Fitbit

Christmas this year was pretty hectic,quiet, but hectic, but I got bought a Fitbit Flex, which I'd recently seen someone else using... I thought it was a great way to track my activity and my sleep!

I got it in black and  I love it. I started using it straight away and asides from the fact that I snapped one of the wrist bands (the larger one - because I wasn't using it properly!) it's done me well so far. :)

Here's a little example of my sleep pattern on a really really good nights sleep for me.

Sorry about the format, it's a screenshot from my phone. The light blue shows the periods that I was awake. If you hover over each part it will show you for how long each period of sleep vs restlessness was. The tracker tracks restlessness by you're movement. If you're a heavy sleeper you can set it on sensitive, or on normal. I currently have it on normal as I felt sensitive was perhaps showing me more restless than I truely was...

Despite the fact that I've slept "well" last night, I'm still absolutely exhausted. No amount of good sleep helps, but I'm sure you all know that anyway...

Here is a graph of activity. I took the screenshot at about half 2 as you can see, before that I spent some time pottering about the house, putting my parrots outside in the sun and trying to rest up. It was basically me getting up, getting food, trips to the bathroom, etc. This is basically a pedometer and it helps me to see what days I've done too much and should expect payback.

My average steps when at work is between 5-7 thousand. On longer days, maybe when I've had to do something before/after I can see how many steps, if it goes over 7 thousand, Ii know to expect a struggle. I do find it very helpful.

I can also set 'step' goals, (mine is generally around 6 thousand), my fitbit will buzz on my wrist when I meet that goal, which is a nice reminder to slow down and to really start pacing myself!

Maybe I'll post some more about my goals/targets etc, some other time, but for now this is just a little insight into my time with the fitbit. :)