I just lost 4 pounds in 45 minutes.

How?

I got my hair cut.

For the past 5 years I have been "growing my hair out".

For the previous 20 years I had short hair, short as in pixie short.

I never liked it short but my family expected my hair to be short.

That was what they were used to and if I ever tried growing it longer I was told,"You look better with short hair."

Five years ago I went on a diet, lost 25 pounds and began to grow my hair out.

I learned alot of things during that time mostly I learned that people don't like you to change.

They place you in a box and expect you to stay in that box forever.

I also learned that people were lying all those years I do NOT look better with short short hair.

Anyway...

My hair had gotten too long.

Yes, this is entirely possible.

My hair was down to the middle of my back and was interfering with my sleep, my driving, my work and it just didn't look good.

Long hair is long hair, not a hair style.

So I chopped it off, not all of it but enough of it that I can donate my hair to Locks of Love.

It is not long enough for Locks of Love to use as part of a wig but is long enough for them to sell and benefit monetarily.

I am being brave and posting a before

and an after

Not pixie short.

Still long enough to be feminine yet short enough that it doesn't get stuck behind my back while I'm driving or smother me in my sleep.

I'm happy and I'll be interested in what people have to say!