My Journey With Health And Fitness – Houston, We Have A Problem

Ok, I have to admit I might be wrong. In my last blog I said that my sleep had not improved while doing Dry February. Then I realized, I had 2 consecutive nights where my sleep score was good. So you understand, this is unheard of for me. Occasionally it will register as good, usually it is poor or fair. Not sure if it is really the no alcohol thing or that I have a new pillow mist with citrus and lavender which is supposed to help you sleep. Whatever it is, it also might be part of the solution.

I woke up yesterday and as always synced my Fitbit with the iPhone app to check my sleep score, readiness score and resting heart rate. Unfortunately, the Fitbit didn’t want to sync. After several attempts it did sync but the only info it gave me was calories burned so far, no other info, not any of the things I need to keep me on course. I tried again once I had done my workout and still nothing. No steps, no distance, no zone minutes, no heart rate tracker. What????? I tried everything they recommended to fix this including rebooting the phone, disabling and enabling bluetooth, updating my IOS absolutely nothing worked. I finally did a live chat with Fitbit to find out they are having massive system issues and they asked that I be patient until they could get things resolved. My anxiety started to skyrocket.

I have written before about the fact that I am obsessed with my Fitbit. This is especially important when I am training. I need to monitor things like my heart rate, distance, steps, readiness. These, to me, are all an important part of my training matrix. That info often motivates me to push but also tells me when to back off a bit. The past 2 days (because it is still not working) have been extremely frustrating for me as it has created a huge hole in the analysis I feel compelled to do each day.

Alright, time for a deep breath, I will get through this. I have logged on online though that only gives me some summary information and lacks the sleep, readiness and resting heart rate information that I long to see. However, it is going to have to do for right now as I ‘patiently’ wait for the system to be fixes.

Here’s hoping I will survive.