TheNicerLife

Do you use a stepcounter or an app to monitor your activity?

There are so many of them out there now, it would be hard to pick one if I had to.

 

At home we have the fitbit system, which consists of a scale that allegedly monitors your body composition (ie. lean mass, fat and weight) and an online portal that helps you track your weight, activity and food intake.

 

I don´t have the portable device that goes along with it though. And I have to tell you that I tend to refer to the scale as "fit-bitch" instead of fitbit. I am leaving it to your own imagination as to why that is.

 

I also own a Jawbown-up. Which I absolutely love apart from the fact that it is frickin´ugly and I really need to do something about it.

 

Something that I think is really handy is the fact that the Jawbone measures sleep activity, almost the same way as the sleepcycle app. (Have you tried it? If not, I really recommend it! Such a nice way to wake up and also monitor your sleeping patterns)

 

I have been using the sleep monitor for a while now and it turns out that I on average do sleep 2 hours too little.

 

 

 

So I have given it a try and systematically gone to bed earlier this week.

I haven´t managed to sleep a full 8 hours every night yet, but I have made it to 7-7.5 hours for the past few nights. I have to tell you I am amazed how big the difference is that I am feeling already.

Getting up is so much easier. I feel much more energized during the day. I am less irritable and can deal with stress much better. I will definately try to up the sleeping hours to 8 next week. Whatever the result of this lifestyle improvement measure, I´ll let you know the outcome of it!