I received my FitBit Force on
Thursday of last week and after charging it at 5pm I set about logging
steps. I did manage to get in 5,000 steps by the time I went to sleep,
and then logged over 24,000 steps the next day, Friday. I was SO
PLEASED with myself! Tickled actually!
But then I activated the "sleep activity tracking" feature last night for the first time.
Uh-oh.
Danger Will Rogers!
It
is a reminder to me that there is MORE to living a life in Optimal and
Ultra health than SIMPLY losing close to 150 pounds, maintaining a
healthy BMI long-term, and (for me) running a Marathon (I have trained
up to and including 20 miles and am running the Paris Marathon on April
6th...my first full marathon event EVER!)
SLEEP!
The recommended sleep for a woman of my age is 6-8 hours.
When
my fitbit synched with my computer this morning I had the baseline
reading which has, let's say, STRONGLY ENCOURAGED me to put a laser
focus on the Healthy Habit of Sleep as my next Habit of Health to work
on.
It told me what I think I instinctively knew, that I need to change my ways.
For ALL of last night in bed, I ended up with a TOTAL SLEEP TIME of, (are you ready for this?)....
1 hour and 58 minutes.
Uh-Oh.
Apparently FitBit told me I averaged a 40% efficiency, and was very restless 9 separate times last night.
ONE
HOUR AND 58 MINUTES of restorative sleep! Oh man. I am getting right
into my book and reading the "Healthy Sleep" chapter. Today. I am
going to make some REAL changes.
Starting today.
Rinse and Repeat!
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