Fatima Valeras

MEET SARAH. A real woman, doing real woman fitness, in real time. She’s a boss in finance. A first time homeowner. And she’s also a type one diabetic with an insulin pump.

Sarah doesn’t sweat for perfect. We train in the gym for less than 1% of the week and she does what she can to get-the-thing-done to invest most days toward her exercise. The difference is in the trajectory. We pause…we breathe…we get still…and we get on with it! It’s an approach that is way different than when she was in her striving years.

For Sarah, going deep in this way gives her all-day number crunching: perspective. I love that real women like her still pull out the P90X and also get to the gym because — it all matters. 80% of the time, Sarah’s blood sugars are controlled through lifestyle choice rather than a night, a meal, an outfit change, or even a date to remember. Thank you, Sarah, for representing real women fitness!!

WEARABLES, PART #2. This season I test drove the new ceramic Oura Ring fitness tracker. The color choices are refreshing, its durability is solid against free weights, the ring stayed put in the pool, and there was no obtrusiveness to the look, feel or use of my hand.

One riff on the home screen offered key intel about my READINESS, SLEEP and ACTIVITY score rated 0-100. Whenever I consistently got 80% or above, I knew I was doing most things right by my eating, peeing, pooping, exercising, sleeping and regulating my mood. It’s like wearing added value jewelry for the next generation 🙌🏻.

Cost wise, you are looking at roughly a $500 investment with consideration that there is an additional monthly cost if you want all the nookies like customized nutritional guidance. Loved long battery life [recharged just x1/wk] and also the free guided meditations on the App.

Similar to Whoop Band, the information is there if you’d like direct access to videos or further information about how to optimize your health space.

Get an Oura Ring if you are into whispering style around your finger rather than screaming fitness around your wrist or your arm, and definitely take the time to size yourself correctly because you will be wearing Oura to bed, while you shower, when you cook/clean, when you go out, and of course when you exercise. The device does not stand alone like a Garmin, Fitbit or Apple Watch does by comparison so, yes, you will still need to access your phone to see your data which is a +/- . Stay tuned.