How Many Spiders

 I review Maybelline Falsies Lash Lift mascara 

Makeup Brush Cleaning Pad! A Review

 I bought this silicone brush cleaning pad from Amazon. Do I like it? Do I recommend it? Please watch and find out

https://youtu.be/9bqyWRni-_s

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Easy Weight Loss?

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 Please forgive the chop and change blog. I had been lovingly writing and editing this blog for nine months. Editing it today, everything highlighted and then disappeared. Never to be seen again. So I am writing from scratch, from the best of my memory. 

   So the answer to the question? Is there such a thing as easy weight loss? No there isn't. The diet shake companies, the diet bar companies. The multi million dollar diet industry. Certain pages on social media platforms. Would love us to think so. (and spend $200-$400 a month on what they are selling) I am 100% against them. In case you didn't know.

    So how do we lose weight? Consistency. That is what I have found out in my search for easy ways to lose weight.

    This is my story, 100% true, no bull. No false promises. No trying to sell you a box of shakes, powdered eggs or diarrhea tea.
What I Have Been Doing! Part One
What I Have Been Doing! Part Two
How I Have Been Doing!

     So we start off in May 2018

        Can't remember if this weight was measured at the beginning or end of the month?
May was uneventful. 

       Somewhere in June or July. I was planning to visit my brother and sister in law in Pensacola Florida. Vacations are always hard to stay on track. 
   
        One of my hobbies is a Kindness Rocks Facebook page!
Laurel Maryland Rocks Plans to Visit Pensacola

     Looks like I am doing all right. Truth is my anxiety was off the charts and I couldn't eat much in July.
     I did visit Pensacola
Pensacola Rocks!

     In August I had a follow up appointment with Radiology. My last appointment. They found the cyst was probably not Cancer. Then they had a long disclaimer. The cyst was probably not cancer, but maybe it was? That really messes with your mind and well being.

All about my troubling radiology report
What I Have Been Doing! Part Two

     Oh No! What happened. A couple very bad binges. My period and some anxiety and some binges. So, starting all over. 
     The really sad, sad news is. I got to 138.8 in September. Then the binges happened and I sabotaged myself. 

    You think I would learn from binges, but no! I really was starting all over. 

    Suffered from a really bad binge on November 15. I easily ate about 3000 calories in a two to three hour window. It was terrible and I don't know what came over me. I felt so guilty afterward. Went to sleep, feeling terribly guilty. 

    About 4am. I was woken up with the worst acid reflux. So nauseous and feeling like I was going to throw up. It felt like the stomach flu. I was certain that I was going to throw up.

    The scary part of this episode. This thought kept running through my brain. Well you are obviously going to throw up anyway. Why not help yourself along? You will feel so much better if you make yourself vomit. 

    It sounded like a good idea. I really did consider it. Then realizing that I would be headed to a point of no return. I didn't want to go there. If I did vomit on my own. That was unpleasant, but couldn't be helped. Sticking a toothbrush down my throat. Was a place I didn't want to go.

If you binge like I did and then make yourself throw up. Please, Please seek medical help. 

     Well I guess that is progress? I had hoped to be where I started three years ago. At 137 with some decimal point. I might have been? On December 15, I made it to 138.8. Then I had a binge moment. Not as bad as the one in November. I did wake up nauseous with that one. Didn't have the urge to make myself throw up. 

Progress Pictures!

Sometime in May 2018

December 31, 2018

     I guess there is a little progress?

     I have lost seven pounds total since the first of the year!
What I Have Been Doing! Part Two!

     Last year, I would be at 147 and then lose two pounds. Then get my period. Then gain the two pounds back. Bouncing in between 145 and 147. Seems like this year, I repeated the cycle. Bouncing between 140 and 142. Sometimes breaking out and getting to 138 and 139. 
     This year, 2020. I plan to break that cycle. 

2019 was a tough year. Then 2019 said, but did you die? 
Stay tuned for my next blog. I will write about some fun and trying things about 2019.


**PLEASE NOTE** I am not a doctor or a dietitian. I cannot tell you what to eat. My experiences are solely mine. If you have special health needs. Then you <MUST> follow the directions of your trained health team.

**ALSO NOTE** I DO NOT allow mention of fat burners, detoxes, shake diets or diarrhea tea. On my blog. I utterly despise them. If you post about any of these in my comments. I WILL delete your comment. 

     

Can We Talk About.........

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It is past the middle of November.

If you live in the US, next Thursday is Stretchy Pants Day.

Also known as Thanksgiving Day!

It is time to start talking about New Year's Resolutions.

Some may plan to go absolutely wild for the rest of the year. Then when January 1 (or 2nd) 2020 arrives. They plan to buckle down and be good (strict) with their brand new diet.

Or some may not plan to go absolutely wild, but you get the idea. Any plans of health and weight loss will be put on the back burner. Until January 1 (or 2nd) 

What do I think of New Year's Resolutions?

Don't wait until January 2020.  Start being mindful of your goals and health, now! The sooner you start. The better you will feel.

But you don't know what you are asking, Ordinary Girl. It is the Holiday Season. It is the season of yummy things! How can I be strict with my diet when there are so many parties and food centered events going on? 

I feel your pain. I love food. The cooking and preparing, spending time with friends and family eating. My goal this Christmas Season is to eat mindfully. My game plan to track my calories on Spark People. Choose my yummy holiday treats carefully. 

Okay, so I am not a doctor or a dietitian. I have no education in nutrition. This is just my opinion. My unscientific, uneducated and has not been researched opinion. 

This is my personal experience. So I cannot tell you what to do or how to eat. I can only tell you what I plan to do. How I will navigate this upcoming season. My January 1, 2020 goal is to see a deficit on the scale.

Tell me your goals in the comments! 

If you live in the US

I wish you and yours a Happy Stretchy Pants Day!

I mean, Happy Thanksgiving!

To all my beautiful readers!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Happy New Year!


**Please Note** I am not a doctor or dietitian. My experiences are uniquely my own. Everyone's experience is different.
One thing that will NEVER EVER happen. 
I will NEVER EVER promote shakes, detoxes or fat burning supplements. 
Anyone promoting these on my page, including in the comments. Their comment will be deleted and they will be blocked!

Wigs for Kids! Progress!

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Wigs for Kids Website

Wigs for Kids Mission Statement

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Donate Your Hair! 

My Hair Length Approximately
June 8th

Progress September 4th

So ready to cut my hair off! Still need to grow it three or four more inches. Wigs for Kids wants donations to be at least twelve inches long. They would really prefer fourteen inches long or longer. So I am going to have to maybe grown my hair down to the middle of my back.

My previous blogs on the subject.

Wigs for Kids! My First Blog

I thought my hair was just taking to long to grow. If I compare my progress now the my hair in December. My guess is I will be writing my final blog in September of 2020. Must stay strong! Must hang in there! Must not cut me hair!

Wigs for Kids! Part Two!

It looks like my hair growth has stalled, in February. Need to start taking better care of it. 

Wigs for Kids! Part Three! I am Getting Antsy!

Progress is slow

Just to let you know. I am not interested in any MLM hair growing vitamins. If you slide into my comment with that nonsense. I will delete your comments and block you!

My other projects!
Laurel Maryland Rocks gets a trip to Pensacola!
My trip to Pensacola!

My weight loss projects!
Progress Report Part One!
Progress Report Part Two!
How Have I Been Doing?

Pensacola Rocks!

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Please read Part One, for a little more background.
Pensacola Rocks Meets Laurel MD Rocks!

The Beautiful Pensacola Night Sky

     Visiting Pensacola and knowing about Pensacola Rocks. What a highlight!  People say "Oh Florida it is so hot and humid." Nah, Florida is any hotter or more humid than Laurel.  Besides I love Summer! It is my favorite season. Everything is alive and beautiful. The sun is out most of the day. The best thing is, it's hot!

Just a Few Rocks!

     I didn't get to hide all of my rocks. So I left some hidden for my niece and nephew.

Beautiful blue water at Pensacola Beach

A few of my other blogs
Wigs for Kids! I am Getting Antsy!
Later Spring Flowers!
Favorite Easy Dinner!

Laurel Maryland Rocks Visits Pensacola Rocks!

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We are getting ready to go on a Journey!

     

Monarch butterfly
Not the Maryland State burtterfly
But our state butterfly is dull and ugly
looks like a moth. 

    A few years I visited Pensacola Florida. That's where I learned about The Kindness Rocks Project. People paint and hide rocks. Hoping that someone will find them and it will brighten their day.





     So then home to Maryland. Hoping that there was already a Laurel Maryland Rocks. There wasn't and this is how Laurel Maryland Rocks was born.

Laurel Maryland Rocks on Facebook! (shameless plug, like my page)
Laurel Maryland Rocks

Blessings!

     I searched Facebook and found Pensacola Rocks! This is a closed group. I think that you will have to have a Facebook account and join to be able to see this page.
Pensacola Rocks

I adore Pineapples!

    After that, Frederick and Dundalk Rocks. These are also closed groups so you may have to join?
Frederick Rocks
Dundalk Rocks

    

    
     Leave a comment below if your city participates in the Kindness Rocks Project! More blogs on the project are in the works and your city might get a shout out!

Something I need to remember!

If your city doesn't have a Kindness Rocks Project. It is so easy to start. Just paint some rocks and hide them. It is also not terribly expensive. 





~Buy or find some rocks. 
~Please don't steal landscaping rocks from someones home or     business.
~A large container of blue or white acrylic paint 
~I think those are the only paint colors that come in large  containers? 
~When you get into buying varying colors. It can get a bit spendy. ~Paint markers and outdoor shellac. 

     I use Rustoleum the clear and glossy. I like the paint pens from Michael's Craft stores. I cannot remember the brand. I buy most of my project materials from Michael's Craft Stores.

    
 Make sure to write the city they come from on the back. Plus that you hope for them to take a picture and share it. 

Without Pensacola Rocks
I would have never learned abou
The Kindness Rocks Project

                Be careful where you hide them

~Hiding them in a store may get someone accused of shoplifting. 
~You don't want to put them where a lawn mower may pick it up and throw it into a window or something fragile.
~Private property without permission. May get your precious rock thrown away.

   
    
    

In Maryland we are known for our blue crabs.

   
   
     The drawback to painting rocks. Is that after you paint them and release them into the world. You may never find out what happened to them. I have painted and hid about twenty. I only know what happened to one. A few of them weren't in the hiding places when I returned. So I hope that they were picked up. 

Because YOU are!

    Still hoping that this will catch on. In Laurel Maryland. So far I am the only one that I know of. If you're also out there. Let me know in the comments


      A few more close ups of rocks that I painted for this trip. I am sincerely grateful to Pensacola Rocks and the Kindness Rocks Project. Painting rocks is wonderful therapy.







  

I also love Clovers

      
                                               

These rocks started out with another idea. They have been repainted several times.

Thank You So Much!

     My final Rock. That will be headed to Pensacola, with me!

     






I hope that you enjoyed this blog. I sure enjoyed writing it.  Here are a few of my other blogs.
What I Have Been Doing! Progress Report Part 2
Wigs for Kids! I'm Getting Antsy!
Favorite Easy Dinners
Later Spring Flowers!
The Purpose of Laurel Maryland Rocks!