017: Vitals - I Paid Out of Pocket for 100+ Biomarkers My Physical Never Orders. One Result Broke My Model.
I paid out of pocket for a full panel — over 100 biomarkers most annual physicals never order. I expected confirmation. Instead, one result broke my model: an autoimmune screen came back positive. Here's the full audit.
016: Vitals - I Wore an Oura Ring for 596 Nights to Find the Cost of My Hardest Year. My Sleep Score Never Flinched.
I wore an Oura Ring for 596 straight nights to find what my hardest year cost me. My sleep score came back above average. But when I pulled the raw data myself, my nervous system told a completely different story.
015: Vitals - I Gained 6 Pounds During My Most Stressful Year. My DEXA Scan Tells a Completely Different Story.
The scale said I gained 6 pounds during my most stressful year ever. My DEXA scan said I gained 12.1 pounds of muscle, lost 6.4 pounds of fat, and cut visceral fat 78%. Here's the data — and the protocol behind it.
014: Vitals - Normal Blood Work but Still Exhausted? 5 Biomarkers Every Woman Over 40 Should Track (My Real Data)
Brain fog by your afternoon meetings? Always tired by 3 PM? Perimenopause weight loss feels impossible? Your 'normal' blood work might be the reason. Here are the 5 biomarkers I track — and my real numbers.
013: Vices - I Wore a CGM and Tested 9 "Healthy" Foods for a Week: The Vegetable That Spiked Me Higher Than Ice Cream
The food that spiked my blood sugar most this week wasn't the protein bar. It wasn't the ice cream. It was a vegetable — and I added every speed bump I know. Here's what my CGM said about 9 'healthy' foods.
012: Vices - I Wore a CGM to Starbucks for a Week: 5 "Healthy" Drinks Ranked by Blood Sugar Spike
A non-fat sugar-free vanilla latte spiked my blood sugar 38 points. My full-fat home coffee? 4 points. I wore a CGM to Starbucks for a week and ranked 5 'healthy' drinks by glucose spike — best to worst.
003: Vitals - The Creatine Inflection Point—Directional Data vs. Absolute Truth
After adding 5g of creatine monohydrate to my daily supplement stack, my smart scale recorded an 11.4 lb gain in skeletal muscle mass in just one quarter. But as an Executive, I know better than to take home biometrics at face value. Here is why I’m auditing my smart scale results with a clinical DEXA scan to find the absolute truth behind the creatine inflection point.
002: Vitals - The "Warm Shower" Experiment (How I Doubled My Deep Sleep)
As an executive and a mom, the 'wellness-sphere' can feel like a full-time job I didn't apply for. So, I decided to ignore the noise and let the biometrics speak for themselves. The result of my 'Warm Shower' experiment? A literal doubling of my recovery.