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I have a thing for black dresses...

Women lie Men Lie, Numbers don't

Heavy in Rotation...

Life Style Changes..

OK so as you know I am going to Miami this summer, and I decided that I need to start tighting up now. I don't wanna lose lb's so i'm not calling this a diet, but more of a lifestyle change. Here's my plan, as of FEB 1:

1. Puut the chips down! I need to stop snacking so damn much and actually eat a real meal. So no more snacking, unless its on fruits and veggies

2. Eat better! Sometimes I only eat one REAL meal a day. and I can go weeks with out and veggies, so Veggies atleast 3x a week(its a start) and 3 square meals a day.

3. Sweat! I am going to do 3 30min work outs a week. I looked into Zumba, and the next session starts Feb 24,

4.Shop Healthier. I really do think if I buy healthier food, I will be forced to eat healthier. So as i run out of things I am going to replace them with better things.

5. Cook 1 healthy meal a week. Now when I say healthy I mean nothing deep fried, and covered in sauces, this will be the hard part, well and the veggies.

I am also going to give myself 7 cheat passes a month, so when I get a Mac Attack I can do so without punishment up to 7 times.. I am also not gonna drink anymore either, so the cheat passes can be used for a beer.

PUNISHMENTS..

*If I miss a work out, add an hour to the next one
*Missed veggies, add a veggie day to the next week
*Go over on cheats, subtract from the next month..

I will post a starting pic and my weekly schedule on the first.

How I airdry, and a little ditty about Setbacks...

Ok so this is the final chapter in my bout with extreme dryness, but first I would like to show you how I air dry my hair. PLease excuse the shiny forehead and the fresh from the shower look.





Anywho, I ended up washing my hair, well clarifying to remove some of the build up, and then I did a quick condtion with my Smooth as Silk conditioner, and finger combed my hair. I already detangled with my wash day and since my hair has already been through so much I decided the comb would only make matter worse.

But I digress,
1. I appied my leave-in HE LTR
2. Sealed with Coconut Oil
3. finger combed my hair once more making sure everything was applied evenly
4. tied my scarf around my head
5. pushed my scarf back slightly laying down my edges(look at the pic)
6. divided my hair into 2 pigtails making buns

I always air dry like this to pretty decent results Hope this helps


NOW ON to the CONE issue.
I am so mad at myself for being dumb enough not to realize what I was doing to my hair. This setback was so preventable, but I am thankful it could have been a lot worse. I lost only a small amount of hear due tto shedding and breakage, and here are the reason I think that is.(yes, another list)

1. I pay very close attention to my hair. Even though I have a very low manipulation regimen, I always examine my hair every night when I moisturize and seal.

2. I drink lots of water. I think that is the only reason my hair wasn't as dry as it could have been, because even though the sillicones blocked my hair from the moisturizer i appiled nightly, all the water helped keep my hair moisturized internally, if that makes sense.

3. I keep it simple. ONce I realized there was a problem it wasn't hard to figure out what was causing it. My regiment and products dn't change much so it was easy to pin point the cause.

4. i didn't freak out. The hardest thing about a setback is the fact that it ruins your confidence. My intial reaction was, WHY AM I WASTING MY TIME I WILL NEVER HAVE LONG HAIR!!!! Then I thought about some of the ladies who started with hair like mine and now have hair down their backs. It's possible you just have to have patients.

5. I am a member of several hair boards. Once I realized I was in setback city I hit the boards with avengence, researching all the products in my regimen, and looking for advice to combat the situation, and it save me and my hair!!!

Now my hair is not back 100% the way it was, but it will get there and I can move on from this and still hopefully make it to SL by July, my 1 year anniversary

I think figured it out...CONES!!!!

Its the only thing that is different in my reggie. I picked up a huge bottle of Treseme ReMOisturizng conditioner a few weekes ago because I was all out of my pre poo mix, and it was on sale. Now generally for my pre poo I use any condtioner that is cheap or one that is laying around half used waiting for my to finish. I do this mainly because I apply my pre poo very generously throughout my head so needless to say I go through a lot. Anyway, i didn't realized the re moisturize was full of cones until I got it home. Now I did some research on cones and found that the worse thing they do is cause build uo in your hair, but I figured that i have very thick 4b hair and I clarify regularly so what the heck...

Well here we are 3 weeks later and I am pretty sure that that DAMN conditioner is the reason my hair is as FUCKED as it is right now. So for my next wash I am going to clarify one more time and burn that CRAP..

I really do think that that is the problem because all my other products have been the same so I will keep you updated on the cone situation...

Oh and not all products with cones are bad, I just think this conditioner sucks because it is made up of mstly cones. A cone here or there won't hurt, but I don't think slathering them across my head and covering it with a plastic cap for 2 hours was my brightest moment...

We don't Quit, I don't Quit...

No this isn't about last nights state of the union address, although I still don't have health care, Its about my recent bout with extreme dryness. Last night I baggied for a little over 2 hours,I sprayed my hair liberally with my Aloe mix, then I applied about a dime sized amount of some ORS Hair lotion that I found in my stash of unused products, and lastly I sealed with coconut oil. One episode of Bad Girls Club, and one episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians later I took off my plastic cap and my hair was better. Not great, not even really good, but better, which is all I can ask for.

This morning when I woke up I pulled out my Sally's GVP Conditioning Balm. and applied it to my hair from tip to root section by section. After applying it throughout my entire head I finger combed it through making sure each and every strand was covered. I am off today and I have a lot of house work to do so I plan to keep this in my hair until my shower tonight. I will update again tmrw.