During my daily scan of Apple News articles, I came across this sentence in an article: “A whopping 80%-90% of Black participants developed hypertension by age 60, and over half of white participants did.” Naturally, as a Black woman, I was appalled.

Diet on point. Workout consistent. Even getting some good sleep. Life is good. Until you realize that for five weeks in a row, the scale hasn’t moved. Wtf! Why does this happen?