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Body Signals

A short guide to the app you use between sessions with Dr. Mayurika. Setting it up, what to do each day, and the questions people usually ask.

What Body Signals is for

Most people already know roughly what they should be doing. What is harder is staying honest with yourself in the six days between appointments, and seeing whether any of it is actually working.

Body Signals does three things:

Your coach sees everything you log and uses it in your sessions. Nothing you write is answered by a machine.

What it is not

Body Signals is not a medical device and does not diagnose anything. It is a tool for you and your coach. If something is worrying you, speak to Dr. Mayurika or a doctor — do not wait for an app to tell you.

Setting it up

Your coach sends you a private link. Open it once, and the app remembers you after that.

On an iPhone or iPad

  1. Open the link in Safari. If you tap it inside WhatsApp it opens in a mini-browser, and the next step will not be there. Tap the ⋯ or share icon and choose Open in Safari first.
  2. Enter the last 4 digits of your mobile number. That is your PIN.
  3. Tap the share button — the square with an arrow pointing up, at the bottom of Safari.
  4. Scroll down and tap "Add to Home Screen". Not Add Bookmark — the two look alike, and only this one works properly.
  5. Tap Add, then close Safari and open Body Signals from the new icon.
  6. Turn on reminders under You → Reminders and home screen, if you would like them.

Steps 3 to 5 matter more on iPhone than anywhere else. Until the app is on your home screen, iPhone will not let it send you reminders at all.

On Android

  1. Open the link in Chrome.
  2. Enter the last 4 digits of your mobile number.
  3. Tap "Add to home screen" when the app offers it, or use the ⋮ menu.
  4. Turn on reminders under You → Reminders and home screen.

Do I have to sign in again?

No. Once you have entered your PIN on a phone, that phone stays signed in. You will only be asked again if you change phone, clear your browsing data, or do not open the app for about three months.

Your first week

Worth knowing in advance: the first two weeks will feel like not much is happening. That is deliberate, not a fault.

The app spends the first fortnight learning what is normal for you. Until it knows that, a number like a resting pulse means nothing — the same figure can be perfectly fine for one person and worth a conversation for another. So it says "still learning your normal — day 6 of 14" instead of showing you something it cannot yet interpret.

From about week three, patterns start to appear. That is when it begins to earn its keep.

What you do each day

Morning — under a minute

One question, before you look at anything else: how do you think your body is doing today? Five options, one tap.

If you want, weigh yourself or count your pulse for thirty seconds. Then the app tells you how close your guess was — and it scores the guess, not your body. Getting better at reading yourself is the whole exercise.

During the day — when it happens

Tap "I'm about to…". More on that below.

Evening — two minutes

Five taps: last night's sleep, and today's energy, mood, digestion and aches. Then your habits, yes or no. You can skip any question.

The Today screen always shows what you have done and what is still outstanding, so you never have to remember.

The "I'm about to…" button

This is the part that makes Body Signals different from a habit tracker.

A checkbox at bedtime asking "did you avoid the cold drink today?" is useless, because the decision happened at twenty to five when someone put a glass in your hand.

So there is one large button for that moment. Tap it, pick what it is, answer three quick questions about where you are and how you feel, and then sixty seconds — a slow breathing timer, a line your coach wrote for you, and one alternative she has suggested.

The pause is the point. Cravings tend to rise and fall in a couple of minutes; most people are surprised by how short that actually is. You are not fighting it, just outlasting it.

Twenty minutes later the app asks how it went. "I had it" is a perfectly good answer and is treated exactly like any other. Knowing when things slip is more useful to your coach than knowing when they did not.

Why answering "no" keeps your streak

Your streak counts the days you told the truth, not the days you succeeded.

This is the opposite of most fitness apps, and it is deliberate. Dr. Mayurika makes real decisions from what you log. If the app made you feel judged, you would start tapping "yes" regardless, and then she would be working from fiction — which is worse than working from nothing.

There is no wrong answer here. Only a missing one.

Fitness checks

Roughly every three months, a set of short tests you do at home with a chair and a wall: standing up from a chair for thirty seconds, balancing on one leg, a two-minute march, and a few others. It takes about five minutes.

These matter because weight lags effort by about six weeks, and that gap is where most people give up. How many times you can stand up from a chair moves in three. "You did 11 in March and 17 today" is something a weighing scale can never tell you.

If anything hurts, stop. There is a button for exactly that, and using it is the right thing to do — not a failed test.

Your data

Only your coach can see what you log. Nothing is sold, shared, or used for advertising, and no third party receives it.

Under You → Your data and privacy you can, at any time:

Deletion is handled by your coach so that you can talk it through first, and it is done within thirty days.

Common questions

Do I need a smartwatch or fitness band?

No. Nothing except your phone. Some people add a bathroom scale or count their own pulse, and both are optional.

What if I forget to log something?

You can fill in the evening check-in and your habits for up to two days back. The morning guess is same-day only — guessing after you already know how the day went is not really a guess. Backfilled days are kept and your coach sees them, but they do not extend your streak.

Does it work without internet?

Yes. Everything you tap is saved on your phone and goes through when you have signal again. You can log an urge in a basement or on a train and nothing is lost.

Do I have to turn on reminders?

No. Everything a reminder would tell you is also waiting when you open the app, and the Today screen shows what is outstanding. Reminders are a convenience.

Why does it not show my numbers in the first two weeks?

Because they would not mean anything yet. The app is learning your own normal, and a number without that context can be misleading or needlessly alarming.

Can I use it on more than one phone?

Yes. Open your link on each one and enter your PIN. Both stay signed in.

I have lost my link.

Message Dr. Mayurika and she can send it again in a few seconds. If you still have the app on your home screen, it will remember you anyway.

Reminders are not arriving.

Open You → Reminders and home screen and run the three checks near the bottom. They tell you whether the problem is your phone's settings, the app not being on your home screen, or something else. On iPhone, an app opened in a browser tab never receives reminders.

What if I go on holiday?

Tell the app under You → Going away. It keeps one or two habits running, pauses the rest, and your streak is safe.

Is this medical advice?

No. Body Signals is a coaching tool, not a medical device, and it does not diagnose anything. Anything that worries you is a conversation with Dr. Mayurika or a doctor.