Rising After Relapse

It is towards the end of April but rest assured that the April pictures were taken within the first 5 days of April.  My hair growth is really slow as you can tell. I am honestly finding more hair in the shower drain. Nothing about my routine has changed. But it could also be due to perspectives. Not writing much this post but here are my progress pictures from last month to this month.

I want to share a template a made that I used to track my earnings from apps. I am far from a pro as I've read people actually make hundreds of dollars a month on these things while I bust my ass to break $100. I originally made this template as I was wondering if my time was being wasted on these apps. It honestly felt nice to see the solid numbers and a breakdown of everything. Without further ado here is the template: LINK TO FREE TEMPLATE *Select Make A Copy so you can be able to input any data. As a quickie refresher here are what the columns mean: A= Date of your payout redemption  B= App you redeemed from C= Gift card amount in US dollars D= PayPal or Amazon gift card you chose E= Date you received the payout The template is blank but all very self explanatory. The first page with the graph YOU LEAVE BLANK! That is because I input formulas that will eventually carry over to show in the graph as well as the totals. For January, February, March and so on is where ...

Super late post but my pictures were actually taken on March 1st. I just didn't post any damn thing. Had a stressful month. Unrelated. This is a hair growth blog so let's see how my hair grew. This is how it looked when I got out of the shower and let air dry: Reason why I delayed posting was because I see that my hair is starting to lose hair again and it was making me depressed. Still way better than a year ago so I will try to remember that. Here are random shots in succession. This is what my hair looked like when I brushed. Just to show difference. I don't have comparison pics for this. And from the back. I also don't have comparison pics. I should have but oh well. Now the rest is when I decided to flat iron my hair: but I did when I straightened so here they are. And the other side And then the back: ...

Late update but February pictures were taken on the 3rd so it still counts. It is the beginning of the new year so am choosing to start fresh and no longer use the 2025 pics. When I do it will be very selectively.  I was a bit upset when I first took this picture because I was expecting way more hair growth. Looks like a lot of hair breakage if I am being honest. Then again who knows how bad my hair was if I were to straighten it at any point last year. Here is my starting point for 2026.  I am honestly going to ignore my January post because I clearly did not straighten it all the way. I had some frizziness which did not reflect its real growth. Or lack of. I am so mad at myself for not taking just 5 minutes of my time to fix the kinks but oh well.  Here is what the behind pics look like. Like i said it is hard to see growth. I initially took it bad as if my hair is thinner but I really think it is the frizzines...

I decided it was best to do all of my daily entries into an entire new blog. This current blog will be dedicated to just hair growth.  Daily Weight Loss Diaries  is the new home to chronicle my mini weight loss journey. Aiming to loss 20 pounds ultimate goal is 30. I'm sure there will be overlap no matter what.  As for my hair, i am certainly frustrated my hair still isn't long yet even after 6 months. I have to keep reminding myself that my hair has a lot of repairing and growing to do than the average person so of course it will look like slow growth. I even started worrying all over again because I do notice my hair is thinning yet again. Not so much clumps in the shower but in my hair brush. It is needed to get clear more frequently. Nonetheless, here is what my hair looks like today. Solo here is a years difference in my hair journey: Sad but it is what it is. But we can also look once again to see how far I have come: ...