Thomas DUK
Supporter Care Advisor
Hi All,
Does anyone here struggle to get a full nights sleep? ME TOO! Well, that was until I got my Fitbit a couple months ago. It's sleeping features allow me to track my sleep and better understand what's keeping me up at night. I thought I'd share some insights. Though these are unlikely to be news to lots of people
1. When I drink alcohol I sleep badly. This was the hardest change for me to implement but it made the biggest difference by far. It doesn't seem to matter how much I drink. Even a glass of wine in the hours before I go to sleep has me falling asleep faster, but I get less deep sleep and I always wake in the middle of the night.
2. If I eat late, I suck at getting out of bed in the morning. I very often eat late, but on the handful of days I've managed to avoid doing this, I wake feeling hungry which is enough to make getting out of bed SO much easier.
3. Locking my door means I wake up less. Fitbit shows how many times you wake up in the night, even if it's so brief you don't notice. For the first month or so of using it, it reported I was waking up several times every hour. I live in shared housing. My housemates are lovely, so I normally leave my bedroom door unlocked. One night though I had a reason to lock my bedroom, so I did. That night was the first night I slept for more than 100 minutes without waking, and woke only a QUARTER of the times I usually wake in the night. As I result, I've locked my door every night since and my sleep has dramatically improved because of it.
These simple changes have increased my quality of life more than I can express. Does anyone have any tips for sleeping well at night?
Does anyone here struggle to get a full nights sleep? ME TOO! Well, that was until I got my Fitbit a couple months ago. It's sleeping features allow me to track my sleep and better understand what's keeping me up at night. I thought I'd share some insights. Though these are unlikely to be news to lots of people
1. When I drink alcohol I sleep badly. This was the hardest change for me to implement but it made the biggest difference by far. It doesn't seem to matter how much I drink. Even a glass of wine in the hours before I go to sleep has me falling asleep faster, but I get less deep sleep and I always wake in the middle of the night.
2. If I eat late, I suck at getting out of bed in the morning. I very often eat late, but on the handful of days I've managed to avoid doing this, I wake feeling hungry which is enough to make getting out of bed SO much easier.
3. Locking my door means I wake up less. Fitbit shows how many times you wake up in the night, even if it's so brief you don't notice. For the first month or so of using it, it reported I was waking up several times every hour. I live in shared housing. My housemates are lovely, so I normally leave my bedroom door unlocked. One night though I had a reason to lock my bedroom, so I did. That night was the first night I slept for more than 100 minutes without waking, and woke only a QUARTER of the times I usually wake in the night. As I result, I've locked my door every night since and my sleep has dramatically improved because of it.
These simple changes have increased my quality of life more than I can express. Does anyone have any tips for sleeping well at night?
