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sleep, healthy eating, and exercise are fundamental to living a long and fulfilling life. I think it's great that people are trying to determine in a quantitative way when we've "slept good." I sure as hell can use a device that can tell me if I've slept well, so i can try to establish a pattern between how i feel the next day and what these devices tell me as to how i slept.
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As Pavlov would tell you, it doesn't need to be a mask. It can be anything. So for the mass market, perhaps a bell would be a better choice.
Sleep researchers and doctors claim that your bed itself should be the bell. It will be easiest for you to fall asleep if you don't spend any time in your bed unless you are actively trying to fall asleep. No reading a book before you sleep, no checking your email in the morning, etc. They prioritize it to the point that, if you are lying in bed trying to sleep at night for more than 20 minutes, you should get up and…
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I was using a Fitbit Charge (the one before the just released one). One night I was awake looking at my phone from 1-3am and it said I was asleep. Took it off and put it into a drawer right then.
I just got the Charge 3 and I must toss and turn like crazy because it sometimes doesn't even register my sleep. I didn't expect it to be the most accurate sleep tracker, so I am not super upset. It still gives me some level of insight into my sleep, which is better than nothing.
I work for Fitbit. I don't speak for Fitbit, but in my opinion you should expect it to be the most accurate sleep tracker, and if it isn't you should contact customer service.
My sleep tracking now consists of putting my APAP on to counteract my sleep apnea, falling asleep within seconds because I'm like Pavlov's sleeping baby dog because of the machine, and then waking up and seeing what the machine says re: how long it has been pushing air in my nose. It works surprisingly well, actually. If I only got 6.5 hours of APAP last night, then I will pretty reliably go to bed a little earlier t…
I'm curious - How do stomach sleepers adjust to these masks? Or does sleep apnea only affect back sleepers? It would be impossible for me to sleep wearing a mask.
Re/ oura rings... anyone else paranoid of a private company having access to intensely personal data? If I were an insurance company I'd be lobbying the shit out of these guys to see how much they'd charge me to get my hands on it. (and yeah, I read Oura's privacy agreement already... was less than impressed)
And an article they wrote regarding the impact of GDPR - https://help.ouraring.com/oura-account-and-privacy/ouras-pri...
Would you trust Oura more or less than Fitbit or other, similar vendors?
Tbh the oura ring has been a game changer for a data nerd like me. I can easily see how some exercise in the day actually impacts my HRV[1] and then the quality of my sleep. Had a heavy night of drinking? Watch what the oura ring reports not just on the same night but even the next night :) Basically if you're thinking of starting your own "protocol" for sleep and would like to A/B test what works and what seems like…
Did you really need a $300 device to tell you that a night of drinking will undermine your sleep?
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I just got the Charge 3 and I must toss and turn like crazy because it sometimes doesn't even register my sleep. I didn't expect it to be the most accurate sleep tracker, so I am not super upset. It still gives me some level of insight into my sleep, which is better than nothing.
>I didn't expect it to be the most accurate sleep tracker I work for Fitbit. I don't speak for Fitbit, but in my opinion you should expect it to be the most accurate sleep tracker, and if it isn't you should contact customer service.
Thanks for the advice.
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Yeah, I probably have the cash. But it's just for tracking sleep. I know that I sleep like shit. I go to bed at 0030 and wake up at 0700. Don't really know what difference the ring would make here. No idea what the ring would tell me what I don't really know and how in the world I would turn the data into something usable.
What's the next thing you'll try to improve your sleep?
Is there any research that indicates this would be beneficial in any way?
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No, it does not. Say I'm 6' tall. "Normal" BMI is between 18.5 and 25, which translates to between 136.4 lbs - 184.3 lbs. Telling me my weight is going up or down tells me nothing about whether I fall into this healthy range. And, depending where I fall (below, within, or above the range), the actions I would wish to take differ. It's that simple. What instrument do you have that measures your "weight relative to oth…
But weight by itself (and BMI) are fairly crude measures. You could be 6' tall, be a muscular 210 lbs with a body fat of 10% and be classed as obese. The next level of the "onion" is body composition (fancy scales do this, but not that well). Then you're getting dexa scans....and there are probably other levels after that. I think I'd rather know if my weight and body fat % are going up or down, rather than their abs…
That’s an edge case. People who fall in that category already know that. And they’re very interested in their accurate, absolute weight.
Besides, BMI is just a convenient way of quantifying what a “healthy weight range” is. I could have used any range and said I was interested in weighing between X and Y.