Hair Growth and Weight Loss Challenge 2015

[faithVA]

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.

I'm glad you are going to something that is realistic and maintainable. There is a lot of advice that dropping too low in calories is counter productive causing your body to store versus burn. Make sure you get all of your nutrients in to make sure your body has what it needs to support your daily functions.

Nothing wrong with 2 lbs per week. It will get you there and you won't kill anyone from hunger along the way

 

[Leo24Rule]

Is it too late to join?

 

[davisbr88]

@Leo24Rule nope!
Welcome! And feel free to post your stats

 

[davisbr88]

@Prettymetty : Did you ever figure out how to keep your hair stretched with your workouts? I just did my summer trim and I had SOOOO many SSKs. I can't deal with them anymore. I don't want to go completely straight, but I am thinking of taking up heat stretching again. My issue is my roots revert and tangle since I sweat in my scalp. :-/

 

[Prettymetty]

My roots revert instantly, but my ends are still fairly straight. My blowout is already 2 weeks old and it still looks good (with a headband)

 

[davisbr88]

@Prettymetty: Do you tend to get tangles when your roots revert? If so, how do you combat them? I think the only thing I can do is comb them out everyday but that's too much manipulation for me.
I'm wearing a blown out braid out today. Maybe I can keep them stretched by putting my hair in a high ponytail and braiding the tail before tonight's work out?

ETA: Down another 0.8 today. I'm really not going to weigh again until Monday (hopefully)!

 

[Prettymetty]

@davisbr88 usually I get tangles, but my new stylist used Keratine Thermique on my hair (anti humidity) so I can still comb through my hair daily with no resistance or breakage. I'm going back Friday and I want her to use the same products. This does not look or feel like my hair. It's softer, smoother and everything.

 

[davisbr88]

@Prettymetty You may have answered this already earlier in the thread, but how often do you get blow outs? Now that some of my hair is bleached, I think I need to make sure I DC every week, so I was thinking tension blow outs on medium weekly.

 

[Prettymetty]

I go every 2-3 weeks. In the cooler months I can make it last 4 weeks.

 

[Leo24Rule]

Hair Goals
Current Length: Curly-BSL (Wet)/APL (dry), HL stretched
2015 Goal Length: BSL (Dry) & a full HL when stretched
Relaxed, natural, texlaxed: Natural
Hair type: 3C
How you will achieve goal: Continue with my pill popping (Garlic, Hair Skin & Nails, Bamboo, Multi-vitamin), drink Bamboo tea, stay away from scissors, moisturize the ends daily, & protective styles.

Weight/Fitness Goals
Current Weight: 208
Goal Weight: 170
Current Dress Size: 10-12 (L) but can fit into my Mediums
Goal Size: 6-8 (M)
How you will achieve goal: Exercise, drink 1 Gallon of water daily, consume mostly fresh veggies and fruits, limit carbs.

 

[Leo24Rule]

Last week when I went to the doctor and got weighed in I went from my heaviest at 215 to 208. I lost 7lbs ya'll!

 

[TwistedRoots]

Heyyyyy! Long time no check in! Well I've been doing a vegan cleanse/fast for 11 days! I finally broke that 145-144 era and I'm down to 139.7lbs and I'm so excited! Only 9.7 more to my goal! On top of that I just feel an overall oneness. I've been meditating and praying... I feel amazing! On Monday I started running in the morning... I also plan to start those barre classes.


As for my hair... I finally dyed it its a couple of tones shy of honey blonde. It was dry but not anymore I'm using the LOC method...all though my l is a leave in... Kinky Curly. I use an oil from Carols Daughters can't think of the name... And this new butter I have from Naturally smitten as well as the custard for my cream part and my curls look sooo good. This is the second time natural and I had no idea my curls could be so defined! Only in certain areas now it's almost my entire head! Things are looking good. I'm on a role lol!

 

[TwistedRoots]

Last week when I went to the doctor and got weighed in I went from my heaviest at 215 to 208. I lost 7lbs ya'll!

Yaaaaaay!!! Congrats! && Welcome!

 

[TwistedRoots]

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.

I'll get to my weight goal by the end of the summer...my hair goal...never. Lol

 

[TwistedRoots]

Guess who is in the 140s? This girl! I weighed in at 149 this morning. Unfortunately I am super hungry and headed to Chickfila so I shouldn't celebrate just yet lol

Whoop! Congrats! Knocking those lbs out!!

 

[apple_natural]

Still 187. Need to get inspired to workout again.... I got thrown off schedule now it's so hard

 

[Leo24Rule]

When I was working the 2 jobs and attending Grad School breakfast consisted of a fiber one bar and fresh OJ or fiber one bar, fresh fruit, and water. I work at the school district during the academic school year and when it was lunch time I would just pile fresh fruits and veggies on my plate and have at it with my gallon of water. I seriously lived in my car with all the comings and goings. On my way home to change for my second job as a restaurant manager I would snack on seaweed, nuts, fruit and veggies. At work only eat protein usually a salad, protein burger, or some kind of sandwich on wheat but carbs were to an all time low. I also worked out using pinterest for those ab/squat challenges. Let me tell you all that worked!

I'm really sure at 1 point I lost well over 7 lbs, but since my schedule has changed I haven't been able to get motivated to workout again.
@apple_natural let's start Monday?! 170lbs is where I was in undergrad, but 150 lbs was as a senior in high school

 

[davisbr88]

@TwistedRoots you WILL reach your hair goal! Claim it, girl!
@apple_natural @Leo24Rule I also just started working out again so I will definitely be leaning on you all for motivation.

Down another 0.2 today (I know I wasn't supposed to weigh but I was nosy!) and almost 1 pound below my 2-lb per week goal. I know people say you aren't supposed to weigh everyday, and I definitely used to obsess over it, but now it doesn't seem like such a big thing to just check up on myself in the mornings. Although I never weigh during my cycle - - that's just asking for depression!
Maybe it's not such a big thing because I'm not putting a huge amount of pressure on myself to lose like 10 lbs a week anymore. How often do you all weigh?

 

[davisbr88]

OH! @Prettymetty the braided ponytail worked! My roots definitely reverted (only in the middle because my top and bottom layers were stretched by the ponytail), but did not get a chance to tangle since my hair was stretched. I took down the braid and got pretty good second day braid-out hair considering the sweat and all. I will definitely continue using this method! Thanks for your help and ideas. I will be looking to you for more as I continue this heat journey.

 

[faithVA]

Last week when I went to the doctor and got weighed in I went from my heaviest at 215 to 208. I lost 7lbs ya'll!

Congratulations. Keep doing what you are doing. Keep up the good work!

 

[faithVA]

Not doing much exercise but sticking to eating clean. At some point the exercise will kick in

 

[Prettymetty]

I need some cardio today. I get my hair done tomorrow anyway so it's on!

 

[Leo24Rule]

Not doing much exercise but sticking to eating clean. At some point the exercise will kick in

I think you're doing the right thing. You don't want to overwhelm yourself. Besides eating clean is the most important part of losing weight anyway, exercising is soon to follow.

 

[Leo24Rule]

I keep telling myself to continue with the Pinterest challenges and complete a month of Barry's Bootcamp, but I really want to take a twerk, barre, step-aerobics, or zumba class. Maybe in July after I've exhausted the freebies and reward myself for staying diligent.

 

[GettingKinky]

@davisbr88 I weigh myself every day. I find it helpful because I can catch problems sooner than when I weighed weekly. When I just weighed weekly, it could take 3-4 weeks to realize that my weight was steadily creeping up. Now I can catch it in about a week. It's so much easier to deal with the gain when I catch it quickly. I also have a better understanding of my normal fluctuations so I know when I need to take action and when I just need to wait it out. I also take my measurements every week. I know I'm a bit OCD, but for weight management I find it helpful.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Hey ladies. Still wearing my wigs. Still working out, eating healthy most days I'm not going to lie. Still doing my hair routine. Straightened my hair yesterday and here's where I'm at from last month. My daughter says it reaches the 8 but her finger was in the way.

 

[Prettymetty]

I really want something sweet today. I'm headed to the grocery store to get more salad stuff and to see if I can find a single serve dessert.

 

[Leo24Rule]

@Prettymetty when I want something sweet I reach for fresh fruit, dark chocolate almonds, chocolate yogurt trailmix, sherbet ice cream, make a smoothie, or yogurt.

What did you end up buying?

 

[Leo24Rule]

Today a married couple came into the restaurant which I haven't seen in maybe a couple months. The husband asked, "Is that a skinnier version of you?" I didn't find that rude actually the exact opposite. ..made me gloat.

 

[Prettymetty]

@Leo24Rule I got the single bake chocolate chip dessert. It was like 340 calories. All I had to do was add a tablespoon of water and microwave it for 45 seconds. It reminded me of when I had an Easy Bake Oven.