I walked into the nail salon for my two o’clock appointment, and I was dressed to the nines. Wig on, makeup on, a great outfit, shoes, jewelry – the works.

“Hi, Anna. “Hi, Andy,” I said to the Vietnamese husband-and-wife salon owners.

“Ohhhhh, Cristy, you wear your fake hair today!” Anna blurted out. 

Loudly.

In front of the whole salon.

And everyone turned to look.

How did she know? I didn’t tell her or Andy about my wig, I thought.

I could have gotten embarrassed, but I brushed it off, smiled, and said, “Yeah.”

“Oooooh, look ni, look ni,” she added. 

“Thank you,” I replied as I sat down across from Andy, who was doing my nails that day.

“What color you want?” he asked.

“Red, please.”

“Okay okay okay.”

“I knew you wear your fake hair because it look different than what you normally wear,” Anna added.

“Well, my normal hair is getting almost as long as this. I have about six more months until it’s this long,” I replied, hoping she’d drop it.

See, most people who wear wigs don’t necessarily want the whole world to know. (So I really shouldn’t put it in a blog post , but there’s a lesson in all this!)

And calling out someone for wearing a wig is a little like asking a pregnant lady when she’s due, only to find out she’s not pregnant.

If you’re wearing a hot pink wig or something, that’s a different story.

But if it looks like your natural hair, most people (me included) don’t really want someone to shout it out to the whole world.

Besides, my wig doesn’t LOOK fake (even if it’s technically “fake” hair).

But I know Anna didn’t mean anything by it. There was no malicious intent whatsoever.

And given what I know about Anna and Andy, I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised she blurted it out.

Vietnamese people are very direct. They don’t mince words. They don’t use pleasantries like Americans do, either.

And though I usually LOVE their directness…even I have my limits.

Still, it could have been worse. And everyone in the salon went back to their phones eventually.

How I felt when I thought Anna was calling my hair fake because she thought it LOOKED fake reminded me a little of how you might feel when someone comments on your weight loss, and you’re not ready to hear it.

Or maybe how you felt when you saw yourself in a picture and thought, “Oh. Wow. Is that ME? Am I really THAT big?”

It does NOT feel good.

A HUGE percentage of people actually join Code Red for that exact reason. They saw themselves in a picture and realized how big they’d let themselves get.

Maybe that’s even why you’re checking out this website.

Or maybe it’s because you can’t sit on the floor and play with your grandkids.

Or because you’re on fifteen different medications and your doctor wants you to add ANOTHER one.

Or because you know you’re not treating your body like a temple of the Holy Spirit.

Whatever it is, if you want things to be different…if you want to actually feel good in your own skin and look forward to photos instead of dread them…

Then your next step is to start doing things differently.

I say that because if you want different results, you need to do different things, and do them CONSISTENTLY.

As for what to do, it depends on what you’re already doing.

But if you’re serious about making this your last time around the weight loss mountain Code Red has an option that’s right for you and your budget.

The best place to start is to check out the Code Red network, where you can get to know Code Red (it’s completely free to join the network).

Instructions on how to join are posted below!