
faithVA im not sure what triggers it, but I did have pasta 2 nights ago... I love pasta and cheese. Pretty much all the usual suspects lol

GettingKinky I have never retained this much before. Usually its up to 5lbs and its gone within a week of my cycle. It ended tuesday so I might step on the scale today
 
In one week I'm going to NOLA for 4 days. The land of delicious food and weight gain. I'm going to try and stay very low carb until I get there so I'm as small as possible before I go. I'll try to keep my splurging to a minimum, but I'm not going to deny myself that great food.
 
I have felt too tired to work out this week :sad: My eating has been mostly on point but I finished off the girl scout cookies. No more temptation :lol: I only lost .2 lbs this week but at least I am down :yep: And my clothes are feeling so much better. I had hoped to get a lot of riding in this week but hopefully will get back to it this weekend.

I'm not doing much to my hair. With the tiredness, I really don't feel like doing anything with it. I have decided I am going to try a hair rinse for my grays versus the permanent color. It didn't work for me before but my hair seems much better now so maybe it will work. I may try to do a permanent color 2x a year and a rinse 2x a year and see if that works.
 
Cowashed my hair last night. I don't usually cowash midweek, but after that workout, I needed to. Scalp and hair feel great now. I think I will start cowashing midweek so I can use up some of my stuff. :look:

I will hit the gym today after work again. This time I'll do arms and abs.
 
One of my sorority dropped 2 dress sizes in 3 weeks going vegetarian. I could do that for a little while.
 
faithVA I do rinses, my stylist calls them cellophane treatments, to cover my gray. I get them every 8 weeks. They work so much better when I get a touch up on the same day. Then the color lasts the whole 8 weeks. When I don't get a touch up it only lasts about 6. When it wears off I use mascara to cover the grays around my hairline :look: I'm afraid of permanent color.

I hope you stop feeling tired soon.
 
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