Rising After Relapse

Sooo my health has been taking quite the tumble the past few months. If you followed me from my OG blog where I did daily entries about my weight loss journey where I ended up losing over 50 pounds in about 6 months, you saw that it was a tremendous success but it obviously wasn't perfect. It is not a mandatory read that old blog at all so feel free to skip it but the TL;DR of it all was that I lost that weight by eating keto in combination of some form of exercise 5 days a week and drinking 100 of ounces of water daily. I made a lot of hiccups along the way and I remember at times being so stressed about keeping up with not only with my routine to lose the actual weight but to keep up the daily posts in a timely manner in which I somehow was able to keep up about 90% of the time. Not that many people have read my blog. I did it mainly for me. Admittedly, it did cause a lot of stress. However, I am very glad I did all that diligent tracking of everything I did. It made...

After I lost over 50 pounds in 6 months, I noticed my haid rapidly shedding at an alarming rate. I've read about this and figured I was going through telogen effluvium which basically means when the body goes into shock or stress, it can cause an influx of hair loss. In my case, the shock to my system was said rapid weight loss. Not the most rapid change but still rapid, nonetheless. I tried to trust the process and continue on my merry way and wait it out for it to grow back. I was also going through actual stress towards the end of 2025 when I left an abusive relationship while also dealing with the rapid health decline of my mother. At the beginning of 2025, I did notice my hair shedding more than normal and once again, I figured it was the stress and shock to my system. Over 7 months later, my hair is at an all time critical level. I trimmed my hair twice hoping to speed up the growth. You know what I mean. But yeah.  However, there was a breakthrough.  Early July 2025 I w...