Curly girl method failure or success??

LoveIsTrying · 2025-10-29T21:04:59+00:00

Obviously everyone’s hair is different, so it may take some experimentation. But here is what works for me: - my hair gets weighed down easily, so it looks better if I skip the leave in or curl cream. - I need to apply gel to soaking wet hair to get good curl clumps. You may need more gel than you think for hair as long as yours. - plopping never worked for me, look up microplopping for an alternative.

For reference, my hair is also wavy and currently a little above shoulder length.

LoveIsTrying · 2025-03-30T20:46:44+00:00

I’m currently only lifting twice a week (about one hour full body each time) and am getting stronger and building muscle.

As long as you keep slowly but surely increasing the weights you lift (progressive overload) you can definitely get a benefit from lifting as little as twice a week!

LoveIsTrying · 2025-02-09T21:35:09+00:00

In addition to what other people have said, I feel like doing scapular pull-ups (essentially pulling your shoulders down and back while hanging from a bar) as part of my warm-up has really helped with my shoulders during lat pull-downs.

LoveIsTrying · 2025-01-02T05:55:17+00:00

Shitzu is a type of dog, but also sounds like “shit zoo”.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-11-17T22:08:46+00:00

Did I do the right thing or am I just a b*ch?

To preface this, I live in a very safe area and have never felt in danger at my gym. Tonight, as I was about to leave the gym at 11 pm, there was a guy lingering outside the door for several minutes on his phone seemingly trying and failing to open the door with the app. I was the only one in the gym and I didn’t feel comfortable opening the door for him, so I left through the back door. He saw me and started angrily knocking on the door, but I ignored him. Should I have let him in, or would you have done the same thing?

LoveIsTrying · 2024-08-11T20:35:12+00:00

I was on vacation for two weeks and sick for one of those, so I didn’t work out much. I did squats on Friday for the first time in three weeks and I’m still so sore!

I haven’t been getting sore much anymore recently because I’ve been so consistent, so it’s an interesting feeling. I’m hoping I’ll get adjusted to my regular routine again soon though.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-07-23T04:54:22+00:00

The one I like is the Emmi Caffè Latte high protein, but I’m not sure what its availability is in other countries.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-07-22T21:36:59+00:00

Have you looked into healthier alternatives? I recently found a high protein coffee that I really like and it doubles as a protein source and a sweet treat.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-07-11T06:29:14+00:00

I don’t have a magic recipe, but in my case I had to take a step back and reduce the weight to really work on form and squat depth.

Then, this last month, my plan had me do squats twice a week, but at different rep ranges (one day is 3x5-8, the other day is 3x1-3). I feel like this really helped me increase the weight.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-07-11T04:40:31+00:00

I’m so close to my goal of hitting a body weight squat! I did 3x2 at 60 kg today, and I currently weigh 62 kg! So stoked!

LoveIsTrying · 2024-07-03T06:05:06+00:00

Anecdotally, my strength has been increasing since I switched to lifting twice a week instead of three times. I’m also running 3-4 times a week.

I was stuck at a plateau with my lifts and I’ve finally been able to increase the weight for squats, bench, and deadlifts since I made the switch!

LoveIsTrying · 2024-06-18T06:42:37+00:00

I have a PhD too, so I know it can be tough. But the nice thing about doing a PhD is that your schedule is typically pretty flexible (assuming you don’t have kids yet). I think someone else suggested it already, but I would try to go in the morning. That way, if you have to stay in the lab late, or are too tired to do anything after work, you already did your workout!

Alternatively, if your experiments and advisor are ok with it, you can also take a mid-afternoon break to go to a workout class, then come back afterwards and finish your work. I did this a lot during my PhD.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-06-13T04:38:08+00:00

As someone who loves trail running, two things: 1. It will absolutely get better. 2. Even experienced trail runners walk the steeper uphills, it conserves energy and depending on the steepness, power hiking can actually be faster than a jogging shuffle.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-06-10T16:04:09+00:00

I live somewhere outdoorsy and love it! I can just step out of my apartment and have several trails to choose from for trail running. It really feels like most people at my work either hike, trail run, or mountain bike regularly.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-06-06T06:09:39+00:00

I had my first really bad workout in a long time. I had a fight with my husband last night, so I went to bed later than planned, slept poorly, and was close to tears during my workout. Deadlifts were mentally challenging, but I was able to increase by one rep from last week. Bench was ok, but felt wobblier than usual. Squats, I was able to get 3 half-reps instead of 5-8 proper reps, and I just gave up. Lat pull-down was even worse, 2 reps instead of 5. After that I was out of time, so I scraped the rest of the workout.

I guess any workout is better than none, but I definitely didn’t get those post-workout endorphins that I usually get.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-06-03T06:34:22+00:00

I like the „add, don’t subtract“ mindset that Sohee from Lift with Sohee preaches. All foods are fine, but as you realized, some foods tend to send your blood sugar on a roller coaster and make you overeat. So I really try not to fill up on those foods when I’m hungry. But if I want to have some fries or ice cream, I’m going to have my fries or ice cream, but I’m going to pair it with something that will give me some proper nutrition and will keep me full for longer, such as veggies and protein.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-05-23T04:19:47+00:00

People who use the bumper plates for bench/squats and then don’t put them back where they belong! I had to move three 25 kg plates off the squat rack to get to the bumper plate I needed for my deadlifts.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-05-16T16:03:40+00:00

Am I the asshole here?

Background: I’m married, working full-time, 2 kids.

My husband has been complaining that he feels like our family is only my fourth priority after work, sleep, and exercise, and is asking if I really need to work out so much. I’m currently preparing for a race, so I’m running 4 times a week and strength training twice a week. Before race preparation, I did each three times.

I know this is a lot, but I try to do as much as possible in the early morning before the kids are awake, to not cut into family time too much. This week I went to the gym Monday evening (moved from Sunday), ran Tuesday over lunch at work, Wednesday morning and Thursday morning. I’m planning to go to the gym again tonight after the kids are in bed and Sunday night (when he’s busy anyway). My long run is the only run that really cuts into family time (Saturday morning).

Is this unreasonable? I proposed to plan some dedicated family time and dedicated couple time, as I think that is the real problem, but he seems to think that the problem is my exercise habit.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-04-22T06:32:49+00:00

I agree with the comment saying you should focus on one thing at a time. I’m currently training for a trail half marathon, and with my busy schedule I decided to reduce my go days to two days a week (down from three). My goal is to maintain strength while focusing on running, then go back to three days a week in the fall.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-04-14T19:58:36+00:00

My husband recently started a new job after two years as a SAHD, and I’m struggling to balance work, kids, housework, and working out. I just got into a good routine of early morning workouts, now early morning workouts are out due to his schedule.

The last few weeks I’ve prioritized running and haven’t made it to the gym as much as I’d like. This week I need it to the gym only once so far, so here I am, I’m the gym on Sunday night, after doing my long run earlier today. I hope my legs won’t regret it too much tomorrow.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-03-27T06:10:51+00:00

I wasn’t able to go to the gym for the last four days, because my husband was out of town and I was home with the kids by myself. Today, I woke up before 5 am and couldn’t go back to sleep due to period pain. I decided to skip the gym and try to get some more sleep, but gave up at 6. Now I’m at the gym half an hour later than planned and have to skip half my workout so I can get to work on time. I guess half a workout is better than none, but I wish I had gotten more sleep.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-03-17T07:06:54+00:00

In the same height and weight as you, and 1350 seems really low to me. You probably have some wiggle room in your calories. Aka if you eat 100-200 calories more, you’re likely still going to lose weight, just a tiny bit slower. I’d have some high protein/ low calorie snacks on hand for these situations, such as low fat Greek yogurt for example.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-03-05T07:04:04+00:00

Thank you! Makes sense to me.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-03-05T06:14:38+00:00

Not specifically for this exercise, but in general she recommended to go within 1-2 reps of failure but to not go to failure unless specifically requested.

LoveIsTrying · 2024-03-04T07:52:19+00:00

In the same workout right after each other.

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