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It’s my first day of doing a low carb, intermittent fasting diet. Huhu. Izzo hard!!! But I gotta keep up and tell myself I’m proud of me for doing the right thing, finally. If I were outside, walking in my fitted skinny pants, or showing off my fat legs, I would just be regretting the days I didn’t do this. So aja, Julie!!!

Anyway, here I am, drinking the blackest of black coffee (that means no sugar coffee!) and I can see myself doing this longer. I mean, it’s not that bad. It’s not my first time, though. I’ve drunk black coffee yesterday, too. Haha. It really doesn’t taste that bad, maybe because of the brand? Yeah.

I managed to work out before eating, too. But I ate 1 and a half hour earlier than required cause my shift today starts at 9am.

After waking up, I watched Pulp Fiction but didn’t finish it as I had to work out, eat, and take a bath, too before 9. Aaaand read the brief sent to my email.

Grabe. What this diet can do to your body and brain. I feel like my head is filled with air. 💨

Donate a Photo to Support LCIF's Sight for Kids

Helping to protect a child’s sight is as easy as snapping a photo! For every photo you donate through Johnson & Johnson’s Donate a Photo app*, Johnson & Johnson will donate US$1 to Lions Clubs International Foundation’s (LCIF) Sight for Kids program, up to US$30,000.

Each photo you “donate” via the app (up to 1 per day) through December 31, 2018, will help Lions and our partner, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Companies (JJVCC), provide eye health education,  vision screening and access to a professional eye exam to a child. The Sight for Kids program’s mission is to mobilize local Lions, teachers and eye care professionals to improve eye health awareness and remove eye care barriers to for children in underserved areas across Asia, as well as in Kenya and Turkey – including providing exams, and eye glasses and other treatment.

The free mobile app is accessible to Lions and the public in the U.S, the United Kingdom and Japan. All you have to do is download the free mobile app from the App Store or Google Play and start taking pictures!

How to Get Started

Download the FREE Donate a Photo app for your Apple or Android device (click here) 2. Follow the in-app steps to set up your account and profile. Switch on your Facebook and Twitter accounts within the app to automatically share with all your friends and followers! You can also set up a daily reminder. 3. Choose our cause: “To help protect a child’s sight with Sight for Kids.” 4. Then, take a picture, or choose an existing photo to share from your library. 5. When you share your photo, you help a child and inspire others to help our Sight for Kids program!

Photo Guidelines

Lions and the public can donate up to one photo a day, every day, to benefit LCIF’s Sight for Kids cause through December 31, 2018.

Any appropriate snapshot helps, but Lions hope to share photos of faces or eyes or favorite views to inspire and raise awareness about the importance of eye health and accessible eye care and exams, especially for our kids.

Are you planning a project or event for World Sight Day? Share your Lions club service photos through the Donate a Photo app

Be sure to tag photos with the hashtag #Be100 on Facebook and Twitter. LCIF will share select photos through the Lions Clubs International official Facebook and Twitter pages.

Since 2002, LCIF and JJVCC’s Sight for Kids program has worked to provide eye health education and eye care and eyeglasses access to millions of school children throughout Asia, Kenya and Turkey with the Sight for Kids program. Surrounding World Sight Day, LCIF and JJVCC are ensuring their social snapshots are serving, too!

Consider donating a photo for Sight for Kids to help Lions protect a child’s sight today and every day through the end of 2018! Learn more about Sight for Kids at www.lcif.org/sfk.

*The Donate a Photo app is available in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan only. No matter where you live, be sure to get the word out about Sight for Kids and the importance of annual professional eye exams for our children. Photos shared are not used for commercial purposes.

LCIF and the Carter Center Recognized for their Work Battling Trachoma

*Photo courtesy of the Carter Center Did you know that Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) has demonstrated a commitment to not only controlling but eliminating certain neglected tropical diseases that threaten vision for the some of the world’s most vulnerable populations?

Commonly known as NTDs, the term “neglected tropical diseases” refers to a particular group of communicable diseases that prevail in tropical and subtropical conditions in 149 countries. Both onchocerciasis (river blindness) and trachoma are considered NTDs and both are leading causes of blindness in particular areas of the world.

LCIF’s SightFirst program funds the efforts of Lions, nongovernmental organizations, government agencies and others to fight the major causes of preventable and reversible blindness, and provide services to persons who are blind or have a visual impairment. Trachoma will continue to remain a priority for SightFirst; click here to learn more about what that means.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently published an article highlighting the massive drug donation to NTDs, with a focus on trachoma.  In addition to recognizing the Carter Center, Pfizer and the other pharmaceutical donors, the article also recognizes the critical contributions of partner organizations, like LCIF, that support the distribution of the donated medicines in the context of broader disease elimination strategies.

Check out this @Philanthropy article highlighting @hiltonfound, @lionsclubs, @KellyCTrachoma, and 20 years of impact against trachoma with @pfizer @ITIatlanta donated drug! #endtrachoma https://t.co/7UcODHsuh7

Gained a lot since pandemic started. Balik loob! 😅