✨Glow Up With Me✨

7.12.26

Lately…

So the gut protocol I’m working on is for a candida overgrowth in my gut. Super restrictive because I have food sensitivities and am also vegetarian, but I’m finding more and more foods and recipes to add to my rotation. I’m doing this for 2 months total, plus eating foods and drinks that heal my damaged gut lining. The main goal is to decrease overall inflammation, and I have a lot.

Currently starting week 6, will be working on reintroducing foods with the help of my functional medicine doctor. I can honestly say this feels life-changing and I will be continuing using a lot of the recipes I’m finding. Especially the sweets.

I’ve been going to the farmers market a lot and have been forced to cook more and buy mostly Whole Foods. Maybe like 10 days in, I already lost SO much water weight, it was wild. My body was holding onto so much from inflammation. I’m able to buckle my belt 2 notches smaller now.

6.27.26

It’s been a minute. As I said in the past few posts, I realized that I’ve been getting ahead of myself by focusing on the glow up before getting my health in order. Long story short, I’ve been working with a functional medicine doctor and my cortisol is off the charts (that black line is supposed to be in the green😫), my gut is wrecked, and I have early insulin resistance. Here’s the plan:

🌟Daily foods that heal gut lining

🌟Extremely low impact exercise

🌟Incorporate mindfulness habits to lower cortisol levels

🌟Be consistent with taking supplements

10.7.25

A recipe database, a salad, and a hot girl walk.

10.4.25

10.2.25

Hi guys, so long story short my health has been all out of whack. My gut-brain axis has me all the way effed up.

So I want to try winter arc again, but I am so dysregulated overall that my main focus and theme this year will be to: ✨Regulate✨

The result will point me in the direction of a glow up, but the main goal and angle will be to regulate nervous system and gut, and stabilize hormones and other bodily processes. I know, not very sexy😂.

I used AI to come up with an entirely new set of recipes for my diet that meet all of my health concerns/needs, then I put them into an aesthetically pleasing database to encourage myself to actually try them. I also made myself a weekly skincare schedule. I won’t be so intense this year. I have a tendency to have a long list of goals, so I’m going to simplify it and add on as I go for sustainability.

So here are my rules going in:

🌟Exercise everyday

(aiming for daily walk, and adding on calisthenics and baby weights on certain days)

🌟Cooking meals at home

🌟Following my meal plan

🌟Taking my supplements and doing my treatments

🌟Following my skincare schedule

🌟Whitening teeth

🌟No coffee

For meals, I had

Cinnamon flaxseed oatmeal lightly sweetened with maple syrup with a lion’s mane and rhodiola latte

Chocolate chia pudding

Umami noodle soup

An update:

Hi guys, it’s been a minute. Since my last post, I’ve really had to dial it back. I’ve been trying to mitigate stress and recently, trying to seek more in-depth answers about my health. I have a lot of dysfunction, imbalance, and theories.

The precursor to a glow up era is really just getting your health back to baseline, and I realize mine isn’t . I haven’t abandoned this blog or glowing up, just dealing with a lot and seeking answers. Not much glow up info to document, just research and blood tests. The traditional healthcare system is so effing inefficient. I might go see a functional medicine doctor.

They say weight loss is an insulin game, and I think mine is out of whack. Among other hormones being out of whack. Current plan of attack is to stabilize my hormones, but I need someone to just fully assess me and find all the root causes for my overall dysfunction and prescribe me with things.

🌟2025 is about finding answers.

🌟2026 will be about execution.

I really just need some effing TLC. I’ve had gut issues my whole life. It runs in my family. I come from a long line of people ignoring their gut health and slapping on a bandaid (laxative abuse) when they get debilitating flare ups. Time for some root cause analysis. And this will be so worth it when I’m NOT bloated the majority of the time. And I deserve optimal health. Plus the bioindicators of good health translate to looking radiant😂.

2.10.25

Been MIA lately. I put my glow up journey on the back burner at the end of last year to set and prepare for my new year goals.

I decided to approach my glow up this year from an angle/focus on health. Basically, I’m starting from the ground up. No more building a house on unstable foundation.

Instead of ignoring my issues, I need to find all my issues, fix them, and THEN fine tune. Glowing up is fine tuning. My current focuses will be:

🌟Heal my gut

🌟Treat deficiencies

🌟Stress management

🌟Treat hair loss

🌟Consistent skincare

🌟Go to all of my checkups

11.1.24

10.18.24

10.16.24

🌟Weigh-in at 135.4 lbs

🌟45 min on treadmill hills

🌟Gut-healthy meals

🌟Made a winter arc inspo for my Pinterest board

10.13.24

I’m obsessed with winter arc.

My goals:

🌟Consistent fitness

🌟Gut-healthy diet

🌟Lose 10 lbs

🌟Consistent skincare

9.23.24

🌟Veggie curry

🌟Curry and quinoa meal preps

🌟Carrots and hummus

🌟Vanilla chia pudding w blueberries

8.31.24

🌟Decaf green tea

🌟Banana, berry, and mango smoothie with coconut water and aloe vera juice

🌟Cold pressed juices

🌟Hot girl walk✅✅✅

8.29.24

🌟Washing and nourishing my hair with fresh aloe vera

🌟Stimulating hair growth with my scalp massager

🌟Protective hairstyle to prevent breakage

8.28.24

First half of this week…

🌟Narrowing down staple foods to meet my health goals

🌟Tofu bokchoy shiitake mushroom stew, quinoa, and broccoli

🌟Spring salad with mustard greens, tomatoes, and variety of seeds