Cuisinart Ordered!

 

So the juicer is ordered. Once it gets here, the detox begins.  I have been weaning myself and getting ready. I can sense that there will be some withdrawal from coffee, sweets etc..

By the grace of God I am ready.  Once the juicer gets here I will have some pictures taken for your benefit, my dismay and encouragement :)

All things work together for good. (Romans 8:28). As a child of God I have a goal to see my children grow up if this is what the Lord desires for me, therefore I must take better care of my temple.

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Looking forward to next week...over and out...God bless

Don't ask where have I been. I am here to tell you all that I just watched "Fat, Sick and Nearly dead" and coupled with the conversation I had with my husband today, I am done with being overweight.

It needs to be said I had four babies in five years, last one being 11 months old.  I lost some of the weight BUT I got stuck with this 3 month pregnancy looking stomach that is not at all attractive.  It looks the worst in clothes and yes we do have to wear those don't we?

I will be juicing for a ten day detox and then if all goes well, continuing to juice and change my diet.  Apparently these changes do not mean I cannot have the occasional favorite however they cannot be my staples.

My downfall has always been sweets.........cookies, cakes, ice cream, whole milk, chips.  I have SEVERELY cut back as we do not feed them to our children and therefore do not keep as much of it in the house as we used to, however, I still eat them more regularly that I should.

After finishing watching the documentary I made sure to go to the kitchen and eat the last of the chocolate chip cookies that were still here (4).

I will post the pic of my before later today and since we have also been on a financial overhaul, in a months time my juicer will be purchased.  In the meantime I will start to prepare by changing some of the little things.

I will document this journey via this blog and my prayer is that it will encourage someone else to take control of their bodies and stop treating it like a toilet and start treating it like a waterfall. Guilty as charged and now I am learning better I will do it no more.

Please comment and share this information with everyone.  Thanks for the support.  I endeavor to be as honest as possible and as candid so that this journey is beneficial to all of us.

I am no blog expert however by the end of this journey I may learn a thing or two.

THE GOAL IS TO BE HEALTHY AND FIT......WEIGHING 140LBS IN A YEAR.   I WILL PROBABLY GET THERE IN A MONTH BY JUICING AND EXERCISE, HOWEVER I WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU MY CHALLENGES AND CHANGES OVER THE NEXT YEAR!!!

Signed,

Disgusted and Excited  :)

New Hairtude!

Wondering where I have been? Discovering a New Hairtude, yes I made up a new word.



Turns out that keeping a family of four, four and under running and keeping your hair laid all the time is not such an easy feat :)

Below is a pic of the latest thing I did with my hair.

BEFORE

Just to bring you up to speed, I have cut and colored it to get to my New Hairtude.  I went to a Beauty School for the cut and I experimented with the color myself.  Needless to say I love the color tremendously.




I feel that the look has given me some of my spunk back that had gotten buried under several diaper changes per day.





I will be posting more often and sharing this journey of fascinated mom, wife, fashion and hair fanatic with you.

AFTER

Over the next few days I will be explaining the how-to as far as the process I used to get to these results.

Please leave your comments and share the blog with others. As I continue to share my New Hairtude, someone may be helped and that is my goal.

Deep conditioning

Deep conditioning is over rated according to me. I have not done the studies, and maybe I am using the wrong one. There is my disclaimer and here is what I did:

1. I detangled after saturating my hair with Tresseme Naturals conditioner.
2. Left it in overnight and covered with a cap.
3. Co-Washed in the shower in the morning with Herbal Essences conditioner
4. After this I put in the deep conditioner (Shea Moisture Deep treatment Masque, Organic Hair Mayonnaise mixture)
5. Sat under heat cap for 30 minutes
6. Rinsed with cool water ( must say that after this step my hair felt harder than after I finished cowashing)
7. I then dressed my hair with Detangling Ghee (Qhemet Biologics.....LOVE LOVE LOVE this product and Shea Butter Moisturizer mixture)
8. Braided hair for a braid out when hair is dry

Of course I will post pics of the results, however last weeks without the deep conditioner I loved much better by time I got to step 3. lol. I will post the pics from last week and the ones from this week as soon as I take the braids down.

You must not quit!

It is quite a committment to wear your hair and your life natural I am sure one would agree but this morning as I woke up I was able to bless God for another day just to be alive and it did not matter about my hair.  It is a small thing.  Today I wanted to remind everyone not to major in minors!  Have a great day and wear your twist out, braids, braid out, twa, weave with style :)

The journey continues

Before

After

Yes, it has been months since my last hair related post, however the other e-avenues have been blasting. I have spent the last few months gaining momentum in my networking business and our wonderful clothing line JiKJiL.  It has been a greast journey.  Here is the first protective style of my 2012 growth challenge.  Having a young family and maintaining balance in all things is challenging but I thank God for His grace.  I will keep you updated as I protect, moisturize and grow in 2012.

Speak to your storm

The past three months I have been dealing with a lot of little emotional fires they shall be called. However through the preached word of God and the Holy Spirit I am proud to say, the clouds are clearing and the storm is passing.  This even rolled over into my hair in the way that I have been forgetting to take my prenatal pills and have been experiencing a tremendous amount of shedding and then I forgot that I had told myself I love mini-twists and hate the aftermath so lost some hair there too :(.  All things being equal I am reminded this Thanksgiving and Christmas season that no matter the storm I have been created for and with a purpose and I have to FOCUS- Follow One Course Until Successful and I too will experience, spiritual fulfillment, internationally known Christian Apparel Branding, waist length hair, wonderful well-adjusted children, a spiritually and emotionally successful marriage and writing a few published and well-read books in my lifetime. God is able!