Thu, May-13-04, 22:31
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Plan: My Own
Stats: 280/118/117.5
BF:
Progress: 100%
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I was pretty healthy coming into this WOE. Even though I had metabolic problems, nutritionally speaking I got adequate amounts of everything... I ate lots of whole or fortified foods. Though my hair was already thinning from PCOS, my nails were pretty strong and never split.
Needless to say, after a few months of inadequate nutrition compounded with rapid weight loss and lack of supplementation, my hair started falling out at an alarming pace. My nails were splitting right in half, peeling, and they were weak and brittle.
I started to realize that what I was eating was not supplying all my nutrients, so I made a more conscious effort to eat good food. I also began supplementing most all vitamins and minerals. I slowed my weight loss down too.
My nails have made a dramatic recovery. Though I still experience some slight problems with peeling, as the nail grows out the amount it peels and propensity to break gets less and less. Is uspect the nail I am growing right now is completely healthy. I think my nails are thicker and stronger than they were before. Pre-lc though I had a very "solid" nail with a strong structure, it was very flimsy, like paper. Now my nail is slightly more brittle and tends to peel (which I think is growing out, I was probably very D & calcium deficient before the supplements), but it is much much thicker than it was even before LC.
As for the hair, it still isn't back to its fullness, though I think it's getting better. I certainly am not losing any more hair which is good.
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