The Wardrobe: Black Knee High Boots

This is actually me wearing the boots. lol. I got these from Belk for $32.99 which was a great deal considering the original price tag was for $79.99. I am also wearing the purple zip mini dress that I ordered about a week ago. Pics of that later. What do you think? I need to buy a pair or two of boot cut jeans cause I don't have any at the moment.

Nutrition: The Five Food Groups

Most women need to consume 1,600-1,800 calories per day. Below is a link to a calculator that tells you how many calories you need each day to maintain your current weight.

http://walking.about.com/cs/calories/l/blcalcalc.htm

Fats, Sweets, and Oils (Added): Sugar intake should be limited to 22-33 grams; Total fat intake should be limited to 53-63 grams.

Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese: 2-3 Servings per day.

• Milk - 8oz.


• Yogurt - 6oz.


• Cheese - 1-2oz.

Meat, Poultry, Fish, Beans, Eggs, and Nuts: 2-3 Servings per day.

• Meat, Poultry, & Fish - 3oz.


• Eggs - One Large Egg


• Beans - 1/2 cup


• Nuts - 1oz.

Vegetables: 3-5 Servings per day.

• Leafy - 1 cup


• Juice - 6oz.


• Chopped uncooked (ex. broccoli) - 1/2 cup

Fruits: 2-4 Servings per day.

• One medium sized fruit


• Juice - 6oz.


• Other (ex. strawberries) - 1/2 cup

Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta: 6-11 Servings per day.

• 1 slice of bread


• 1 cup of breakfast cereal


• 1/2 cooked rice or Pasta

Sample Day for Me:

Breakfast: 8oz of V8 fusion, two slices of bread, 1-2 eggs.

Lunch: Turkey Sandwich, salad, yogurt.

Snack: 1/2 cup of strawberries.

Dinner: Chicken breast, 1 cup of brown rice, 1 cup of broccoli.

Im only missing a serving of dairy. My diet in the past has usually consisted of mostly fats, starches, protien, and sugar. My goal is to have a balance diet where I am getting adequate nutrition. I in no way would like to lose weight ( I am 5'3'' 113lbs). I only want to tone my body and develop lean muscle.

My Hair: August 6th - Nov 10th Comparison

I am very happy with my progress. I think I gain a good 1.5 inches, but I also got a .25 inch trim. My hair is now longer than it was before I cut it when I got my relaxer back in August. What has help me in retaining length is roller setting and air drying. I only blowdried and flatiorned my hair twice this quater. Also I only used minimal heat 3-4 to bump my ends. In the past I would flat iron my hair 3-5 times a month and I would touch up with heat everyday to every other day. I have very strong and resilent hair I am amazed that it is this long even with all the abuse I have done to it in the past. However I think that the thickness... or the lack there of shows the damage. I believe my hair should/can be 25-30% thicker than it is now. Of course my goals for thickness will take a couple years longer than my goals for length. I recently started taking Puritans pride womans Mega Multi-Vitamin and I definetly noticed a boost in growth when I started taking them. I was complaining at 11 weeks post about how I didn't even have a solid inch of growth... three weeks later I have a good 1.5 inches. I will post an entry on my vitamin regimen later. For this quater my goal is to use NO DIRECT HEAT except for touching up my roots when need after a roller set. I do know that emergencies will happen and I migth have to cheat in order to look fly for a last minute hot date or party with my friends. lol. But I am going to try my best!!!

Above Is my starting point picture for this quater I hope to be past the top of this bra strap by my next touch up... crossing my fingers.

The Wardrobe: My Three Essential Earrings

I call these my three essential earrings because they have the ability to be paired with almost all of my outfits. I would estimate that I'm wearing one of these almost 85% of the time all my other earrings I buy to got with a specfic outfit. Some people think that big hoop earrings are ghetto, but I think it depends on the girl wearing them.

The Wardrobe: Purple Zipper Mini Dress

I've been looking for a dress like this for the longest time, and I love this rich purple color. I got it from http://www.greatglam.com/ for $30 with shipping. I'd probably pair it with a shear panty hose and some boots. It should arrive in 1-2 weeks so I'll post pics when it comes. I have never ordered from this site before, but I have always wanted to because they have some great stuff. I was afraid that the clothes wouldn't fit me but this model looks about my size. (skinny hips big boobs. lol) If this dress fits me well I will definetly be ordering more from this site.

Product Review: Silk Elements MegaSilk Olive Moisturizing Treament

Price: $11 (16oz)

Ingredients: WATER ,CETEARYL ALCOHOL , CETYL ESTERS ,GLYCERIN , STEARALKONIUM CHLORIDE , AMODIMETHICONE , SODIUM PCA , CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE , TRIDECETH-12 , HYDROLYZED SILK , OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) FRUIT OIL , BEHENTRIMONIUM METHOSULFATE , FRAGRANCE , DMDM HYDANTOIN , IODOPROPYNYL BUTYLCARBAMATE , YELLOW 5 , BLUE #1 , BENZYL BENZOATE , BENZYL SALICYLATE , LINALOOL , BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL , HEXYL CINNAMAL

Promises:

• Conditions hair
• Restores moisture
• Reduces tangles while giving hair a healthier, intense shine
• Formulated with Olive Oil and Silk Protein to condition, strengthen, soften and restore moisture from inside out.

Review: This treatment leaves my medium textured hair so moisturized and soft that I don't even feel the need to add a leave in. I deep conditond my hair with this last night ( 15 min w/ heat; 3 hours without) and my hair came out amazing as usual, but this time since i planned on roller setting the next day I just let it air dry over night in two twists and applied no extra product. This moring when my hair was dry it felt soft and silky which is amazing for air dried hair. This product is even better than the original Silk Elements Treatment which I have used for over a year. (This is on sale at sally at the moment for $6.99 11/4/08)

***** (5 of 5 stars)