Your hair IS back to that super long length. Your pulled hair looks like it's about 1/2 or .5 inches away from your waist!
@lalla,
BUT that body though!!!! You are shrinking and tightening up. Your body looks GREAT! Weight lifting and whatever else you are doing is working and it looks incredibly GOOD on YOU! Lead us to wherever you are posting in detail about what you are doing in terms of exercise and nutrition. In fact, drop it here and help us out with inspiration and encouragement, please!
Thank you
@Chicoro
I am so happy my hair has grown back. I have never had this much retention and I've been on LHCF for more than 15 years. Scurl + shea butter works very well, I am trying to convert all my friends and family to this. It's even easier when you wear wigs or braids.
For my body:
- I had gained some weight when I came back to France (too much good food)
- I have no hormonal or health problems, so I deduce the problem was my exercise level (fewer than 8k steps a day, some lotte berk / Callanetics) and the amount of calories I ate
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For exercise: I decided to walk at least 10k everyday, and aim at 12k. I take the metro everyday (7k), walk all the time in the office, try to dance everyday (2k) and never use uber except to go to the airport. I am currrently at 10.5k on average. I also decided to lift weights, in addition to Lotte berk, in order to change my body composition. It is hard to build muscle, but relatively easy to maintain. I didn't want to look like a "man" (very developed upper body and shoulders - it's nice to have round shoulders and lean arms, but I don't like to add too much mass) so I decided to follow the Strong Curves program. I do that + some exercises from Lotte Berk two to three times a week. I focus on good form and on setting PRs at every session (either a weight PR or volume PR). I am very proud of my progress, my body looks much better and I can do pushups now
. I feel strong and I have a lot more energy. I think I consume a bit more calories at rest now.
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Nutrition: I spent 3/4 months counting calories. I found out I was underestimating the amount I ate everyday, and it's good to know that a croissant or a madeleine is a 100kcal. Eating 6 madeleines is easy but it amounts to 600kcal. Fruit juices are actually as healthy as sodas and sometimes contain more sugar.. I tried to aim for 1200 kcals, but I am more relaxed today and I have stopped counting calories. I try to eat more protein (between 100 and 120 g a day) and a lot of vegetables. I have replaced my breakfast with a protein shake (a yoghurt, baobab powder, two scoops of brown rice protein). For lunch, I no longer have traditional desserts everyday, and replace them with yoghurt or fromage blanc (a type of cottage cheese). I usually have a salad or a soup at night. I still eat desserts, just not as often. I like animal fats for cooking (duck fat, butter). I don't have forbidden foods. I also look for healthy and tasty recipes that I can cook very easily. Thai beef salad, pho, lao, laab khai, leek and potato soup, aguachile, leafy vegetables with garlic and chile, roast beef etc. It's a lifestyle change and it would have been very hard to sustain if I felt deprived. I go to the restaurant two to three times a month and I try to balance my caloric intake over the week (instead of the day).
I have lost 7 to 8kgs in 8 months. I have gained strength and muscle. I want to lose another 6 kilos before having kids
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I want to whip some of my Ivory Shea from 3CG for the fam but I want to mix something that would possibly be less agitating to my daughter’s skin, maybe Aloe? Without messing with the integrity of the Shea. Someone mixed with aloe up thread, help!
