This was such a good read! I didn’t want to stop. And such a good reminder to stop overriding my body and listen to it more often (with or without a watch)! Thank you!
I can relate to this too! First thing every morning, I check my sleep score, my body battery, and training readiness. After my workouts, I log them into my device. I track all my health statistics. Somewhere along the way, I stopped relying on how I felt and instead, what my device was telling me. It’s time to step back and simply listen to my body!
The funny thing is I would look for the systems radar to tell me I wasn’t well and then override the stats and carry on anyway. In the red…I’d still run. Now I am learning to listen. Learning to slow down and pay attention. I’ve never felt better.
I can so relate to so much of this! I just was on vaca last week and realized I forgot the charge cord to my Garmin. Half way through the trip, no way to track my steps or see my workouts, etc. It was just as you said, “uncomfortable”! However, I too have known for awhile that it is time for me to slow down, to start going inward instead of outward, to start asking myself questions and then actually pausing long enough to hear an answer. So appreciate your writing and wisdom!💗
I ruined an entire day of my St Martin vacation last February because I got a “major signs” notification after not sleeping on our flight. I was fine. Just hadn’t slept. That’s when I realized I was relying too much on Oura and not enough on my own body intuition. I still wear my ring but I check it a lot less.
I also tried, and broke up with, Oura and Whoop after years and years of tracking. I was actually an early adopter 1st gen technology on both. Oura before Whoop, before Oura was even on trend. While I still use Garmin to track my workouts, I no longer rely on any devices to tell me how I’m feeling. Trust your intuition!
My friends had to run an intervention because I was letting my oura ring dictate how I felt each day. Kinda scary how much influence this little gadget has on me
This was such a good read! I didn’t want to stop. And such a good reminder to stop overriding my body and listen to it more often (with or without a watch)! Thank you!
Wow! Thank you. I am honored 🙏
I can relate to this too! First thing every morning, I check my sleep score, my body battery, and training readiness. After my workouts, I log them into my device. I track all my health statistics. Somewhere along the way, I stopped relying on how I felt and instead, what my device was telling me. It’s time to step back and simply listen to my body!
The funny thing is I would look for the systems radar to tell me I wasn’t well and then override the stats and carry on anyway. In the red…I’d still run. Now I am learning to listen. Learning to slow down and pay attention. I’ve never felt better.
I can so relate to so much of this! I just was on vaca last week and realized I forgot the charge cord to my Garmin. Half way through the trip, no way to track my steps or see my workouts, etc. It was just as you said, “uncomfortable”! However, I too have known for awhile that it is time for me to slow down, to start going inward instead of outward, to start asking myself questions and then actually pausing long enough to hear an answer. So appreciate your writing and wisdom!💗
The charger was my unraveling. It’s been weeks. I am still in withdrawal and in stage who knows what of the grief cycle.
I ruined an entire day of my St Martin vacation last February because I got a “major signs” notification after not sleeping on our flight. I was fine. Just hadn’t slept. That’s when I realized I was relying too much on Oura and not enough on my own body intuition. I still wear my ring but I check it a lot less.
I’ve been there! Too bad I can’t track my current withdrawal signs. Lol
I also tried, and broke up with, Oura and Whoop after years and years of tracking. I was actually an early adopter 1st gen technology on both. Oura before Whoop, before Oura was even on trend. While I still use Garmin to track my workouts, I no longer rely on any devices to tell me how I’m feeling. Trust your intuition!
Yes! You get it. I am certain I am in some phase of grief. lol
My friends had to run an intervention because I was letting my oura ring dictate how I felt each day. Kinda scary how much influence this little gadget has on me
Leslie, I love this story. Always trust yourself. You are so always aware and honest with yourself and others.