u/-vanillaBeans-

hello people!! i'd rly love some advice abt what i should be doing at the gym (which i will have access to in less than a week, as i'm going to university).

i'm 137 pounds as a 5'2" female, so pretty much overweight. i don't have strong dislike for my body, but my back rolls make me incredibly self-conscious. i also have this weird section of my stomach that juts out, and i have no idea what the hell that is. maybe it's js my stomach being my stomach. anyways, i'd also love to gain more upper arm strength and visible biceps, and train my legs more. my inspo is 1000% leanbeefpatty. as for what i have been doing, it's mainly been running for the past few months (inconsistently) and doing calisthenics (relatively consistently) bc i didn't have access to gym, so i didn't see much progress.

i also can't get a personal trainer, so advice on diet and exercises/sets would be appreciated, too!

so, for some context, i had straight hair until puberty, and then my hair got pretty curly after. idk what my hair type is, but i kept treating it like straight hair, until about a couple months ago. now, i understand that you can't just touch and comb curly hair as you would like, but i'm so lost what to do. i'm annoyed of my frizz, and my curls looking kinda dead, except for in sparse places where they actually look okay.

here's my routine:

- i use a dallop of shampoo 3-4 times bc my scalp can get quite oily in 2-3 days (i try to wash my hair every 2-3 days for this reason). then, i add conditioner to the point where it doesn't seem stiff, so like twice, mainly on my ends, and some on my scalp. here's the shampoo and conditioner i use: https://ibspot.com/us/products/curly-hair-shampoo-and-conditioner-set-sulfate-free-and-color-safe-for-wavy-frizzy-fine-black-and-permed-styles-moisturizing-for-men-and-wome?variant_id=138768463

- i then put in a copious amount of camille rose honeycomb curl whip and comb my hair out with a wet brush

- after that, i put purezero coconut milk leave-in conditioner to the bottom of my hair and scrunch from the bottom to the top of my hair with my hands.

- i have put mousse in the past, but my hair gets crunchy so i stopped doing that. i did apply mousse to my hair in this picture (this is the afternoon after wash day---i rewet my hair and applied leave-in conditioner before the mousse), on top of the stuff i did above, but very lightly so that it wouldn't be crunchy. it still looks like an awful frizzy mess tho 😔 (maybe i should add more?)

- at night, i don't put it in a bonnet or use silk pillowcases, which probably contributes to the frizz. i have invested in silky pillowcase tho. i also tie my hair in a pony tail when i go to sleep, which is why i often get a ponytail dent. i need to kick that bad habit!

a thing that's not super related to curly hair is that i try to do a middle part, and it looks like one in the mirror, but not in photos. it's super annoying!

any tips and pointers would be appreciated!! tysm! (and sorry for the horrible pic 😭)

i invested 50 bucks into green energy and then some of the more typical stocks to balance stuff out. robinhood gave me 5 random dollars, so i invested that in NVIDIA. so far, i've made around $10 in barely a week, so i'm happy with that! however, i was wondering if anyone had any tips? ig one is going to be diversify more (but idk what i should buy) and the other is going to involve selling my green energy stocks.

edit: idk why there's a shitpost tag. this is legit lol.

i've been messing around with cellular automata and the Game of Life to see if glider guns can model disease growth, specifically brain related diseases such as alzheimer's and the build up of amyloid-beta plaques. however, i'm also heavily interested in portraying this in 3D, like maybe a model of cells in a brain-like shape, similar to this project: https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/3502932

if i was doing something more similar to the latter idea, i would use CA to model the decay of brain tissue instead, at least in the case of alzheimer's.

if anyone has experience or advice to give on how i should go about portraying this (if i go more so the first route, i should use Golly/GoL, probably; if i go the second route, i should use Python, Wolfram, or smth else? maybe?) that would be greatly appreciated!! ideally, i'd like to eventually do both projects.

i also have a paper that i wrote on CA, and i'm willing to DM it to anyone, as it aligns with the projects i have in mind. i would also love some advice on the paper.

tysm!