Hey hey! How are you? Hope you’re having fun with the morning. No Sugar January is off to a powerful begin! I most likely ought to have specified that it didn’t imply zero sugar in any respect (wine is technically a sugar, fruit is a sugar. This could get a bit excessive) however no sweets or added sugar. For instance, I’m having protein powder and MCT oil in my oatmeal as an alternative of a large drizzle of maple syrup.
Exercise-wise, I received in a killer legs and HIIT exercise Monday, and a pleasant aerial yoga class yesterday. (I’ll share the main points in a Focus On publish quickly!) This morning, I’m educating barre, and getting in my private exercise throughout naptime. I don’t actually love figuring out throughout naptime because it’s my likelihood to blitz on work, however I’ve discovered that if I don’t work out throughout P’s nap, it will get more durable and more durable to squeeze it in because the day goes on. Earlier than I do know it, I’m cleansing up from dinner, giving the women baths, and able to crawl onto the sofa for the night time.
Apple Watch vs. the Fitbit Alta
One thing that has helped so much with my motivation to get transferring and keep energetic all through the day has been my Apple Watch. I’m an enormous fan of health trackers – I’ve used a number of Fitbit fashions, the Tom-Tom Spark 3, Garmins, Polars, I’m form of a nerd about health trackers – and the most recent fave is the Apple Watch. It’s sporty however cute sufficient to put on daily, and the stats and interface are superb.
After I converted to the Apple Watch, I’d been sporting a Fitbit for probably the most half, and most lately the FitBit Alta. I like that the Alta is far smaller than different health trackers and it gave me related stats (plus the guts charge mannequin tracks your coronary heart charge). I’ve been a Fitbit fan for years and have constantly used the Fitbit as an efficient option to observe my steps and exercise stats. I’d been eyeing the Apple Look ahead to a few 12 months, however wasn’t certain if the fee can be price switching over.
Once we first moved to Valdosta, we attended an public sale for Liv’s new faculty, and on one of many tables was an Apple Watch. I made a decision to place it into future’s fingers. A few mint juleps later, and lurking across the public sale desk, I used to be the proud new proprietor of an Apple Watch 2 (and a pair of Prada sun shades. Yolo. <— do folks nonetheless keep that? hah)
Right here’s my overview of the Apple Watch vs. Fitbit Alta:
Interface:
The Fitbit interface is easy. It tells you every thing that you must know (steps, distance, energy burned) with none additional bells and whistles. For those who log into the app, you may as well observe information on sleep, which may be extraordinarily insightful.
The Apple Watch takes issues to the following degree. Your targets for the day are break up into little circles: transfer targets (energy burned), standing (I feel it’s transfer for five minutes of each hour), and exercise (half-hour of exercise per day). It’s SO satisfying to see the circles construct all through the day, and a simple option to look and verify the way you’re doing.
Because the Apple Watch is clearly…a watch…you may as well change the face to an image in your digicam, or any from their gallery (a few of them transfer, just like the jellyfish and butterflies). It’s form of enjoyable to alter the face to Minnie Mouse after we’re at Disney World. 😉
Sleep monitoring:
To be completely sincere, I haven’t used this characteristic on the Apple watch. I discover that as a mother, sleep monitoring is among the most miserable issues ever. Ignorance is bliss.
I did use this whereas I used to be sporting the Alta, and it was useful to see how a lot deep sleep I used to be getting vs. gentle/interrupted sleep.
Battery life:
That is the place Fitbit wins. My Alta would simply final just a few days, and my Apple Watch lasts a few day and a half. This implies I both must cost it in a single day or take a noon cost break, which is form of annoying.
Exercise mode:
The exercise tracker is next-level stuff, and one of many causes I LOVE the Apple Watch. You may choose swim, indoor stroll, out of doors stroll, cycle, spin indoors, or fast begin, and it’ll goal your stats primarily based in your exercise. It additionally tracks coronary heart charge, which I discover to be fairly correct. Generally once I get tremendous sweaty it slides round my wrist and doesn’t learn it fairly as effectively. I like having the ability to inform it what I’m doing so it may possibly offers extra related information. For instance, if I’m exterior, it consists of distance and tempo on my stats.
Music:
The Fitbit Cost is far more restricted on this side so it’s one of many big perks of the Apple Watch. It shows the music I’m at the moment taking part in from my telephone, and I can modify the amount. That is SO AWESOME whereas I’m educating a category as a result of I can flip the music down for extra thorough teaching and enhance the amount for an intense a part of the exercise.
The Apple Watch additionally syncs my textual content messages and I can reply the telephone from it (and converse into the watch). I discover that with these options, I’m not on my telephone almost as a lot. I’m not always checking to see if I’ve any missed texts or calls.
Design:
They each have their benefits. The Alta appears extra indestructible and continues to be small and stylish. You may swap out the Fitbit bands and make it as fancy as you like.
The Apple Watch appears a bit extra tech-y, however in the long run, it simply appears like a reasonably watch. I like which you can swap out the wristbands and alter the watch face.
Conclusion:
I really feel like with the rest, you must discover out what works for you and what you like. After I put on a health tracker, I really feel extra motivated to get in small bits of motion all through the day and actually purpose to hit these 10k steps. The Alta is a good tracker (and is inexpensive than the Apple Watch), and the Apple Watch offers a bit extra perception, settings, and choices. They’re each superior in their very own means, however for now, I’m utilizing and loving the Apple Watch.
Do you utilize a health tracker? What’s your very favourite? What motion targets do you set for your self every day?
I purpose to hit 10k steps – some days it’s tremendous simple and others it’s difficult – and get in my half-hour of motion.
xoxo
Gina
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