Health

Box Braids And Why I Believe That The Idea Of Health At Every Size Is Nonesense

May 7, 2013 by Alma 10 Comments

For the past couple of weeks I’ve had very little to say about my hair and with good reason too, I got a set of box braids! They are not small enough to be micros but not very large either. I would really like to say that I love them but honestly, even though I […]

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My New Juicy Body Regimen, Correcting My Overfed But Undernourished Body

January 28, 2013 by Alma Leave a Comment

I mean juicing fruits and vegetables if you didn’t quite get that. Forgive the double entendre in the title but I just couldn’t resist! I did a ton of research before actually deciding on my body regimen. Same as I did when I was researching my hair regimen at the beginning. Unfortunately with diets, there are thousands upon […]

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My Goals For 2013

January 17, 2013 by Alma Leave a Comment

Notice that I didn’t mention hair in the title? Well, my goals this year span both hair and body. Although I hadn’t planned on having a hair length goal this year, I was tempted by a BHM challenge thread. I seem to join one of these challenges every year then forget about them 2 months […]

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Why I Need To Think Of My Body Like I Think About My Hair

January 3, 2013 by Alma 2 Comments

I had a wonderful Christmas and I hope that you did too! There was great food, wine, family, laughs, arguments. You know, the usual. I will do a post with my end of year hair length check in a couple of days, hint, it’s great news! But for now, back to the business of my […]

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Diets Don’t Work For Me, It’s Time To Approach Heath Another Way

December 19, 2012 by Alma Leave a Comment

Let me start by saying that I am well read in the field of nutrition. I feel that I have read every book out there worth reading and good few more not worth anyone’s time. The main reason for my obsession with nutrition is my current obesity. No I’m not one of those people that […]

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A Quick Overview Of My Health And Weight Loss Journey So Far

December 14, 2012 by Alma 6 Comments

I’m not a huge complainer. I am 32 years old and so far have been blessed with general good health, a wonderful husband and a beautiful daughter without too many stressful situations in my life. I hear this from people all the time ‘You are big but you carry your weight well’. Girl I do […]

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