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Fitbit/Sleep Chart

Nightowlz — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 19:35:49 GMT

I bought the Fitbit to get me motivated to move more. It's working. LOL!!! I already exercise but need to move more.

Why does someone need something like this to make them do something?

Anyways I wanted to check my HR & Sleep patterns. I have only wore it to bed twice so only have 2 nights to go by so far. My REM sleep was short & only once. Online it says it happens throughout the night. This is when you dream. DH always asks me what I dreamed & I always say nothing. If I'm not having REM sleep during the night seems to reason why I have no dreams. LOL!!! Guess I will wear this & see what happens.

My resting pulse rate is also lower then I thought it would be.

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

Azcowgirl — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 20:12:58 GMT

@Nightowlz Hi !

Im more active since getting my fit bit too ( DH got it for me for Christmas) love it 😀 !

I havnt used the sleep function yet but love all the others.

enjoy!

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

pigletsmom — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:16:35 GMT

Mine says my REM sleep is probably only once or twice a night. I figure it's probably fairly accurate because my sleep is terrible. I do occasionally remember my dreams though. Mostly because my dreams are exhausting!

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

Nightowlz — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:22:39 GMT

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Mine says my REM sleep is probably only once or twice a night. I figure it's probably fairly accurate because my sleep is terrible. I do occasionally remember my dreams though. Mostly because my dreams are exhausting!

@pigletsmom That's how DH's dream was last night. He was being chased all night. I don't remember any dreams. I did not sleep good last night. The majority of mine last night shows light sleep. I tossed & turned from 4 am when I got up to use the restroom until I got up at 8.

I don't really like wearing the fitbit while I sleep because it keeps lighting up when I move. The light will keep me from getting a good nights sleep.

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

Nightowlz — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:25:54 GMT

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@Nightowlz Hi !
Im more active since getting my fit bit too ( DH got it for me for Christmas) love it 😀 !
I havnt used the sleep function yet but love all the others.
enjoy!

@Azcowgirl Hi, I also got mine for Christmas. Now that I have been using it DH wants want so he can see what he's doing. He's not using mine because I have it on now all day except when I shower. I guess I could buy him one for his birthday. I better hurry since it's the 10th.

Enjoy your Fitibt.

Off to walk some more.

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

pigletsmom — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:27:58 GMT

@Nightowlz Do you have your fitbit set to show you the time when you lift your wrist? Maybe that's why it's lighting up. Mine doesn't do that but I turned that function off in my settings. I wear mine of the left arm too so that might keep it from accidently lighting up. I think if it were on the rioght wrist you might hit the button occasionally if you were bending your wrist.

Or is it the heart rate light? I wear mine fairly tight so that's never bothered me.

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

Nightowlz — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:50:47 GMT

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@Nightowlz Do you have your fitbit set to show you the time when you lift your wrist? Maybe that's why it's lighting up. Mine doesn't do that but I turned that function off in my settings. I wear mine of the left arm too so that might keep it from accidently lighting up. I think if it were on the rioght wrist you might hit the button occasionally if you were bending your wrist.

Or is it the heart rate light? I wear mine fairly tight so that's never bothered me.

@pigletsmom I have mine set up horizontal with the Time/HR displayed first. I can take that off tonight & see what happens.

I wear mine on my left wrist. It does show time/hr when I lift my wrist. I will check it out tonight. Thanks.

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KonaKat — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 22:52:05 GMT

I've worn a FitBit Alta HR since late March 2017. I got it primarily to check my HR as I have an issue. It is a great motivator so I have really gotten into all the functions. I love the sleep charts and comparisons. I'm a light sleeper which I knew but will have nights of very little REM sleep and some nights with average. I just think it is interesting.

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

pigletsmom — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:36:35 GMT

@Nightowlz You stop it from showing the time when you lift your wrist in your settings under quick view. Then you just have to hit the button to see the time when you want to. Or tap the screen depending on which Fitbit you have.

I think I turned mine off when I had my original Charge HR. I was trying to save battery because I had to charge it every other day. Turned out I had a bad unit and they just sent me a new one but I got used to having it off at that point.

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

pigletsmom — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:39:05 GMT

@KonaKat I burst out laughing the first time I looked at my sleep chart. It's just crazy colors all over because my sleep is such a mess. I wasn't surprised since one cat gave up on sleeping with me years ago and the other one gets shot off the bed all the time because he sleeps too close to me.

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

Nightowlz — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:09:25 GMT

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@Nightowlz You stop it from showing the time when you lift your wrist in your settings under quick view. Then you just have to hit the button to see the time when you want to. Or tap the screen depending on which Fitbit you have.

I think I turned mine off when I had my original Charge HR. I was trying to save battery because I had to charge it every other day. Turned out I had a bad unit and they just sent me a new one but I got used to having it off at that point.

@pigletsmom I have the Fitbit HR that Q had as the TSV in Dec.

I turned it off in settings quick view. Now when I lift my wrist it does not come on. It does come on if I tap it. Hopefully no light tonight.

It worked last night. I still saw the light a couple of times so I must have pressed the screen enough for it to come on. Guess I was not wearing it right last night since I had a modified sleep pattern only this morning. Guess it was to far down on my wrist. Only had 4 hrs good sleep.

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tsavorite — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:18:26 GMT

I have the Fitbit Charge HR....don't know if it matters on what info you can get or not but what do you ladies mean about REM sleep? How do I check my sleep for that? I know how to go into that area and when I tap it shows me all these bands....some are light blue...some darker blue and red for awake time. Then a break down on restless times and so on. Is this where your are getting the REM sleep info??

I don't dream much myself and not sure I want to remeber them! Saturday I did remember it....I was pregnant and having a baby!! It was a nightmare (I am in meno) so I have no idea what that was all about LOL!! I felt upset and unrested once I woke up from it.

Re: Fitbit/Sleep Chart

Nightowlz — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:33:35 GMT

@tsavorite

I tap on the moon icon from the dashboard. It brings up a page with a graph showing hours slept.

Since I have the app on my iPad i just slide the graph screen to the next page which shows sleep schedule.

The 3rd page has the Hours in Sleep Stages which shows REM, Light, Deep & no stages of sleep. You can tap on each day to show another chart.

Using the app on my desktop computer I click on see more under the moon icon. From there you can click on the day per week to see your different sleep stages & how long they are. HTH

LOL!!! I could not imagine having a baby at my age. That would be an exhausting dream.

DH dreamed he was being chased all night Sat night so he was exhausted.