Fitness Trackers

I use an Apple Watch and find it so valuable to my health plus I love how I can measure my fitness and work towards a goal each day.

The only problem with the Apple Watch is that it doesn't track my sleep so I have invested in a Samsung Galaxy Fit(e) tracker which wasn't that much to buy from Samsung. I can now use this on my android as well as using my Apple Watch with my iPhone.

Here are six reasons why I use an activity tracker

Motivation
Health
Getting into a routine/habit
Goal setting
Keeping track
Ready made programs

Fitness trackers are similar to pedometers but with activity fitness trackers there is evidence that they are more effective in increased activity.

Probably the most important benefit of activity tracking is accountability. The best part is that I am competing against myself.

It's much easier to be motivated to do more than I did yesterday, to walk more steps and burn more calories as I go down the road to improvement and weight loss.  Features like inactivity alerts also remind me when to move.

You don't need to do vigorous activity all at once either. You can spread it through the day and the tracker lets me see how much I have logged.

Do you really need an activity tracker? Like you need air and water? Perhaps not. Will it help on your  journey, most definitely yes!

Insomnia

Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which people have trouble sleeping.^[1]They may have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep as long as desired.^[9][11] Insomnia is typically followed by daytime sleepiness, low energy, irritability, and a depressed mood.^[1] It may result in an increased risk of motor vehicle collisions, as well as problems focusing and learning.^[1] Insomnia can be short term, lasting for days or weeks, or long term, lasting more than a month.

For as long as I can remember I haven't slept well, well I can pin point it down to when I had my first child as I needed to listen out for her and just seemed to sleep lightly. It has progressed into not sleeping very well at all now. 

I have tried herbal treatments and apps but neither has worked. I also suffer from sleep paralysis at least once a night.

Sleep paralysis is when, during waking up or falling asleep, a person is aware but unable to move or speak.^[1][2] During an episode, one may hallucinate (hear, feel, or see things that are not there), which often results in fear.^[1] Episodes generally last less than a couple of minutes.^[2] It may occur as a single episode or be recurrent.^[1]

I usually try drifting off to the TV or radio or watch some youtube videos which can make me feel sleepy but when I do sleep it is always light and never full sleep. I usually wake up a few times in the night if I do eventually get to sleep. 

I usually find at night my head is full of stuff and I'm sat there worrying about things that either haven't happened or are going to happen I hate that. Clear your mind people say but that is easier said than done. 

I can now accept the night of poor sleep and move on sometimes if I get a chance I'll take a nap during the day. I use the sleep deprivation caused by the poor night’s sleep to sleep better the night after if I can but it is very rare to get a good nights sleep fully these days. 

I know a lot of people suffer from this let me know if you have trouble sleeping and what your remedies or advice is for insomnia its always good to hear from other people on the subject.

Smoking

I smoke I know yes it is disgusting but to me it is one of my favourite things to do especially when I am stressed out!

I have been thinking of giving up for a long time now but it is so hard to do and the thought of it scares me, silly I know.

If you can imagine when you was little and you had a blanket or a dummy or used your thumb to sleep this is how I feel about cigarettes. I have tried to use apps in the past to help and tried hypnotism apps. I have even tried vaping! I cannot use patches due to my other medication and have tried gum too but nothing has worked.

I do want to give up but right now I just don't think is the time for it. I am trying to lose weight and I do not want to give up too much all at once.

I have challenged myself that when I have lost my weight I will give up the cigarettes and I am sticking to that.

Writers Block

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  Writer's block is a condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work, or experiences a creative slowdown. The condition ranges from difficulty in coming up with original ideas to being unable to produce a work for years. Throughout history, writer's block has been a documented problem.

Do you ever get writer’s block?

I mean do you ever sit down at your computer with that blank screen mocking you in the face?

As a blogger, I’ve done this on more than one occasion.

Sure, I use all kinds of tricks to get the ‘ole inspiration motor running. . .

• I keep a list of running article ideas.
• I browse all of my favorite blogs scouting for possible ideas.
• Tweet my followers for ideas.
• If I get really desperate I’ll whip up a nice bubble bath

Sorry for the short blog today but just wanted to write about writers block which many writers suffer with and that sometimes I may not have a blog for a day or two due to this or I am feverishly writing a blog.

I was going to delete my blog due to writers block but people actually like it so I have continued to write and I hope you enjoy what I write about. I shall continue as long as I can.

Samsung Galaxy A70 a review

So I am usually an Apple user but Vodafone phoned me up and asked if I wanted another contract and as I have been wanting to get an android I opted for the Samsung Galaxy A70 which came out in April 2019.

This phone has all that you would expect from Samsung and is up there with the S10 family.

It has 2D face recognition and in-display fingerprint id and also has the AR emoji just like the S9-S10

It sports a 6.7inch Infinity-U display and boasts a 32 megapixel front camera with an 8mp second camera and 5mp third camera also. The quality of the camera is stunning. It comes with the latest android software 9.0 PIE straight from the box. It has 128gb of memory with a dual sim plus can be topped up with a micro sd card. It comes with a Samsung adaptive fast charger for quicker charging.

It has all the usual things on it like bluetooth, wifi and fm radio, 3G/4G.

It comes in a range of colours black, coral, blue and white I opted for the coral colour. It is a plastic back and does collect finger prints quite easily so a case would come in handy. All the colours have a kind of rainbow effect on the back and it makes the colour of the back really stand out.

I opted for mine on contract but you can buy this phone as a pay as you go.

If you are in the market for a new phone then I would highly recommend this phone as an option and it is way cheaper than the newest s10 family of which this phone has all of the features and more.