So the hair post part of this update. I am one week post heading towards two. I was tired of trying to figure out what to do with my hair so I went ahead and got it braided up before I changed my mind again. Now in every way that is recommended not to do I've nailed a lot of them on this braid pursuit depending on who you look to for advice. I got my braids early post relaxer and they are on the small side but not crazy tiny. On the upside it's not human hair (again depending on who you talk to) so it's holding the look better and isn't super heavy on my hair. And other than a bit of itching I didn't have any headaches or pains post braiding. Now it's hard to get adjusted all this hair when I'm doing minor things but the gym movement has been good so far. Granted that's only been two workouts but I'm not doing the puffy hair pat down right now and that kinda rocks. I got some more braid spray and some braid shampoo today and we're going to see if we can get to at least the two month mark with the braids. I'm not against a potential touch up if needed. If my hair enjoys it and feels healthier then I'll get them again before my big summer trip. So my hair updates will be a little different for a while. Here's a photo of the new do.
Now the other update that may be just as big or little as the case may be lol. I have lost almost 50 pounds now. I'm about a pound way from claiming that milestone and will probably do a dance of joy when it happens. The biggest part of that is none of my clothes are fitting or were fitting so I had to finally go try on new clothes. I grabbed jeans the next size down and realized it was too big. Same thing with the tops I tried on. After a moment of disbelief I realized I am in size 14 everything lol. I finally took a photo of myself and yeah it's not the body I used to have at all. Still happy and glad to be moving forward but yeah I haven't seen this body since probably the 90s. Here's a photo of that as well.
How goes your pursuit of healthy hair and bodies ladies?
50 pounds????? Inspirational!!! you look great!
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Thanks I'll check it out this weekend. I'm enjoying being smaller now that my brain has wrapped around the smaller pants size. It took a minute though.
DeleteI'm extremely happy for you. Having followed you all these years, I can't imagine how awesome you feel about this. Keep going.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like it's been forever getting here but I finally got it all clicking along. We'll see how much more weight I drop before I say ok that's good lol.
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