Health tracking can be empowering — until it becomes a cage. When does measuring your health cross the line from helpful to harmful? In this episode of The Healthy Life Approach, Kristen Beasley gets vulnerable about her experience with a health-tracking obsession. After watching her father’s decline from Lewy Body Dementia, she spent three years wearing a continuous glucose monitor — and the data that once empowered her slowly took over her life. She shares how she broke free and found a healthier relationship with her numbers. This is the Know Your Numbers pillar of the Build Your Base framework: Measure Your Progress — without losing your joy.

⚠️ Important: This episode is about consumer wellness devices (Oura Ring, Fitbit, Apple Watch, CGMs). If your doctor has prescribed a monitoring device for a medical condition, that’s different — those decisions should be made with your care team.

⭐ What you’ll learn:

• How health tracking shifted from empowerment to obsession

• The mantra: “Data fuels, obsession fools”

• Signs your tracking relationship has become unhealthy

• How to use data as a tool, not a tyrant

• When to step back and trust your body’s signals

• A practical framework for balanced health measurement

🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS: Show Notes

🏥 Website: healthylifeapproach.com

📱 Instagram: @kristenjbeasley

00:00 The Day I Removed My CGM

00:14 Introduction to the Healthy Life Approach Podcast

00:32 The Impact of Measurement on My Life

03:07 The Turning Point: Removing the CGM

04:26 Learning to Trust Myself Again

05:52 Balancing Data and Personal Experience

12:20 Functional Markers for Health

17:53 The Zoom Out Approach to Measurement

21:03 Final Thoughts and Upcoming Topics

Not medical advice. For educational purposes only. Consult your healthcare provider with any questions or before making any changes to your diet/lifestyle. This podcast and the show notes may include affiliate links. If you purchase through those links, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you, which helps support the show. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.