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A personal blog about women's health, menstrual cycles, and thriving.

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Women's health, cycle tracking, and honest stories from R.

Day 34 Luteal Phase

Hello blog, welcome! Let's dive right in (appetite, mood, and motivation). So my appetite today was pretty low, not much to comment on. My mood was stable, I felt better today than I have in the past few days. Thirdly...

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Day 32 Luteal Phase

Hello everyone, welcome to another blog. Let's start straight away with our stats (appetite, mood and motivation). So my appetite today was controlled but yesterday holy moly I ravaged through so much food I got a sev...

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Day 30 Luteal Phase

Hello blog readers, welcome to another blog! Today I did notice a few differences so I'm excited to share them today! So let's get started with my stats (appetite, mood and motivation). So you know how in the last few...

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Day 29 Luteal Phase

Hello blog enjoyers welcome to another day! It is now day 29 of my luteal phase I should be getting my period soon but based on my current lifestyle habits I expect it may be late. Not only that I am very much unmotiv...

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Day 28 Luteal Phase

Hello girls. Welcome back to another blog! As you may or may not have noticed I have not posted in a few days all I can say is that the luteal phase is most definitely hitting me hard. So without further ado let's get...

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Day 23 Luteal Phase

Hello blog readers. Welcome to another post day interview (appetite, mood and motivation). Let jump right in with how my appetite was today. My appetite definitely increased today. Its funny as yesterday I was surpris...

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Day 22 Luteal Phase

Hello girlies! Welcome to another stat post(appetite, mood and motivation). Lets jump right into it and start with my appetite. Today it was quite small, I found it was hard for me to consume much food and I felt like...

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Day 20 Luteal Phase

Hello blog readers. Welcome back to another post day interview(appetite, mood and motivation). Today I did not do anything very interesting so I'll just drive right into how I was feeling. Firstly, for my appetite, it...

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Day 19 Luteal Phase

Hello girlies, welcome to another blog! You know the drill, its time to discuss my appetite, mood ,and motivation. To start off I found that I was eating really fast but also unable to eat a lot. I felt full fast but...

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Day 18 Luteal Phase

Hey blog readers! Welcome to another blog. Today I'm just gonna jump straight into the stats (appetite, mood and motivation). My appetite today was interesting to say the least. I did not feel hungry at all up until 5...

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Day 17 Luteal Phase

Hello everyone! Welcome back to another update! Let's jump right in for our stats of the day (appetite, mood, and motivation). Today was pretty decent. I started off the day by powering off my phone(a new habit I fail...

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Day 16 Ovulation

Hello girlys! Welcome back to another update! Today was by far the best I felt the whole month. Everything felt as if it aligned perfectly. Woah dramatic I know. Any who lets get straight into our stats for the day. L...

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Day 15 Ovulation

Hello bloggers! Welcome back! Let's jump straight into our cycle update! Today I was feeling very productive for the first time in forever. I even started the day off with running some errands I've been putting off. A...

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Day 13 Follicular Phase

Hello my blog readers! Welcome to today's post day interview! Today I really want to touch on the IMPORTANCE of sleep. For the first time in days I got a good nights sleep and the difference was night and day (lol). I...

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Day 12 Follicular Phase

Hello friends! Welcome to another blog! Today was pretty tiring as well but I finished my volunteering for the week!! Although during my day I kept getting severe brain fog and just overall felt exhausted and overwhel...

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Day 11 Follicular Phase

Hello girlys! Welcome to Day 11. I can not lie today I felt like a zombie because I slept late and had to wake up early. So today I made it my mission to not take a nap and stay up until nighttime so I could finally s...

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Day 10 Follicular Phase

Hellooooooooo! Welcome to day 10!! Today I felt sooooo sluggish but the culprit was definitely my sleep. Yesterday I accidentally took a 5hr nap! So I kind of ruined my sleep schedule and ended up sleeping at almost 4...

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Day 9 Follicular Phase

Hey guys my blog today will be short as I quite literally fell asleep after coming home from volunteering. Actually that's a bit of a lie I fell asleep after cooking an amazing quesadilla! Wow have I mentioned I've be...

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Day 8 Follicular Phase

Hello blog enjoyers! Welcome to day 8! Today was pretty chill and relaxed' as usual. I spent my day cooking, writing and sketching characters for my story. I was supposed to sleep early today because I had volunteerin...

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Day 7 Follicular Phase

Hello, today I had a pretty relaxed day. I spent a lot of the day drawing and writing. I have been noticeably spotting a bit. I have had a really low appetite lately. Although it also could have to do with my lack of...

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Day 6 Follicular phase

Heyyy yall, so my period ended yesterday. I woke up really late today, as I slept late last night for my birthday lolol. Although I was not up late for the reasons you may think. I was playing horror games with my fri...

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Day 4 of my period

Helllooooooo, welcome to day 4. Today I had a bit of a lack sleep as I had to wake up early for volunteering. I ended up not doing much because I took a nap after... My flow is very light now so I believe my period wi...

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Day 3 of my period

Hey guys welcome to Day 3! Today my flow was medium to heavy. My appetite was controlled. My mental was pretty solid. My motivation has come back! I started doing some drawing and writing, its been really fun to get b...

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Day 2 of my period

Heyyyy guys, this update may be a bit shorter then the last as I have not had any significant differences today but I will take note of a few things. My flow has been quite heavy. My energy seems to be increasing. My...

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Day 1 of my cycle

Hello everyone, after a very long delay my period has finally started. After months of pretty consistent periods this is the first time in a while it is significantly late. Anyways without further ado lets start the p...

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Introducing New Content/R on the daily.

Hello my lovely bloggers long time no see! I have many updates coming along shortly but today's post will be a little bit different. Rather than this post being tips I have cultivated for you all, it will be about my...

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3 Tips for Combating Mood Swings

Hello lovelies, today I am sharing a post about tips regarding mood regulation. During the peak of my adolescence I struggled a lot with mood regulation. Often, it would cause harm to not only my mental health, but al...

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3 Tips to Build Healthy Eating Habits

Hello girlies! Today I'd like to share some information regarding eating habits. I know this may be a sensitive topic to some but I truly believe education on this topic is crucial for young girls who may be strugglin...

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The Half Left Forgotten By R

Hello my lovely bloggers, I am back from my travels and have wrote up a paper today to share with you guys. :) Please let me know what you think! This was really fun to make and I will start writing more papers going...

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Quick update/ always period pads

Hi everyone! I'm still travelling but I am still working on some new fun posts! I'm currently brainstorming some videos as well I would love to make a few yt videos and reels just to spread info in different forms. :)...

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Update!

Hey girls, I'm currently travelling right now but I still wanted to update! Today I just wanted to share this video that inspired me to start making content about the menstrual cycle! Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube

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Hygiene Tips

Hey girlies! Just wanted to talk about some hygiene tips that my gynaecologist shared with me that you may or may not already know. Panty liners are not more hygienic, they actually can become the opposite. There is a...

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