Devising New Lifestyle Habits

I’ve always considered myself an active person, but after I had two children, I noticed that I was experiencing issues that I never had before. First of all, I had gained weight, and I was having trouble getting the weight off. Second, I was having issues where I would begin to fall asleep in the middle of the day, and last but not least, my heart rate was escalating at random times.

Now, of course, I went to a doctor to check all of this out, but after the doctor came up empty-handed, I knew that I needed to do something different. I was in the works of finding a solution when my sister-in-law and her spouse gifted me with a Fitbit.

Normally, I would never buy one of these contraptions on my own. I know that they are expensive, and I didn’t have enough knowledge to understand all the functions that were on it. In fact, all I knew was that a Fitbit tracked how many steps a person took in a day, and I had found several free apps that did the same thing.

Nevertheless, since I had received this item for free, I figured that I might as well try it out. We hooked the watch to the Fitbit app on my phone. My sister-in-law’s spouse showed me the functions, and I went home to explore them on my own. The first thing that I found interesting on this small watch was that it tracked my beats per minute. I had been worried about my heart rate, so this was important to me, and I found out quickly that my bpm was too high. The watch allowed me to see where my bpm was during rest and where it was during activity. I noticed that my bpm was in the weight loss range during my resting times, and I quickly worked to bring it down. Not knowing how to do this, I explored the tips feature that the Fitbit app had. Now, the tips were helpful. It showed me that if I lost a certain amount of weight and completed a specific amount of steps during the day, I would be able to lower my bpm. Therefore, I tried it.

After two weeks, my resting bpm was lowered, and I focused on the other items that the Fitbit tracked. The next item that I noticed was the sleep function. The watch tracked when a person fell asleep, how long they slept, and when they woke up. This helped me gauge how much sleep I was getting and compare it to what I was supposed to be getting. The Fitbit also showed when I was in a light sleep, a deep sleep, awake, and when my REM cycle was. I found this useful as I had been battling with fatigue, and this helped show why I might be having that issue.

Also, since my doctor had been worried in the past about sleep apnea, I checked out the function that documented my breathing while I slept. It showed me if I was in a normal range, and the times in which I wasn’t. By using this function, I noticed that more times than not, I was in a normal breathing range during sleep, and it made me wonder if I just suffered from anxiety before bed. Knowing that I had chamomile tea for this type of issue, I moved on.

The last thing that I checked was my amount of exercise. The Fitbit tracks if you get 20 minutes or more of good exercise in a day. It shows how many stairways you walk up, and it also tracks your steps. I knew that I was supposed to get 10,000 steps a day from the recommendations on this device, so I aimed to do that.

Though I haven’t been using this item for very long, I do have to say that I recommend it. Along with tracking my bpm, sleep habits, and exercise routine, it helps me keep track of my diet and calorie count, water intake, and even moments that I may take for meditation and self-care. I think that it is important to keep track of this information, and though I thought I had been doing that in the past, I found the assistance of the Fitbit to be very useful to me. Therefore, if you are looking for something to help you monitor your daily habits, I would consider the Fitbit. It has helped me set my health goals, and I know it could help you too.

*I use a Fitbit Charge 3, but there are more upgraded versions at this time.