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Episode 199: Tech Your Weight Off: Digital Tools That Transform Your Health Journey

Back on Track: Achieving Healthy Weight Loss

Release Date: 05/08/2025

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Back on Track: Achieving Healthy Weight Loss

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Did you know that simply tracking your steps each day can double your chances of reaching your weight loss goals?

In this episode, I explored how digital tech tools like fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, smart scales, continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), streaming fitness apps, and sleep tech can support your weight loss journey. I shared personal experiences using devices like the Fitbit, Apple Watch, and Garmin, emphasizing how they helped me stay accountable and understand my body's needs better. From real-time data on your activity and heart rate to insights on your sleep and glucose levels, these tools offer valuable support—but they're not without downsides, such as cost, data accuracy, and the risk of obsession. Ultimately, I encouraged picking one or two tools based on your biggest challenges and reminded my listeners that while tech can help, real progress still depends on showing up and staying consistent. 

Tune in to discover which digital tools can supercharge your weight loss journey and help you stay on track effortlessly!

 

Episode Highlights:

  • Benefits and drawbacks of fitness trackers 

  • How heart rate monitors help optimize fat burn and endurance training

  • Insights from smart scales on body composition beyond weight

  • Role of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in personalized nutrition

  • Advantages and limitations of streaming fitness apps

  • Impact of sleep tech on metabolism and weight loss

  • Integration of digital tools through platforms like Apple Health and MyFitnessPal

  • Tips for choosing the right tech based on your biggest health challenge



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About Dr. Alicia Shelly

Dr. Alicia Shelly was raised in Atlanta, GA. She received her Doctorate of Medicine from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.  Dr. Shelly has been practicing Primary Care and Obesity medicine since 2014.  In 2017, she became a Diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is the lead physician at the Wellstar Medical Center Douglasville. She started a weekly podcast & Youtube channel entitled Back on Track: Achieving Healthy Weight loss,  where she discusses how to get on track and stay on track with your weight loss journey. She has spoken for numerous local and national organizations, including the Obesity Medicine Association, and the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons. She has been featured on CNN, Fox 5 News, Bruce St. James Radio show, Upscale magazine, and Shape.com. She was named an honoree of the 2021 Atlanta Business Chronicle's 40 under 40 award. She also is a collaborating author for the, “Made for More: Physician Entrepreneurs who Live Life and Practice Medicine on their own terms''.

 

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