Although fitness and weight loss have awesome health benefits, and that should be all the reason we need to work so hard at the gym or deprive ourselves of food we love, let's be honest -- most of us do it to look better. And even if appearance isn't your biggest reason, I don't know anybody who ever said "You know, I really wish I didn't have to be in shape to be healthy. I just hate the way I look when I'm thin and toned."

So with beauty in mind this might be the perfect time, as the pounds are dropping off one by one, to reward yourself and finally act on that urge to do something different with your hair. The power of a woman's hair is amazing, from the infamous "bad hair day" to how wonderful and beautiful you feel when it's doing just the right thing. But what to do differently -- cut or color? Bangs or no bangs? Long or short? Steering away from anything drastic is good advice, and check out this article for pointers from a Miami stylist regarding the latest hair trends and ideas for different age groups.

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One Small Step is our attempt to show you all how easy it can be to improve your health, and the health of the planet. Each week, we'll take one more little step and encourage you to take it with us. This week, I've finally agreed to listen to my husband and:

Get ultra-local.

Yes, I love the concept of the Eat Local Challenge, but this isn't just eating -- it's drinking coffee, and going to the dentist, and buying my favorite books. I guess you could call it "shop local." So today, when I went to get my hair cut, I didn't go downtown to the chic Aveda stylist where I got my hair done for my wedding (and the one who usually cuts my hair oh so well). Instead, I went to the corner barbershop -- literally, on the corner two blocks from my house. No energy was expended in getting there, and Tammy (along with "Bip", her partner) lives in the neighborhood. She gets her coffee at my favorite coffee shop -- she's about as local as you can get.

It was my husband's idea. I'd been encouraging him to go to the dentist about a mile up the street, instead of the one several miles away we'd been seeing; we've heard such great things. He went even further.