Hair and Food
“Matt, why are your growing your hair so long?” is a question I got almost daily for about 18 months. My answer: “I hate having hair that I can’t just do in 30 seconds with my fingers so to motivate me to hit my first goal weight, I’m growing it out and not cutting it until I hit my goal.” I just recently hit 250 pounds, down from 307. When I was at the 255 mark, I got my hair cut and styled, the goal was 250, I just couldn’t wait any longer. My hair was down to my shoulders. Now I may have cheated and trimmed here and there to keep it semi-kept, but no real “haircuts” in 18 months. No more “man-bun”, no more pony-tails, it’s all gone…thank you God! I called it the “Samson Challenge”. It’s not a real thing but I called it that loosely based on Samson from the Bible. Samson got his strength from his long hair and once it was cut, he lost his strength. So to motivate me to hit my goal, my “strength was my hair”. Now that my hair is short, I don’t think I’ll lose my strength but it was a