Woman & Home Feel Good You – September 2019

When it comes to setting goals and monitoring

progress, tracking gadgets and apps can give

us the edge. But when does our obsession

with health data get out of hand?

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t bedtime, if her Fitbit shows she’s

short on steps, Kelly, 48, will stride

around the kitchen in her PJs to

clock up the quota. ‘I have to meet

my daily step target! If I don’t, it niggles me

and I can’t sleep,’ she admits. And while on

the topic of sleeping; bouts of menopausal

insomnia and days spent feeling drained

has seen Lisa, 54, on a mission to clean up

her sleep routine – via a super-smart tracker.

‘I’m sleeping so much better,’ she says, ‘but

I am a slave to the app. At the weekend,

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