The Dark Side of Your Fitbit

The Fitness Critic

Tracking steps and inputting calories into your smart phone drown out the conversation we should be having with our bodies.

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Published Apr. 5 2015 6:45AM EDT

articles/2015/04/05/the-dark-side-of-your-fitbit-and-fitness-app/150404-adamic-fitness-trackers-tease_quxdwg — Kristoffer Tripplaar/Alamy

We don’t trust ourselves anymore. The act of exercise is no longer a mind-to-body experience but rather a mind-to-fitness-tracker-device-to-body phenomenon.

Instead of listening to our bodies—when we need a glass of water instead of food, need a nap instead of a coffee, or become suddenly hangry

Johnny Adamic

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The Dark Side of Your Fitbit

Tracking steps and inputting calories into your smart phone drown out the conversation we should be having with our bodies.

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