Hair Growth and Weight Loss Challenge 2015

Back on plan for eating yesterday. Did a little walk and a 10 minute tabata workout. I think I'm going to stick with the 10 minute tabata workout through June and then increase it by 5 minutes each month. No need to rush trying to get into shape. When I have time though, perhaps on the weekend I want to do my tae-bo workout. Tabata should help me get ready for it.

Weighed in at 150.6 yesterday morning. I was 149 this morning so I'm moving in the right direction.

Finally water rinsed my hair. Seeing some progress. So just have to keep water on it, keep it tucked away and stay patient.
 
Hey beauties! I have a question... What do you think you will achieve first: hair goal or body goal?

I am an inch or 2 from my hair goal (Bsl by end of year) and 20lbs away from my weight goal of 130ish lbs.

I'm starting to think that my weight goal will be reached sooner. If I keep up with my trims I may meet both goals by September in time for Ds 2nd bday.
 
Ok...so the lobster benedict I had in bed this morning didn't help my bottom line, and neither did the rib eye steak with truffle parmesan fries I had last night...but you only turn 50 once!

Back to the grind tomorrow, lol.
 
Prettymetty said:
Hey beauties! I have a question... What do you think you will achieve first: hair goal or body goal?

I am an inch or 2 from my hair goal (Bsl by end of year) and 20lbs away from my weight goal of 130ish lbs.

I'm starting to think that my weight goal will be reached sooner. If I keep up with my trims I may meet both goals by September in time for Ds 2nd bday.
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I think I will reach my weight goal 1st. I'm shooting for 145 so I have 5 lbs to go. If I can keep it together I can be there by the end of June. I don't think I will reach SL until the end of the year and then full SL the 1st quarter of 2016. I've been trying to reach both for over 5 years :nono: It has been a struggle.
 
Prettymetty said:
Hey beauties! I have a question... What do you think you will achieve first: hair goal or body goal?

I am an inch or 2 from my hair goal (Bsl by end of year) and 20lbs away from my weight goal of 130ish lbs.

I'm starting to think that my weight goal will be reached sooner. If I keep up with my trims I may meet both goals by September in time for Ds 2nd bday.
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It's hard to say.

My hair goal is WL natural and I won't get there until late 2018. I want to get down to 130lbs but my body is fighting hard to keep these last 5 lbs so I may never get there. Or if I do I can probably only maintain it for a week. So I guess I will say that I will reach my hair goal first.
 
Prettymetty said:
Hey beauties! I have a question... What do you think you will achieve first: hair goal or body goal?

I am an inch or 2 from my hair goal (Bsl by end of year) and 20lbs away from my weight goal of 130ish lbs.

I'm starting to think that my weight goal will be reached sooner. If I keep up with my trims I may meet both goals by September in time for Ds 2nd bday.
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Good question
My weight goal is changing I wanted to be at 140 but I have been lifting a lot and I seem to be stuck at 151 however my body is better ( I run faster and longer and I am getting some definition) so I think maybe I am gaining muscle mass? Not sure but I am staying off the scale and focusing on inches.

My hair goal is to be full APL and since I cut my hair in April the top has already grown back to where I started. I am thinking if this keeps up I may very well make full APL or close to it by year end.
 
I have been doing low intensity workouts since I got my hair done. As it gets closer to my next appt I can start doing more intense cardio.

I started measuring my chest, waist and hips with a tape measure. That way I can keep an eye on inches loss as well as lbs. As of right now I'm 38-28-42.
 
It has been a while since I posted so here is what is new.
I suck at cardio I am trying to get an hour each day either running/walking or swimming but I cannot quite get there..as in I get an our in maybe once a week and that is because I go to water aerobics. The crazy thing is when I walk in the morning or start my day with yoga my entire day always go better so why can't I do that everyday??
The weight lifting with extra protein is going great I lift twice a week with 30 minutes on the elliptical or stair climber - would love to get to three days but again not sure how feasible that is.
As for diet I am doing the long fasting thing so I wake up and have water and coffee until about 1 then I have a veggie juice and I start eating around 3 and stop around 11 with the bulk of my carbs at night which is what give me energy the next day. I am also getting in about 60 grams of protein a day with 8 cups of liquid (no caffeine no sugar) a day so I am rather pleased with that.
As for my hair I am still doing the MHM/Curly girl and having great results I am actually retaining my length so it is growing YAY

Like I mentioned above my body is responding - exercise is easier and I am not getting as winded or fatigued, I can see improvement in muscle tone. I do take a prework out supplement before the gym and that helps A LOT!

What sucks is some of my clothes still do not fit right and I have not lost the weight I had hoped. I think perhaps I am building muscle so maybe my body will never be as slim? You know I am just not sure about this ..I am not sure if I am maximizing my diet - I drink beer & wine and eat burgers (no bun though) and fried food.

So I am trying to find some balance first off is I feel good and I am not smoking which is something I could not say a year ago. When I choose ice cream I do it in place of wine or beer ...I am working on keeping my salt and sugar intake low...some days are better than others, but any progress is good progress right? I could not commit to P90X nor beach body (ugg can I get a refund?) but this week I am incorporating the 30 day pop sugar challenge to keep me focused on non gym days. Finally I think I am doing something right because my bp and resting heart rate is lower and when I exercise it shoots up then falls pretty fast and being over 40 I think that is important. Now for vanity the best part is while my body is not like I want it I no longer have a pot belly and my bikini looks pretty good so YAY.
 
Lots of rain and lots of drama. I don't mind the rain though.

Haven't been working out for about two weeks due to the chaos. I actually haven't been able to. I can start up again where I left off, though. I hate to fall off when I was making good progress.

I have been able to keep up the eating plan I started for myself a while ago. I'm losing still. Last morning weight was 187.2!!! I weighted just now and got 188.4 -_-..... I hope its due to the time of day and clothing. I usually weigh before i eat in the morning and without clothing. ....Either way, both beat the 197 I started with.

I redid my braids. Two weeks ago Saturday. They are in the exact same style. I just took them all down twisting each section. Then, braided them right back up.
 
apple_natural said:
Lots of rain and lots of drama. I don't mind the rain though.

Haven't been working out for about two weeks due to the chaos. I actually haven't been able to. I can start up again where I left off, though. I hate to fall off when I was making good progress.

I have been able to keep up the eating plan I started for myself a while ago. I'm losing still. Last morning weight was 187.2!!! I weighted just now and got 188.4 -_-..... I hope its due to the time of day and clothing. I usually weigh before i eat in the morning and without clothing. ....Either way, both beat the 197 I started with.

I redid my braids. Two weeks ago Saturday. They are in the exact same style. I just took them all down twisting each section. Then, braided them right back up.
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Congratulations on your weight loss.
 
I think I am going to start wearing braided styles like fishtails and French braids. They're pretty low maintenance and can withstand hot yoga. Maybe I can wear the resulting braidouts on the weekends.
@Prettymetty: I can imagine you're hot. I miss those Houston summers, though. Heat and humidity are my favorite (no, I'm not joking!).
 
TwistedRoots said:
I don't pay attention to "their" standards of overweight or obesity. For the most part we carry our weight differently so what "looks" like obese to them isn't generally the case for us. We carry a lot more of our weight in our lower portion. Lol
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@TwistedRoots, I guess it's like my doctor, an older black gentleman with more than a few old school tendencies, said about the A1C charts, "Those are white people numbers."
 
I braided my hair from Nov last year to May of this year and lost a few edges along the way. I am babying my edges back to health. On the flip side, my growth is luscious and I'm 95% sure, I will transition to natural. I have also lost 24 lbs in the last 4 months and I plan on losing 20 more in the next three months.
 
I decided to do a purple streak in my hair last night and I am loving it! I'm also proud of myself because I've begun a daily strength training routine that I love, though I keep falling victim to late night binges... smh. I need to get my life. I haven't dared look at the scale lately because of them, but I will face the music tomorrow morning and get my butt back in gear.
 
I had a good week and then I don't know what happened :lol: My body seems to want to stay around 150. Still eating right but need to cut back on the nuts. I'm back on my walking starting today and hopefully can get 3 days of cycling in this week.
 
faithVA said:
I had a good week and then I don't know what happened :lol: My body seems to want to stay around 150. Still eating right but need to cut back on the nuts. I'm back on my walking starting today and hopefully can get 3 days of cycling in this week.
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What kind of nuts do you like? I am in love with cashews. I had to stop buying them because I would eat the whole can at once
 
Prettymetty said:
What kind of nuts do you like? I am in love with cashews. I had to stop buying them because I would eat the whole can at once
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I like sooo many of them :lol: Cashews are my favorite. But I also like almonds and I like pistachios. They have a cashew, almond, pistachio mix. :nono:

I need to keep more fruit in the house then I won't go for the nuts as much. I've been making more green smoothies which helps but the nuts can still get me. I'm working on it :yep:
 
Good morning!

Down 1.8 lbs from yesterday!

I am trying to do the 2 lbs a week thing now. This isn't news to anyone, but I really thought I could make these drastic changes (cutting calories to <900, 0 carb, etc) in my eating and sustain them. I thought the initial huge drops would motivate me to keep going. Nope. And now that I'm a vegan, a lot of those yo-yo diets don't work for me since the bulk of my food is in the form of carbs.
Now I'm going the route of making the tiniest changes possible from week to week so that I can have a more realistic relationship with food.

Sure, 2 lbs per week is slow, but at that rate, I will still reach my goal this year (in November!), and I won't have deprived myself so much. The only thing I changed yesterday was eating about half of an apple as opposed to a full one. And not limiting myself so much kept me from binging last night as well.
I'm planning to only weigh on Mondays from now on, so I will try to make note of any trends. I will stick with a certain amount of food until it stops working and then make small adjustments from there.
 
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