I put it at 7500 once I was working from home. I need to do the elliptical to hit it

I think that'll be my ultimate goal. And I definitely have to take a walk in order to hit it, but that's fine. That's the idea -- to get me moving.

I'm fascinated by the sleep tracking (I have a Flex) and I wonder how accurate it really is.

I feel like the sleep tracking is pretty reasonably accurate. Probably moreso than the heart rate during exercise. The only thing it gets wrong is when I'm contentedly reading in bed before I fall asleep, because I get still and my heart rate slows. But then I can edit the record if I'm feeling particularly picky about it. I can usually see in the record where I put the book down.

The only thing it gets wrong is when I'm contentedly reading in bed before I fall asleep, because I get still and my heart rate slows.

The Flex doesn't measure heart rate, so it measures sleep by movement (or lack thereof). So I tell it when I go to bed, for a more precise sleep start time. But if I just went to bed and didn't move for a while, it will assume I'm sleeping. (And the same thing will happen if you ENTIRELY HYPOTHETICALLY sit on the couch and read Captain America fanfic for 2 hours.) (Seriously, the Fitbit thought I was asleep!)

But anyway, I'm a little dubious about how it decides what qualifies as "restless" during sleep. I'm even a little dubious about times awake, though it's generally right on with those.

I'm thinking of getting the Fitbit that tracks sleep. I'm about to have a sleep study done to find out if have sleep apnea or hypopnea, which I probably do, and I think the extra data on a nightly basis could be useful.

I like the sleep tracking, it seems pretty good, although it did think I was asleep when I was getting my crown redone last week (I was not, but I was keeping still and trying to think relaxing thoughts, so, maybe I kept my heart rate down). The little chart telling me when I was awake or restless during the night pleases me.

I'm sorry summer school is not being super helpful for you, msbelle. Boo.

it is kind of amazing how much walking I really did at my old job; shit, just walking from the house to the car and the car into the building, etc., added up

Man, not for me. If I don't go for a walk or otherwise deliberately get my step count up I'll only get 2500-3k. I can walk a mile in the middle of the day and still not make 5k.

I can't figure out how to reset my step goal.

ok, I figured it out on my phone. could not do it online.

Congrats, Noise Design!

I just got the peddle exercizer that is on sale at Aldi this week. It's little computer thingy says I peddled a half mile in the 27 minutes I used it, and burned 14 calories.

Yay.

I mean, yeah, I basically sat there like a lump, looking at Tumblr and Facebook, slumped in my chair rather than trying to sit up and engaging core muscles, so basically it was only my legs moving. Better than nothing I suppose, but only just barely. For sure I was not sweating or increasing my breathing rate.

Movement is movement.

It's little computer thingy says I peddled a half mile in the 27 minutes I used it, and burned 14 calories.

I think that calorie estimate might be off.

I can feel impending soreness in my thighs. And if I concentrate on posture and form it could get even more valuable. Building core muscles would be gravy.

The beauty part was Harvey trying to get on my lap while I was peddling.