{"id":506567,"date":"2022-11-04T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/youre-tracking-your-sleep-wrong\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:00:08","slug":"youre-tracking-your-sleep-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/youre-tracking-your-sleep-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"#You\u2019re Tracking Your Sleep Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e2b4b1bcf\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e2b4b1bcf\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/youre-tracking-your-sleep-wrong\/#%E2%80%9CYoure_Tracking_Your_Sleep_Wrong%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;You\u2019re Tracking Your Sleep Wrong&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/youre-tracking-your-sleep-wrong\/#Typical_Sleep_Tracking\" >Typical Sleep Tracking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/youre-tracking-your-sleep-wrong\/#Data_Without_Context\" >Data Without Context<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/youre-tracking-your-sleep-wrong\/#How_to_Get_More_Context\" >How to Get More Context<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CYoure_Tracking_Your_Sleep_Wrong%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;You\u2019re Tracking Your Sleep Wrong&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-844959\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/apple-watch-sleep.png?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Sleep tracking on Apple Watch.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Justin Duino \/ How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s a smartwatch, fitness tracker, or smart display, a growing number of people have devices that can track sleep. It\u2019s great to have that information, but knowing your sleep cycles isn\u2019t actually going to improve your sleep.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Typical_Sleep_Tracking\"><\/span>Typical Sleep Tracking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-842052\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fitbit-sleep.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Fitbit sleep results.\" width=\"650\" height=\"296\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fitbit sleep tracking graphs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sleep tracking with a smart device is pretty similar across the board. You get a basic read-out of time spent in bed, how long you took to fall asleep, time awake, and how much time you spent in REM, deep, and light sleep cycles.<\/p>\n<p>The accuracy of these numbers can vary between devices, but using the same device for an extended period of time will at least give you <em>consistent<\/em> inaccurate data. However, the problem with sleep tracking is not in the accuracy of the data collected, it\u2019s how we use it.<\/p>\n<p>Based on my own experience and others I\u2019ve talked with, it seems most people do the same thing with this data. You wake up, look at the pretty little graph of your sleep cycles, confirm it matches how you feel you slept, and move on. Is that actually useful, though?<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Data_Without_Context\"><\/span>Data Without Context<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-690423 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sleep-tracking-on-apple-watch.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Sleep tracking on Apple Watch\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" data-credittext=\"Justin Duinoi \/ How-To Geek\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Justin Duino \/ How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While it\u2019s certainly cool to know how much time you spent in REM sleep, that data is pretty useless without context. You don\u2019t need a chart to know how you slept last night\u2014you experienced it. The question you should be asking is \u201chow can I sleep better <em>tonight<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When you do a medical sleep study, the people giving the study don\u2019t just say \u201cwell you only had 30 minutes of deep sleep, so try to get more of that\u201d and send you home. They use additional information to try to figure out\u00a0<em>why<\/em> that might be h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the problem with sleep tracking on smartwatches and fitness trackers. You\u2019re mostly given a bunch of information without any context. How are you supposed to make meaningful changes to improve your sleep if you don\u2019t know what\u2019s making you sleep poorly?<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to Set Up Sleep Tracking on Apple Watch<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Get_More_Context\"><\/span>How to Get More Context<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-699391\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/samsung-heart-rate.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"samsung galaxy watch heart rate\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> is you have the ability to get more context for your sleeping data. In fact, the device you use for sleep tracking can probably do it. The bad news is it requires more effort.<\/p>\n<p>An easy thing you can do is look at your step count and heart rate. These features are found on practically any smartphone or smart wearable device. You might find that you sleep worse when you don\u2019t get up and move around enough throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Another good metric to cross-check could be stress levels. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fitbit-Advanced-Smartwatch-Graphite-Included\/dp\/B0B4N2T7GL\/ref=sr_1_3?tag=lsmedia-11684-20\">Fitbit Sense 2<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fitbit-Smartwatch-Readiness-Exercise-Tracking\/dp\/B0B4MWCFV4\/ref=sr_1_3?tag=lsmedia-11684-20\">Versa 4<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fitbit-Management-Intensity-Tracking-Midnight\/dp\/B0B5F9SZW7\/ref=sr_1_5?tag=lsmedia-11684-20\">Inspire 3<\/a> are equipped with\u00a0a continuous electrodermal activity (cEDA) sensor to track stress. You could see if high stress levels throughout the day correlate with poor sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the best information to have is about your diet. The food you eat and your hydration level can play a big part in how you sleep. The things you eat close to bedtime play an especially large role. The health app that pairs with your smartwatch or fitness tracker most likely has diet and water tracking too. You\u2019ll need to manually enter this data, though.<\/p>\n<p>The point is you need some sort of additional information to go along with the sleep-tracking data. Without it, you\u2019re only confirming things you already know. 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