Hey hey! How are you? Hope you’re having fun with the morning. No Sugar January is off to a powerful begin! I in all probability ought to have specified that it didn’t imply zero sugar in any respect (wine is technically a sugar, fruit is a sugar. This will 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 obtained in a killer legs and HIIT exercise Monday, and a pleasant aerial yoga class yesterday. (I’ll share the small print in a Focus On submit quickly!) This morning, I’m instructing barre, and getting in my private exercise throughout naptime. I don’t actually love understanding throughout naptime because it’s my probability to blitz on work, however I’ve discovered that if I don’t work out throughout P’s nap, it will get tougher and tougher to squeeze it in because the day goes on. Earlier than I do know it, I’m cleansing up from dinner, giving the ladies baths, and able to crawl onto the sofa for the night time.
Apple Watch vs. the Fitbit Alta
One thing that has helped loads with my motivation to get shifting 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 sort of a nerd about health trackers – and the newest fave is the Apple Watch. It’s sporty however cute sufficient to put on each day, and the stats and interface are wonderful.
Once I converted to the Apple Watch, I’d been sporting a Fitbit for essentially the most half, and most lately the FitBit Alta. I like that the Alta is way smaller than different health trackers and it gave me related stats (plus the guts fee mannequin tracks your coronary heart fee). I’ve been a Fitbit fan for years and have persistently used the Fitbit as an efficient technique to observe my steps and exercise stats. I’d been eyeing the Apple Look ahead to a few 12 months, however wasn’t positive if the fee can be value switching over.
After 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 palms. 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 individuals nonetheless keep that? hah)
Right here’s my evaluation of the Apple Watch vs. Fitbit Alta:
Interface:
The Fitbit interface is easy. It tells you every part you’ll want to know (steps, distance, energy burned) with none further bells and whistles. In case you log into the app, you may as well observe knowledge on sleep, which will be extraordinarily insightful.
The Apple Watch takes issues to the subsequent degree. Your targets for the day are break up into little circles: transfer targets (energy burned), standing (I believe 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 straightforward technique to look and verify the way you’re doing.
For the reason that Apple Watch is clearly…a watch…you may as well change the face to an image in your digital camera, or any from their gallery (a few of them transfer, just like the jellyfish and butterflies). It’s sort of enjoyable to alter the face to Minnie Mouse once we’re at Disney World. 😉
Sleep monitoring:
To be completely trustworthy, 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 should cost it in a single day or take a noon cost break, which is sort of annoying.
Exercise mode:
The exercise tracker is next-level stuff, and one of many causes I LOVE the Apple Watch. You possibly can 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 fee, 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 nicely. I like having the ability to inform it what I’m doing so it could possibly offers extra related information. For instance, if I’m exterior, it contains distance and tempo on my stats.
Music:
The Fitbit Cost is rather more restricted on this side so it’s one of many large perks of the Apple Watch. It shows the music I’m presently enjoying from my telephone, and I can alter the quantity. That is SO AWESOME whereas I’m instructing a category as a result of I can flip the music down for extra thorough teaching and improve the quantity 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 communicate into the watch). I discover that with these options, I’m not on my telephone almost as a lot. I’m not consistently 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 possibly can swap out the Fitbit bands and make it as fancy as you want.
The Apple Watch seems a bit extra tech-y, however ultimately, it simply seems like a reasonably watch. I like that you could 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. Once I put on a health tracker, I really feel extra motivated to get in small bits of motion all through the day and actually goal to hit these 10k steps. The Alta is a good tracker (and is cheaper than the Apple Watch), and the Apple Watch offers a bit extra perception, settings, and choices. They’re each superior in their very own approach, 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 goal to hit 10k steps – some days it’s tremendous straightforward and others it’s difficult – and get in my half-hour of motion.
xoxo
Gina
