How to consistently track mood and energy level

[itscoldinhere]

I'm starting the Whole30 today. I want to track mood (or "happiness") as well as perceived physical energy level during the Whole30 and reintroduction. Does anyone have a scale to use to track these consistently? I'm thinking of something like a 1 to 5 scale with descriptions of what each value looks like.  

Something similar in concept to the Pain Scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_scale

If there isn't anything existing I'll create my own and share it here.

Thanks,

Matt

 

[ShannonM816]

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for, but I know many Etsy shops that do planner pages to print have printable charts to use -- I searched mood tracking printables here:  https://www.etsy.com/search?q=mood tracking printables -- maybe something there would be helpful?

Whatever you come up with, definitely come back and share how you're using it, and what you figure out with it. 

 

[itscoldinhere]

Thanks for that link, from that search I found this mood tracker: http://etsy.me/2CwkDQk 

I wanted it to be digital, and I also fall into multiple categories many days, so I made it into a Google Sheet for tracking. Here is a simple template based on what I made: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SV1ejfrVJxSxW-H5j5_kzd9K1D616qG3VSrb-uaTnSo/edit?usp=sharing

I'll report how it goes through the whole 30.

[ladyshanny]

LOL @ "a bad five minutes you milked all day". LOL!

[Elainedut]

Thank you, Matt, for sharing the spreadsheet. I did a quick check on my emotions throughout the day and was surprised at the emotions I related to my day. It was a lot worse than I remember it being.....I don't think we give much thought to our emotions throughout the day and really track them anyway. Thx! I will definately be using this for the remainder of my W30.