Week 5 day 1 (and all the days in between my last post)

I have had a crazy week! I sincerely apologize for not updating better, although they would've all been about two sentences long and not very informative.

Food wise: last night, I was really impressed with the impact that being more conscious of what I'm eating has made on me in such a short time. Last night, I forgot to bring my "dinner" with me to school. I considered ordering from jimmy john's or Tom and Jerry's (both sandwiches and wouldn't have been too horrible calorie wise), but I decided not to spend the money. At break time, I was hungry and went to go peer into the vending machine, waiting for something to strike my fancy. Well, not only did nothing strike my fancy, I also decided that I would like to see if there is such a thing as a fruit vending machine, and what it would take to get one for school. I ended up still getting the Gardettos that's on my log, but only becaus I was getting shaky with lack of food. And I even got ice cream yesterday without going crazy on the calories!

We have been working hard on the graduated bob. I learned how not to cut it (when you feel really sick and aren't concentrating), because then you cut "holes" where the layers don't line up properly because the bottom most layer is missing. I learned how to fix said holes. We've gone through the cut 3 times now and will do another tonight as well as the blow drying. 

Last night we also learned how to make some awesome advanced styling looks: the ric rac set and flat iron curls. I'm excited to try to use some of them on myself. Mostly the flat iron curls because the ric rac set turns into a 'fro.

Week 4 day 3

Last night we completed most of our first g-bob cut. Then I got to be a demo for how to cut it! Now I can be confident in knowing that I have a super cute hair cut. I just have to figure out how to style it myself.

In the interest of full disclosure, here's a big confession. I have never been really good at styling my own hair. I could do an updo and a killer ponytail, but other than that, I've always been a "just let it do its own thing" kinda girl. I am now begging my teacher to help me learn how to do my hair myself because as I was saying in my realization post, I can't very well walk into an appointment to do someone's hair with crazy unstyled hair. I'm very excited about my new cut and will share any self-styling tips I learn along the way.

Food wise, yesterday was pretty good. I blame staying up too late for me going slightly over my "allowance" but I'm not really concerned about it.

I am trying to encourage my kids to eat healthier as well. We have been horrible about offering fruits and veggies with every meal, and I intend to start. This morning we had fruit for breakfast and there may be some toast as well with a glass of milk.

Week 4 day 1

Last night was my written test on sculpture (96%), and our practical on the classic bob and the proper blow-dry technique (100%). I was really proud of my practical. I was very accurate and the blow-dry was nice and smooth.

I am super excited to start on the graduated bob (aka g-bob) tonight! It's supposed to be one of the hardest cuts, but it's so cute! I'm seriously considering getting my hair cut in that style as well. And I'm even more excited to start color in 2 weeks!!!

I did decently in my food yesterday, though having pizza for breakfast was mostly because my youngest woke up at 4:30 and I was somehow hungry.

Saturday Sadness

So, food-wise, today was horrible. I ate comfort food. I dropped my phone in the toilet this morning which threw off my whole day with sadness and emotional eating. And then my new-to-me couch wouldn't fit through the hallway into my living room. But even in spite of that I came out slightly ahead on calories and only vaguely behind on the nutrients.

I don't have anything else fantastically interesting to post about today, so I think I'll just leave it at that.

Week 3 day 5

Last night we cut a classic bob again and learned how to properly blow dry it. It made me wish that my hair would do a good job staying that way every day, it is so cute! I can't wait to try it on a real person! We will cut at least one more time on Monday for our practical. Next week is the graduated bob.

Yesterday did not go as planned for eating. I started out doing fairly well, but then I went to Panera for lunch. I tried to pick out something healthy, but when I put in what I ate, it ended up ridiculously high in calories. After lunch, I only had 300 alotted calories. I tried to just deal with it, but then there was free pizza at school, so I figured it was a good cheat day.

Week 3 day 4

Tonight was week 3 day 4 at Tricoci for me. We finished our first attempt at the classic bob haircut. I did well and was definitely proud of myself.

On to more telling things! Last night after coming home, I singlehandedly, in less than 15 min, devoured 3 beefy 5 layer burritos from Taco Bell. This was my low point, my moment of realization. I am studying to help people take care of their hair, nails and skin. It's possible to still make those things look healthy despite a person's poor nutrition and diet, but it would be much better for the person to help themselves as well. But who am I to comment on someone's eating habits when mine are so completely awful. As a cosmetologist, it is part of my job and responsibility to model to my clients the way things could be. If I walked into an appointment with a drip of nacho cheese still hanging off the corner of my mouth, I most definitely would not be modeling good eating habits to my clients, just as much as if I came in with horrible hair or clown makeup. That would speak volumes to them, and not the good kinds.

So, that being said, I have started this blog, not to only be a food log, or a place to just rattle off what I ate for the day, but also as a suggestion for recipes and to share what I am doing in class in more detail. I will probably include a snapshot of what I've eaten, but I will also talk about what I'm learning.