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#HAIR #weightloss #fashion by (me!) sandra, topps, writeousmom

k, i did determine to write about HAIR, WEIGHTLOSS & FASHION in 2025

#HAIR:  i am in the habit, when i have the time, of letting my hair air-dry, and eliminate the blow dryer.  i do that for two primary reasons  1.  less heat, temperature wise, in the bathroom, in general, and 2. less heat/stress on my hair.   my hair has quite a great deal of random wave when it air dries, which lends to more volume in appearance when i curl it.  i still, do not like product in my hair.. [hair sprays..]; but i will use a little root cover on the few days before i get my gray roots covered again.  i love my 1.5" conair pro curling iron; and always use the same setting 400.  i try not to use a comb or brush, and just hand pick sections of my hair to place in the curling iron; the more time/patience i have, the smaller amounts of hair i will do at a time.  with the large curling iron, i sometimes only grab 7 groups of hair; run them through, be done.  -sometimes, small sections..  15-20..     but overall, currently pleased with hair, the length, the strength, the style..   always knowing i will change it again, without knowing when. very pleased with my current salon magician who makes the gray disappear..  and makes my disappearing eyebrows re-appear!  "Thank You!"  Esperanza!!    -she knows how much i love & appreciate her..  xoxo 

 

#WEIGHTLOSS:  wow! in my 20's, 30's, 40's...  women would take life/death very high stakes risks to achieve a certain very low weight; self included.

it seems it was the only conversation..  look you've lost weight.. oh my, have you put on some weight..   i wont get pregnant because i cant let myself gain weight..  i wont quit smoking because i might put on weight..   how did you lose weight...  those clothes make you look fat...   you need to wear all black and high heels..    on and on and on 

AND! anything from dangerous, illegal drugs, to over-the-counter...  any food, book, article, guru, pill, new exercise equipment..    anything that promised to help you lose weight..     very! popular!   jenny craig, weight watchers..    more important than your academic education..

AND! [please note i can only share this from the advantage of being 59 in 2025];

AND!  i know more than one woman..  back in the day..  lost a few pounds..  capitalized on their [fleeting] success, selling classes, workshops, books..

and those women  -made their money, they did.  but put the weight back on.

-how can you see that in advance?  -how temporary and fleeting...  

anyway..  'be the change'   -write.   so, you won't see as much in my 20 years of blogging on the topic because it is crazy making non-sense..

here is a very healthy experiment for anyone living their life under the influence of numbers on a scale

BEFORE YOU EVEN STEP ON THE SCALE  -Put it away.  You should not be using a scale to determine what you will or wont eat that day.

whether the number was going to make you happy/pleased; or disappointed and frustrated

      There are certain decisions that day, you should make regarding what you eat, drink, snack on..

regardless of a scale.

There are decisions that day YOU KNOW   -YOU ALREADY KNOW-  are decisions that either serve your goals, and set you up for success; or decisions that keep it neutral..  or decisions that send you backwards

I rarely, step on a scale.

I rarely, count calories

I rarely over do it; or under do it..

I do keep myself hyped on nutritional value of foods..  and in doing so

    [my own commercials...  i choose what gets repeated..  i've learned what is true..]

-long lasting, stable and real results; consistency; health/nutrition..

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it was in those traps, with food, and with money/credit..

if the scale showed i had lost some weight...    that somehow became a permission slip to over eat.. and before i knew it..  

if the scale showed i had gained some weight..   that somehow became a crisis which had to be dealt with via starvation..

similar w/money..  if i paid off a credit card!  woohoo..  but it somehow became a permission slip to use credit..

if i was in debt..   a crisis where i'd try to pay off, but ended up further in debt..

     i am convinced we all need to identify,  battle & override default systems to achieve our victories!

     -all brings me back to my recent post regarding the fruit of the spirit, self control.

self-governing..

if you work, in collaboration with the holy spirit, on identifying, developing, growing, strengthening your individual ability to self-govern

and not let flesh/carnal/default ways of thinking, responding, dictate what you do/ do not do..

by mastering one thing: self-control, 

you can solve multiple problems..   it will help you with weight management; it will help you with money management; it will help you with time management;  it will help you master your emotions, temper, patience..  on and on.

 #FASHION:  The under/over longer/shorter store

My imagination is always..   and so, in one week, i put on a blouse, and i wished like heck, the sleeves were longer..    and with another blouse, i wished like heck, the back of it was longer; past my butt..

i wished i had a certain color tank to wear under a hoodie..   where i wished the hoodie was longer, not cropped at my waist..

so..  imagination allowed me to see an under/over, longer/shorter store..  a boutique of sorts.. where you find wonderful 'under' tops..   t shirts, tanks, 

and wonderful 'over' choices..       and where you have sleeve length sections..        and long in the back shirts & blouses..

   here is one of my favorite under/over combinations!  inspired by our 'berryessa blue zone' driveway happy hours, where we include, 'wear some blue' on the invitations,  -just for fun..   it just makes it more fun..         usually, the weather is nice/warm, sometimes windy..     CLIMATE/TEMPERATURE is number one thing to dictate fashion decisions i think, with occasion a close 2nd..    -of course, budget..

but anyway...  i don't remember where i found the blue 'under' sweater..  high chance Magic of Macys..

i do more completely remember where i found the light-weight, darling! multi-spring-colored, long sleeve, long length, button down blouse!  i found that in the swimsuit section of macy's..  being sold as a swim suit cover..    -which has sent me back to that section, looking not for a swimsuit cover, but just some fun 'overs' for tank tops..     anyway..  i LOVE this under/over combo, and wear it together often.. especially for a warm, outdoor, activity.   #fashion  #magicofmacys

"Thank You!" prayers, hallelujah & amen.. 

posted by SANDRA MICKANEN @ 12:14 PM