Sleep tracker! (Mathew Walker) and mi smart band 5

This best gift I bought myself as a "Mom". Since my second child was born and even during the last 3 months of pregnancy I had so little sleep and I kept only counting approximately how many hours I slept each night to try to take some time for a nap the next day. Now that I have this amazing band that I was recommended by a mom friend of mine I finally got all the details I needed.

It started with me counting my daily steps to see how active I am while up and going at home with the daily household tasks. And add up more walks in nature with a goal of making 10000 steps per day.

The band helped me not only get the steps counted but also my heart rate while stressed and what actually stresses me out. But the most important feature that I am so fascinated with is the sleep counter and also sleep quality.

This was of course after listening and reading about Matthew Walker researchers about sleep which you might want to look up if you did not yet. Here is some info from his book Why We Sleep?

“Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating book…Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you.” —Bill Gates

A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this “stimulating and important book” (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber.

Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep. Compared to the other basic drives in life—eating, drinking, and reproducing—the purpose of sleep remained elusive.

An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming. Within the brain, sleep enriches our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine-tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite. Dreaming mollifies painful memories and creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge to inspire creativity.

Walker answers important questions about sleep: how do caffeine and alcohol affect sleep? What really happens during REM sleep? Why do our sleep patterns change across a lifetime? How do common sleep aids affect us and can they do long-term damage? Charting cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and synthesizing decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood, and energy levels; regulate hormones; prevent cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes; slow the effects of aging; increase longevity; enhance the education and lifespan of our children, and boost the efficiency, success, and productivity of our businesses. Clear-eyed, fascinating, and accessible, Why We Sleep is a crucial and illuminating book.

This is my sleep detials from the band app: