Welcome back. I'm glad you're here today so that we can talk about health and fitness in a very realistic and empowering way.

I try to choose topics that make you think about your habits and if they are helping you or if they're hurting you.

I also try to choose topics that help you see that you may already be doing a really fantastic job and you're being hard on yourself.

Or point out things that are really tiny that can help you make small steps in a different direction that add up to big results.

I just try to keep the topics very positive and in a way to make you really think about what you're doing and to also even appreciate what you are already doing.

And today's topic is going to be no different. Today I want to talk about heart rate monitors or smart watches. However you want to do them, there's different ways to do it which we'll talk about in the episode.

But I want to talk about if these devices are actually helping you or if they're hurting you. I'm going to give you pros and cons and I want you to really think about yourself.

Maybe you use a smartwatch to track your heart rate to track your steps to see how often you work out to see the calories you burned whatever it is and maybe you don't maybe you've just heard people talk about it and you've wondered about them and wondered if it would be a good fit for you.

So as I talk about it today you may decide yes it's a good fit or you may decide no it's actually not a good fit for me based on the pros and cons of how people are treating these devices.

And as we talk about this today please don't forget that if you find this episode helpful to share it on your social media to tag me to write a review let me know that you enjoyed it that makes a huge difference for the podcast and our ability to grow.

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I retire next month and I'm excited to spend more time with family thank you for sharing your ups and downs.

No thank you so much for the review that is one of the number one things I want you guys to understand you are not alone like.

I feel like as mothers and especially females or just people in general it's really often to feel alienated when we feel something or when we experience something but most of the time other people think about those things or feel those things they just don't openly talk about it so.

I am more than happy to talk about all those things so you know that you aren't alone in fact you're so much not alone if you're a mom little kids that I had to record this intro probably five times because my kids kept coming in I normally record in the morning.

When everyone's at school my little is at preschool but I had to record in the afternoon everyone's home everyone's like mom mom I need a stack mom where's the water mom why you in here by yourself mom mom and I'm like oh my gosh.

So I I understand what it's like to be you and if you hear little voices in this episode you will know why and why I record in the morning but I want you to know I am with you and you are not alone in this health and finished journey and really in this journey of life.

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and let's talk about smart watches heart rate monitors health trackers and if they are actually helping you or if they are hurting you my name is Andrea Allen and I'm a mother of four girls under seven a wifey to a mountain man a personal trainer and a nutrition coach I love all things women's health and fitness but let's face it the fitness industry is complicated and it's not built for the everyday mom there's so much conflicting information and you're busy and you don't have time to figure it out I hate feeling confused and overwhelmed

so I made it my mission to simplify a health and fitness while creating a welcoming realistic and empowering home for like-minded woman I'm happy you're here and I hope you stay a while

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