Why Use a Daily Health Tracker?
If you think you’re doing pretty good on the food choices you’re making, exercise, sleep, and stress lowering strategies, but you’re not really seeing the results you expected, today’s topic might help because we’re focusing on why you should use a Daily Health Tracker.
Maybe you’re noticing unexplained symptoms that you haven’t been able to tie to anything. Yes this can be another reason to track, because you’re basically completing a symptom tracker as you complete each day and might find connections there as well.
Information and Free Tracker
Be sure to click on and watch the video that I’ve got linked below where I talk about how and why to use a tracker, AND I’ve also got a FREE tracker printable that you can download and use:
It’s a simple, free tool that helps you remember what you’ve done plus what you’re experiencing and when. It arms you with a visual tool to make possible connections that might be worth a little more time and attention. Maybe you’re trying to:
- lose weight
- figure out energy problems
- improve your nutrient intake
- understand mood changes
- explain symptoms you’re experiencing
Seeing More Through Tracking
In the video I talk about the ease and benefits of tracking, as well as seeing trends and making connections that can be your body telling you something. Often signs are hidden in plain sight simply because it’s too hard to remember everything you’re doing and then what happens and when. Just click here or on the next image to watch now:
In the video I refer to my daily tracker printable that you can use to track just one or a number of areas including food, sleep, mood, exercise, and more. You can click here or on the next image to access the printable tracker:
On the video, I also mention a post with more information about sleep, which I’ll link here: Ready for a Good Night’s Sleep?
Do This After Watching the Video
Once you’ve printed out your tracker and watched the video, consider what you want to track and get started.
As you track, write down details and also note anything you notice as you do stuff or soon after. Be sure to include anything, even if you think it’s unrelated.
Your body is a brilliantly complex machine with a multitude of systems that are created to work together for your good.
Some examples of what you might discover are:
- you wake up sluggish and mildly nauseated the Thursday mornings specifically (coincidentally after Wednesday dinners out)
- greens are only included in 2 meals per week
- you eat berries 5 times per week
- there’s only 1 day per week that includes a few hours of relaxation time
- you eat lunches in your car in about 15 minutes most weekdays
- the average amount of water you drink each day is about 16 ounces
- your energy level is better on days when you go for a gentle walk
- you usually get the shakes about a hours after drinking your morning coffee
You’ll probably discover habits you do frequently. A bigger discovery will probably be practices that you don’t do near as often as you thought. And there will be others that will be much more than you expected.
But just write then down now. You can make smart adjustments later.
Then after tracking for a bit, you are armed with information that can help you make smarter decisions and changes where appropriate.
Ready to Get Started?
It’s amazing what you can connect and resolve when you simply track and make adjustments, and it really doesn’t take much effort either.
I’ll have more post and videos coming up that will expand on parts of what I’ve talked about connecting what you might be doing to various symptoms and how you can impact what you’re experiencing by making smart changes.
See you next time.
