Is tracking energy/pacing with an app actually useful for anyone?
So I was talking with my partner last night because I had to cancel yet another dinner (classic crash after a “good” day) and they asked if I’d ever tried actually tracking my energy like people track calories or steps. I’ve had CFS/ME for about 4 years and mostly just go by gut feeling + trial and error.
I started googling and saw people mentioning heart rate pacing, spreadsheets, symptom diaries, even apps that do an “energy timeline” thing. One of them was called ENSTA in a blog I read, but it sort of blurred together with all the other tools so I have no idea if any of this is worth the effort. Part of me is like… maybe I’m overthinking this and adding more tracking will just be more stress.
Has anyone here found logging stuff like sleep, HR, basic activity and mood actually helps with pacing or avoiding PEM? Do you track it manually or with an app/Excel/whatever? And if you did try, did you stick with it or did it just become another thing to feel guilty about?