Hair growth experiment

I have had some trouble with my hair and hair loss within the past year. I used to use chemically treat my hair with store bought relaxers. I had been doing this for a couple of years now and the end result always is hair loss for me. The very last relaxer that was put into my hair destroyed it and when my mother rinsed the relaxer out she also rinsed a lot of my hair off with it. I was infuriated so I decided not to use the store bought relaxers anymore and to go to the salon whenever I want my hair relaxed.


The salon has a completely different strength to what we purchase at the store and your hair can be monitored for breakage and strength by a licensed professional. Since that incident I had decided to wear my hair naturally by braiding it with hair extensions by a hair professional. My hair has started to thrive because of this practice and I am wondering if I should even take the chance of using chemicals in my hair again. I have also started to take some B vitamins and vitamin K. I have also noticed that areas on my scalp that had become bald and been this way for years have complete new growth. My hair right now in length is shoulder length. Tell me guys should I or shouldn't I take the chance of chemicals again?

File extension listing

Hey everyone, Have you ever gotten an email with a file attachment that had jpg at the end of it. Well I have found out that this is called a file extension. This website fortunately has 1000's of listings of different file extensions that you could look through. It turns out that each file extension is different from the other. What this website does is give you a brief and non complicated description regarding that format.


For example, JPG images are commonly found on web pages because of their small size. Different applications are required to open different types of files based on their file type. This would be a really great reason to utilize the services provided on this website. By visiting ax you can click on the file extension of which you would like more information on and they can provide detailed information on it.

Fighting mad!

First of all I would like to start off by saying a much needed welcome back to me on Fanatic. I have been extremely affected by the economy. So much so that I have been without internet access since last October. I hated not being able to write to my fellow Fanatic audience, but it just could not be helped.

How many of you out there are pissing mad about those government bail outs? I know that I am. I think that the government should have handed out some of that money to the people, especially since it is our money. They gave billions to corporations like AIG who then turned around and paid their Corporate executives millions in bonuses. I understand what the President thought when he handed out this money. He thought that it would fix the problem, but so far it has only put a small band aid on a huge sore.

Now tell me what do you think President Obama should do to help turn things around faster? I can say one thing people is he definitely has his work cut out for him, but I do think that he is the man for the job. He is not having it, he has demanded them to make those executives give the money back. He did say that he would be keeping a watchful eye on these companies and he meant business. Come on everyone I'd really like to hear input on this diar matter, because it is really hitting all of us below the belt so please speak up. We all need to start by commenting here on Fanatic and then we seriously need to think about bombarding our public officials with phone calls and emails. We all seriously need to email President Obama with our concerns, because he will listen to the masses. So come on let me pick your brain tonight, what do you say?

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Weight loss tracking news!!

First of all, let me start off by saying good evening to all of my Fanatic readers out there. I've been away focusing on my weight loss that I've lost track of my blogging again. Well I know that you guys are dying to know what's been going on with my progress and how things have been going with me. I am proud to say to you all that I have lost a total of 30 pounds since I started my change of life focus in June. I know to most people this sounds like a small number for the length of time that I have been trying to lose weight. This doesn't matter to me though, because I can lose 30 pounds in 30 days if losing weight was my only problem. Unfortunately, I did some soul searching and I realized that it's not about losing the most weight and looking thin for me, it's really always been about keeping the weight off. I have lost a lot of weight in the past and gained it all back within a couple of months or a year.

I have realized through prayer and meditation that I have always had a problem with managing my stress and depression. I do not want to get on any medication to combat these problems, so I use the aid of vitamins and herbs from Herbalife. I also drink lots of Chamomile tea, which really helps take the edge off for me. I have been single and have not even been asked out on a date since I had my son and he will be nine in January. I haven't even seen too many guys out here that would even peak my fancy. Most of the African American men out here do not even date African American women. Lets just say to make a long story short that these have been my major issues and major factor for gaining weight this time.

I have read medical studies that have proven that if you cannot manage your stress well, as I have proven in the past. That you will gain weight much faster than usual. You don't even have to eat cake every day. You will also gain a huge spare tire around the middle from this. Mainly the medical cause for this is because overly stressed individuals like myself produce a certain hormone in the body, which we all have, but they produce it in an excess amount which in turn causes the weight gain.

The name of the hormone is called Cortisol. Now you cannot fight the decrease in this by purchasing those crazy gimmicky products on the t.v. or on the Internet. Trust me those are all scams. The best way to fight the over production of this hormone is to get rid of the stress in your life or most of it any way. This can be done by doing yoga, drinking chamomile tea, massage, sitting in a sauna or steam room or using herbs that help to relax you. Once you try some of these things you will see that the weight will just fall off of you relentlessly.

I have lost 30 pounds managing my stress and tweaking my eating habits. I am also happy to announce that I have lost over 38 inches all over my body. With my exercise routine I lose more inches than weight, and this is just fine with me, because I can see my results faster than just losing weight alone. I just want to thank you all for reading this blog whenever you can and I really appreciate the input and comments that I receive from you guys. Blogging has also been a great way for me to manage my stress, because I have people to express all of my concerns and secrets too. I will definitely keep you all up to date with my progress and I stand by my word to you that I will post a before and after photo of myself so that you guys can really see the transformation that I went through. Hang ten guys and pray for the country's current situation, because it affects us all. I hope to read a couple of your comments so please write away, I would love to get all of your input.

My awesome progress

I just wanted to touch base with all of my Fanatic's this evening and also give an update as promised about my endeared weight loss results. Now I am going to be very clear with all of you about why I gained and how I am losing. Mainly, the reason for my weight gain is just a lot of stress. I have been under a lot of stress for the past year and a half.

I used to be one of the people that would say that you couldn't gain weight because of stress and that saying so was just an excuse and a cop out. Well, let me be the first to apologize to everyone out there, I was definitely wrong. I have always experienced some stress, but none of which that was presented in my path last year. I will have to admit to that I got so fed up that I just quit. I quit eating right, exercising and trying to distress myself. I would come home from work dealing with stress and just get stressed out even more. I forgot that the exercise or even the tea's that I was accustomed to drinking helped me.

My life seemed to go from bad to worst, which aided in me constantly getting sick. Whenever I caught the flu I would always self medicate, because I have no health insurance. I ended up gaining a lot of weight, which led me to getting more and more tired. I even found myself getting depressed. Towards the beginning of June the flu basically kicked my tail and I had no choice but to go see my doctor since nothing over the counter seemed to work. This is when I really got my wake up call. I had no choice but to get on the scale that I had turned my back on. I was weighing a whopping 207 pounds. Can you believe that, I was turning in to a sumo wrestler. It made me sick to see the scale that day. From that day forth I decided that I would take it one day at a time and do whatever I could to move for at lease 30 minutes every day.

I did not change my diet right away, but I kept up the work out routine 5 - 7 days a week. Then because I was starting to feel better physically I started to lose a lot of the bad cravings that I had developed along with my weight gain. I mostly began to crave healthier foods, but I would also treat myself once in a long while to a small treat. I do not want to completely deprive myself, because I do not have any intention of gaining this weight back unless I have no choice, like if I get pregnant again in the future.

I am happy to announce that I have lost 5 inches off of my waist giving me a total of over 19 inches lost all over my entire body. I am very proud and excited that I am starting to slim down, but my goal is not to become a skeleton. I accept my body as is knowing that I have had a child already and that it cannot be the way that it was when I was 16. I will be happy with myself no matter what, because I have built back up my self confidence and that is a very important thing. Wish me luck all and good night.

Back in the act

Hey there everyone. It's been a while since I have posted on my blog. A few months to be exact and I really do apologize about that. I had no access to the Internet at my house due to financial woes. Everyone is getting bit by the big one these days and I have just about fallen into that category. Have you all heard about the mortgage melt down that is devastating our economy? Well that has been a big issue for me. Last summer I started to have trouble keeping on track with my mortgage payments. I even fell into the trap that a lot of Americans have fallen in, which is trying to save their house by paying their mortgages with a credit card or some sort of a loan.

I basically have taken out several loans and even a few cash advances to try to stay a float. I will have to say that I am definitely in financial distress. I will however, not say that I am royally screwed though, because there is always some kind of help or a way to get out of any bad situation. I have been slowly been digging myself out of debt by consulting with a credit repair specialist. As it seems I should have most of my debts paid off by the end of the year.

I also am getting help with paying off my student loan. I acquired a student loan through a bank shortly after getting out of the military. In the lump sum of $8000. I now owe $13,000 due to late fees and interest acquired. I did not get any of the benefits that I was supposed to be entitled to from the military though. If any one that happens to read my blog knows of any way that I could get some help trying to access military benefits I would really appreciate it if you left me a comment back. I probably have been trying to access them the wrong way. Both my brother and I served in the military and we have not been able to access our benefits at all. We are constantly told by the V.A. that we are not entitled to them, but I know that we have to be, because we both got out with honorable discharges.

If anyone out there is knowledgeable in this area we would really love to hear from you. Please stay tuned for more info on Fanatic and tomorrow I will be giving you an update on my weight loss progress. I can hardly wait to tell all of you guys out there what's been happening to me. I hope that I can help motivate others out there who have been having the same struggle as I have been having. Good night all.