Hair Growth and Weight Loss Challenge 2014

toaster said:
faithVA

I've been having at least one salad a day because of you for the past six weeks or so. Lately I've been having two salads a week, but that's because I've been too lazy to make dinner. Tomorrow I think I'll make honey mustard chicken with carrots and potatoes in the crock pot.
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Nothing wrong with a lazy meal of salad.
 
GettingKinky said:
Eating salads is healthy, but maybe you have high calorie items in them. I was surprised at how much I had to reduce my calorie intake in order to lose weight. It's really not fair. It's so easy to gain and so hard to lose.
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My salads are 500 calories or less. I stick to the basics. I'm not willing to go below 1500 calories to lose weight. I would rather just focus on the exercise. I prefer to try to lose weight in a way that is maintainable long term.
 
faithVA said:
My salads are 500 calories or less. I stick to the basics. I'm not willing to go below 1500 calories to lose weight. I would rather just focus on the exercise. I prefer to try to lose weight in a way that is maintainable long term.
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I agree. Going below 1500 is not sustainable.
 
GettingKinky said:
toaster

I LOVE it!!! You're making me want to cut the rest of my bonelaxed ends off so I can try it.
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Thank you! I need about another year's worth of growth for my hair to hang that long while dry, but I bet your texlaxed hair will look beautiful in a wash and go.

But you can always cowash and wet bun, bonelaxed ends and all.
 
toaster said:
Thank you! I need about another year's worth of growth for my hair to hang that long while dry, but I bet your texlaxed hair will look beautiful in a wash and go. But you can always cowash and wet bun, bonelaxed ends and all.
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I'm not sure my hair curls. I think it might just be waves/z shapes. I need to try. I bought flax seeds I'm thinking of making my own gel.
 
toaster said:
Thought I would post some hair pictures. Cowashed and applied kinky curly knot today before bunning.
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What pretty curls you have. I didn't even consider you had curls since I always see your rollersets. And the bun is very nice too :yep:
 
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faithVA said:
How much do you have left to cut?
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About 3 inches. I'm not sure I have the heart to cut it all this year. I cut 2-3 inches in April and I'm still waiting for it to grow back. If I knew for sure that I could wash n go, I would do it. But for all my bunning, I like having length.
 
GettingKinky said:
About 3 inches. I'm not sure I have the heart to cut it all this year. I cut 2-3 inches in April and I'm still waiting for it to grow back. If I knew for sure that I could wash n go, I would do it. But for all my bunning, I like having length.
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Yeah that's a lot to cut off all at once. Keeping the length for bunning is key :yep:
 
HappyAtLast said:
Ugh. I really need to stop letting stress be an excuse not to exercise. I am determined to fight that tendency.
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HappyAtLast, exercise will help you deal with stress. Try to just squeeze in something quick and short each day so you don't view it as having to be this big ordeal. eventually you can build it up to a longer workout.


Anywaaay I dont know why I'm even in this thread cuz I keep cutting my daggone hair.
 
Whimsy said:
HappyAtLast, exercise will help you deal with stress. Try to just squeeze in something quick and short each day so you don't view it as having to be this big ordeal. eventually you can build it up to a longer workout.


Anywaaay I dont know why I'm even in this thread cuz I keep cutting my daggone hair.
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So true. Thanks so much!
 
I'm doing a clear cellophane at home right now (sitting under the dryer). The stuff is a gel and really easy to apply and not very messy. I think the tube will last at least 4 applications maybe more and it was only $26. I may have to start doing to color treatments at home to cover my grey. The. I will only have t go to the salon every 16 weeks for a touch up. That will save me tons of money. The only thing I don't like so far is that the stuff is just a bunch of chemicals and cellulose. I'd like to do cassia or henna, but it seems way to messy and time consuming.

Tomorrow I start Body Beast. I can't wait!!
 
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I purchased a FitBit Flex today because Target has 15% off all electronics (ends tomorrow) plus I got 5% off using my Target card. I'm glad I have it because now I know my daily walks are a little less than 3 miles.

The FitBit for sure cannot replace my heart rate monitor. I like knowing how many calories I burn while doing my Pilates and what my heart rate is during my walks, but on days when I don't necessarily "work out" but I do a lot of walking the FitBit will let me know how I did.
 
I hope I don't bug y'all too much, but I'm going to track my workouts and progress here. My plan is below. For my hair, I'm in crochet braids and plan to keep them till September and apply growth aids 3x weekly.
(My starting pics are a few pages back.)

5 days weekly is body weight resistance training via the Total Gym. (Sun, Mon, Thur, Fri, Sat)
4 days a week is cardio via Body Attack, step aerobics, jessicasmithtv.com and Billy Blanks, Jr. (Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat)

My eating has improved and getting better each day as I make better choices and no one can exercise for me -obvious, I know, but I have to remind myself.
 
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HappyAtLast the more post the better. You will inspire us all

Whimsy- I'm so glad we're doing body beast at the same time.

I love the cellophane treatment I did yesterday. My hair is very smooth. I think I'm going to make this a staple. And maybe even try one with color.

I did my first body beast workout this morning. I was sooo tired afterwards and I know I'm going to be very sore tomorrow.

My original plan was to use a stability ball as my weight bench but then I remembered that at one point DH bought a real weight bench, he hasn't used it in years. It was stashed under the bed in the guest bedroom and was super dusty. But now that I cleaned it off, I'm so glad I have it. Lifting on a bench is so much easier than on a ball.

I'm not following the diet exactly, but I am trying to eat close to the recommended 2200 calories at close to the right macronutrients split. 2200 calories is a lot. My stomach is having a hard time with this.
 
I worked out on the Total Gym (TG) today and did the complete "Starter" program, which is no joke. 15 different exercises! I worked! See attached.

I already had dinner and am done eating for the night. I have an early day tomorrow but I will try to do my cardio before I leave the house. Probably will do Billy Blanks, Jr. Breakfast will be rice and eggs with coffee and sunflower seeds. I'm ready!
 

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For the past two weeks I was using those goody metal barrettes on the ends of my twists to do a bun and on the ends of my braids while I was sleeping. I think that was a bad idea. I hope my ends aren't too damaged. I'm back to bobby pins.

I love how my hair feels after cellophane gloss, plus LOC and then air drying in a few twists. So soft, smooth and moisturized. I'm in love.
 

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My chest & tris aren't as sore as I thought they would be so I'm upping the weights next time.

Leg day is evil. I hate leg day so much, it's so exhausting.

I changed up my breakfast. For the past year or so I've been eating plain yogurt with berries and crushed almonds. Today I went back to my smoothies but I tweaked the recipe

Old recipe
---Frozen banana
---Frozen strawberry
---Milk
---Peanut butter

New recipe
---Frozen banana
---Frozen strawberry
---Milk
---almond butter (pure blended almonds)
---spinach

The spinach makes it look green but has a minimal impact on taste. After I finish the spinach I may try broccoli
 
I'm going to start taking better care of my ends. I keep getting multi-strand knots with lots of shed hair. Every night I'm going to LOC my ends before braiding. Then I'm going to tuck the end of my braid into the upper part of my braid instead of using a barrette or a bobby pin. I tried it last night and it worked well.
 
I broke another weight plateau. Im at an all time low since having my son. Hula hooping is fun, it's flattening my tummy and burning major calories. That's the only thing I've changed. 140s here I come :)

My hair is doing great. I oil my scalp and baggy while I workout to create steam. Afterwards my hair feels so moist and strong.
 
Prettymetty said:
I broke another weight plateau. Im at an all time low since having my son. Hula hooping is fun, it's flattening my tummy and burning major calories. That's the only thing I've changed. 140s here I come :)

My hair is doing great. I oil my scalp and baggy while I workout to create steam. Afterwards my hair feels so moist and strong.
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How long do you hulu hoop?
 
I rarely complain about my hair but...

It's a lot of work. I have low porosity, dense, hair with very thick strands. It grows pretty fast and as long as I keep is moisturized and my ends protected I retain most of my length with little breakage.

But keeping it moisturized is work. There are no shortcuts. I can shampoo, DC with steam, detangle, roller set, and sit under a hot Pibbs for 90-120 minutes once a week. That takes forever, but then at night I only have to lightly moisturize my hair. Alternatively I can cowash every morning. Every morning, because if I take a day off my hair lets me know that's unacceptable. Cowashing really only adds about 15-20 minutes to my morning routine, but I have to do it every day.

Hair is work, but I want probably 18-24 more months of growth before I enter maintenance mode, so I've got to put in the work.

(currently DCing with my hot head.)
 
I ate too much junk today. French fries and puffy Cheetos. Now I feel so bloated and yucky. I love puffy Cheetos but I need to stay away from them.

I've got my prepoo/DC in my hair. Going to wash tomorrow.
 
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