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Episode 125
Season 1
Is your diet-tracking app helping or hurting?
There are apps and devices that help us what we eat, weigh, spend, save, how much water we drink, how many steps we take. But what is all of this tracking doing for us? Are we using these tools and this information to improve our wellbeing or have we succumbed to the tyranny of tracking?
Joining me on the podcast is registered dietitian and workplace wellness consultant Cassie Christopher. Tracking is a a topic that comes up a lot for each of us in the coaching work that we do and in this episode, we explore what tracking offers, where it often goes wrong, and how we can leverage the benefits without it becoming an unhealthy or unhelpful practice.
I’m also excited to share that the Weighless Program is once again accepting new members! The next group begins on January 1st. All the details are at weighless.life/enroll.
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Learn more about the Weighless Program
Learn more about Cassie Christopher’s work
Joining me on the podcast is registered dietitian and workplace wellness consultant Cassie Christopher. Tracking is a a topic that comes up a lot for each of us in the coaching work that we do and in this episode, we explore what tracking offers, where it often goes wrong, and how we can leverage the benefits without it becoming an unhealthy or unhelpful practice.
I’m also excited to share that the Weighless Program is once again accepting new members! The next group begins on January 1st. All the details are at weighless.life/enroll.
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Learn more about the Weighless Program
Learn more about Cassie Christopher’s work
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Chapters
- The Tyranny of Tracking: Exploring the Dark Side
- The Benefits and Pitfalls of Tracking
- Tracking behaviors without intention can lead to self-torture
- Be ready to suggest alternative ways of monitoring progress
- The potential risks of using habit trackers and streaks
- Cultivating intrinsic motivation beyond app-based tracking
- The case study of tracking and the experience of enjoyment
- Losing sight of the purpose of tracking and focusing on numbers
- The burden of tracking impacting quality of life.
- The cultural messaging that undermines self-trust around food.
- Setting reasonable goals and avoiding perfectionism.
- Using trackers as one tool among others for behavior modification.
- Finding Intrinsic Motivation for Exercise
- The Option of Not Tracking