I'm sorry that you've been experiencing hair fall--but don't worry, you should be able to stick to your vegetarian diet
and your exercise plan!
Any abrupt change in both your diet and your exercise habits can cause your body to go through a little "upset" period as it readjusts. So first remember to breath and relax, because this, too, shall pass. Keep eating plenty of good stuff--I am a vegetarian, too, and I'm also not a fan of supplements. I get pretty much all my iron from beans & dark leafy greens. Make sure you are eating enough each day as well as a solid variety of each throughout the week. Most dried fruits & some cereals also have a good amount of iron (I think GrapeNuts in particular was loaded with it--I liked the flakes).
When you do a heavy workout, your body is going to need plenty of nutrients both to recover & build new muscle, so make sure you make that available to your body. Chocolate soymilk is still my favorite post-heavy-workout drink to help my muscles recover... though I noticed that if I drank it every day, my stomach became easily upset. So now I just save it for serious achievements.
Some people advocate for cutting carbs out of your diet... yeah, you might lose weight faster, but I think a balance of simple & complex carbs is good for maintaining a steady energy level through the day. (And I know that when I foodcrash, I am more likely to make unhealthy snack choices.)
Also, if you continue to notice the hairfall after more than a week or two, I would definitely go see a doctor just to double-check and make sure everything's okay. I had a friend who, like
unicornlady, exhausted their body's iron reserves and struggled with iron deficiency.
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