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.
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.
I have my fitbit set to sensitive sleep mode, because I knew it wasn't catching my bad nights. Now it looks like i get about 4 hours of sleep on average. Matt is on a business trip, so I was hoping it was catching Matt moving , but no. So maybe I sleep much more poorly than I like
Yay for the new business digs, ND!
Boo for the mold, Zen. But at least you know it's there now.
Today I discovered that the music player on my computer will pause if I place or get a call on my cell phone. I like it when software does something nifty and unexpected.
