Episode 38: 5 Metrics to Track that are More Important Than Weight

What you track, changes. As much as we may not like it, tracking our behaviors and writing down what we notice makes success way more likely. Unfortunately, many of us have had negative experiences with tracking. Calorie counting and weight monitoring feels defeating, not to mention the fact that neither number tells us much about our health. This episode gives you 5 metrics you can regularly track that will definitively show you that all your efforts are positively impacting your health.

Episode Summary:

Monitoring weight and calories can be useful but it doesn't tell us much about health. Try tracking these metrics instead:

1. Plant intake

2. VO2max

3. Heart rate variability

4. Sleep

5. Biometric screening bloodwork

References:

• https://mynutriweb.com/eating-to-improve-gut-health-do-we-need-to-eat-30-plant-foods-per-week/  

• https://www.healthline.com/health/vo2-max#about-vo%E2%82%82-max  

• https://www.verywellfit.com/rockport-fitness-walking-test-calculator-3952696

• https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/heart-rate-variability-new-way-track-well-2017112212789