Wigs for Kids! Part Two!

   Part One of this blog!

Wigs for Kids! Part One

    

     Every year for my birthday. I like to make a donation to a charitable organization.  Still working on the enormous task of growing my hair out for donation. This organization makes wigs for kids that have lost their own hair. Due to illness or other reasons. The organization is called, Wigs for Kids!  

     It can be difficult. Whenever I see a cute, soft and wavy bob. They are all cute! The temptation to cut and color my hair is strong. It is much harder is to go through your young life without hair. Hair is such an important part of our self esteem. Maybe it shouldn't be, but it is. Persisting in this goal. 

The length of my hair now!
February 19, 2019

     
     I knew that my hair wouldn't be long enough by my birthday. So starting a Fundraiser. Seemed like a really good idea. The idea is to raise $1,800. Enough to make one wig. The recipients and their families don't get charged. Erin's Birthday Fundraiser, For Wigs for Kids!

My hair length from December 13, 2018

     Found some great tasting Gummy hair vitamins. As well as attempting to eat healthy food and get plenty of exercise.

Some information about Wigs for Kids!
Wigs for Kids
Wigs for Kids! Frequently Asked Questions

Acceptable hair for donation
Donate Your Hair!

On Twitter
Wigs for Kids on Twitter

Facebook
Wigs for Kids on Facebook!


Please consider donating whether with money or your own hair.

Wigs for Kids!

          Recently I received an email about my blog. If I didn't publish something soon. It would be deleted. It has been too long since I wrote anything. Here goes!

          I am not ready to write about my health and fitness journey,  yet. That blog is coming soon. I didn't want 'Ordinary Girl' to disappear forever. Not after all the blood, sweat and tears that has been poured into it. Okay, okay a little to much drama!

This is the length of my hair when I decide to donate
I can't remember the exact month

Let's get to the reason behind these ramblings. Every year around my birthday. I like to do an act of service. 

(Insert, shameless tooting of my own horn)

This year the chosen charity is; Wigs for Kids! Not only growing out my own hair and planning to donate that. Since that will take a little long while. Planning to make a monetary donation. Plus hosting a fundraiser on Facebook. This will happen around my birthday! Which is in March, stay tuned.

My December progress!

       

Well maybe it is a little bit longer brushed out?
I still have a long way to go.

What is the reason behind choosing Wigs for Kids? Remember when you were growing up. If you had a bad hair day? It was just the worst. (It is still pretty bad honestly) When you were on the receiving end of a bad haircut? It had to grow out and it took forever. Even worse? A hideous haircut before a big, much photographed event. I received the ugliest haircut before I took my senior pictures. Not only did it make the pictures hideous. The cut took forever to grow out. 

Hair and how it looks is so important. Imagine having an illness that causes hair loss? That would be utterly devastating.

Choosing Wigs for Kids was a personal decision. While there are other charities that accept hair for donation. Surely they do good work.  It isn't my goal to disparage any other charities. Or their operations. Just wanting to draw deserved attention to this very wonderful charity.

The Wigs for Kids website

Wigs for Kids

Frequently asked questions. About the wigs, donations and how much they charge recipients

FAQ's
More FAQ's

I really need to grow my hair 14 inches Plus. From the back of my neck. Here is some information if anyone else is interested.

Donate Your Hair

Donate a Ponytail. No highlights for me. For a year or more. It is for the kids. It will be okay.

How to cut your hair. Should be done by a professional

This organization is also on Facebook

Wigs for Kids/ Facebook

And on Twitter

Wigs for Kids/ Twitter

Now I have to go and order some Sugar Bear Hair, vitamins. This isn't sponsored. Hearing good things about that vitamin brand. I am hoping that it will expedite the process.

I decided to stick with my current hair multi vitamin by Eufora

PS. If you leave me a comment in another language. I will delete it

Yippee!!!!!!!

 

 

         Weight loss from October 3rd to November 7th has been four pounds.

 

     How? Tracking my calories using Spark People. Exercising four to five times per week. With an ancient bicycle and strength and tone bands from Walmart for $15. I cleaned up my diet. I eat more whole foods. Leaning more towards a plant based diet. Can't say I will never eat meat again. Never is a long time.

 

     I also weigh myself three times a week. Realizing that this doesn't work for some. The scale isn't my enemy. It is only a tool that tells me my weight. After hearing many times to ditch the scale. Go by how my clothes fit. I have many sizes of clothes. And have already gained five pounds by the time my jeans don't fit. So that doesn't work for me.

      

        

 

 

Left 10/3 144.4
Right 11/7 140.2

 

      I am also very glad to announce. It has been 36 days since my last binge. Even with some very stressful situations that have left me in tears. No chemical substance can cure my problems. Only God can do that!  I weigh myself three times a week. The scale isn't my enemy. It is only a tool that determines my weight. Won't throw it out. Won't use my clothes. By the time my jeans won't zip. I have already gained five pounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can see a little bit of progress!

 

 

     This is a big weekend coming up. Don't want to undo all my progress. In one weekend. Working on finding balance. Between big events and staying on a healthy track. Had a previous event. Where I did pretty good. I could have done better. Won't feel guilty because of it. As a wonderful Spark Member said, Guilt burns no calories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I never noticed I have chicken wings
One day I will not have them!
And I'll get rid of the back fat, too!

       
    Coming soon. Thanksgiving, Christmas and all the indulgences that comes with them.  Buckling down and staying serious. I can still lose weight. Done it before, can do it again! Must remember that these are holiDAYS and not holiMONTHS. Another wonderful saying from a Spark member. With a couple parties thrown in. Going to find the balance.  

    Next week I begin my new exercise program. Changing it up every six weeks. Keeps me from getting bored.

My Progress..........

 

      My progress has been......well very little progress. It is hard to admit.   There has been one non scale victory! An inch off of my waist. That is good right? Even though I have been struggling with the same four pounds since July.

 

 

 

 

Started out at 10/3 at 144.4

 

 

The biggest problem is using food for comfort. Yes I know, it should be God and Jesus. Prayer and [not] corn chips should be my solace. Comforting with food has been my refuge as long as I can remember. 

 

There have been so many stressful events this summer. Just one thing right after another. Get over one event and then something else happens. My companion has been a constant feeling of dread.  The calm before the storm has only lasted so long. In the past. Not being able to know when or how the other shoe is going to drop. Or if it is even going to drop. Is causing mounds of anxiety. My sweet little elderly terrier. Is empathetic and feeds off of my anxiety.

 

 

 

 



Mandie my sweet elderly terrier
Who seems to be an empath
and feeds off of my anxiety





 

I know that worry is a thief and it only takes. Stealing my life away. Plus comfort eating doesn't work. Eat a whole bag of corn chips. It might feel good while it's happening. When the corn chips are done the problem is still there. You feel so much worse. On top of it. Yet I still succumb to the dreaded comfort eating. Although, I am becoming better, slowly. Putting this knowledge into practice. That is the challenge.

 

 

 

 

Not styling my hair. Just so that I can sweat it back down
with exercise

 

 

 

 

So anyway keep on keeping on. I know what works now and what doesn't. I have been working on cleaning up my diet. I know that low carb and sugar free don't work. Strict diets don't work. Can't stick with them. Artificial sweeteners just make me hungry hangry and you wouldn't like me when I am hangry. Those artificial natural zero calorie sweeteners. Give me cramps and diarrhea. Especially when they contain sugar alcohol. Sorry to be so blunt, but keeping it real. These work for some. Strict diets. Diets where certain foods are off limits. If anything is forbidden. Like eating pancakes for dinner. That will eventually trigger a binge. As sure as the sun sets.

If any of this works for you, Great!

 

 

 



Can I make a joke about Back Boobs right now?



 

 

 

Still not giving up. Still going to hang in there. Even though it means clutching at the door casings. As I am dragged out. Even though results have been nothing like I hoped. Sadly, I weigh more than when I started back in January.

 

It is sad when you have to put marbles back in the jar



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