Living Healthier

So the time has come for me to start living healthier. I intend to make some changes to my diet and exercise.

Why?

Well, in all honesty I weigh 200 lbs (#sigh). Yes, I said it. I haven't been in denial or anything and it didn't just creep up on me I saw it everyday as it packed on. Nor am I asking for your judgement regarding my lifestyle. I have been thinking about it for the past year and steadily for the last 3 months and so I just wanted to do this post to put it out there and try to stick to it. I will try to motivate myself daily and it hopes motivate someone else as well.

The other reason is how can I grow healthy long hair if I'm not healthy? Plus our hair and nails receive the last of our nutrition so it's time for me to serious about it and see if my hair growth improves. I just figured that it is time that I formally confessed to my current size and admitted to myself that I need to lose the weight.

My Plan:

http://motivat-e.tumblr.com/

Well I think that my plan is quite simple. I am going for a slow and steady route.


 I will start out by exercising first for about 1 month while making small changes to my diet at the end of that period (or I have established a solid routine) I will then focus on introducing more major chages to my diet.

Median Goal weight: 170 lbs -------> 30 lbs
Ultimate Goal weight: 140 lbs ---------> 30 lbs

I was told that I should aim for 120lbs but I remember my body at 120 lbs and I'm not try to get the "bobble head" look.

I have a hydrotherma review coming out next week.

Updo

 Hiya

So since I blow dried my hair I decided to try an updo that is similar to the plaited updo I did last month.

The original plaited updo

Let me just say that  even though my hair was blow dried it required a lot of gel and I really don't like using a lot of gel.

My flat twist bang

I must admit that I do not think I should have used kanekalon to do my bun but it's what I had lying around #sigh. These pictures are second day photos and it did it's job for those 2 days. I think I may have just become so accustomed to having thick hair that it felt kind of weird dealing with it being so thin after blow drying.

But I don't think I'm doing so bad for having a TWA but I will start taking the time to work on my edges since they haven't completely filled in (castor oil and emu oil all the way :D).

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Blow drying Natural Hair

Hiya!

So I attempted to blowdry my hair this weekend  #sigh. I always hated blow drying my hair when it was permed and this is the first time I have attempted it since my big chop last year.

Here is the result

With half the hair on my head blow dried

End Result

So I used the head protectant from Hydrotherma but it just seems extra thin so I added some grape seed oil to the mix. Things to keep in mind when blow drying your hair:

1. Have a heat protectant
2. Use your heat protectant before you blow dry your hair (not too much though)
3. Do NOT start out on your highest setting for your blow dryer work your way up
4. Do NOT use direct heat on your strands (give like a 3- 6 inch distance)
5. Do seperate your hair into sections (4 sections works for me)
6. Do seperate those sections into smaller sections- make sure that they are small enough for you to comfortably deal with.
7. Do not try to make it super straight. If you are flat ironing after I would recommend that you add heat protectant again especially if it is as light as mine was.

When blow drying I started out with my hair dryer on medium with warm air by the time I was done it was on medium with hot air.

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Today's Style

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If you live in the BVI my guess is that you had a blast this festival season. Since I only had 2 days left in the work week I decided to just do a quick style for the 2 days. Here is my style on the second day:

Yep, it's not much but for the past 2 days I've been rocking this style hard. This is what it looks like for the second day using Kinky Curly's Curling custard. I just sprayed a bit of water from my spray bottle after tying it down. Unfortunately my hair in the front does not curl that much. It's extra kinky without a hint of a curl.

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