Weight loss, bush fires and Sally's blog home address

Okay first up is Sally's address. She's okayed me giving it up so for anyone interested in reading a new blog from a newly banded girl this is it....  http://myspats.blogspot.com/

I woke up this morning and when I went to the bathroom I could smell smoke. A heavy pall has settled over our city. It seems overnight we have had (or still have) a huge bushfire somewhere nearby. The news is telling us it's from 'somewhere down south' but WE are down south. This is the scary part of hot summers and living here in Western Australia which is still fairly forresty. It can be a quite worrying. I went outside at 7am and there was a massively heavy smell in the air (it's in the house too, like someone lit up fifty cigs at once), it's foggy with smoke and the sun is covered by smog making it blurry and a freaky orange colour. My car is also covered by ash.. tons of it. Shit! I am on the lookout now to where the actual fire is. It's probably miles away but I don't know, this feels a bit close for comfort. Will report back when I know more.

On a better note I had another loss this morning. I am SO loving this band right now - even more than usual I have to say. I thought I might have gone up a little or perhaps even stayed the same due to some unheralded snacking on crap food over the last 24 hours but I still managed almost a half kilo again in just two days. I can actually see the end goal in sight now and it's kind of spinning me out! I still have two stone to lose but the thing is.. well, it's ONLY two stone. Compared to when I started it honestly seems very doable. I'm doing the happy dance right now. 

There is one downside though and I touched on it the other day. My hair. I have always loved my hair: it was as my mother and a lot of other people told me, my crowning glory. Well, it doesn't feel that way now. My hair is dry and lifeless and feels very thin right now. As I sit here writing this I have an oil treatment in, my head is covered in clingwrap (good look, lol not!!) and a towel is over that, wrapped turban style. I am trying to replace some moisture.  I am losing it by the tonnes and it's kind of freaking me out a little. Rogain anyone? My hairdressers over the year always told me.. you have fine hair but there's a lot of it. And I have a lot of natural curl. Now if I scrunch it into a pony tail, that lackey band has to go round a couple of times more just to contain what little there is. Ideas anyone? I know this is something most of us suffer with, this hair loss due to having the band, but this is just too depressing for words. 


Hope you all have a good day.
Be good, stay thin and speak soon.
Cara xx