Mine sure is! The problem is, It’s absolutely correct!

I have a Garmin Forerunner 265, but that doesn’t matter. I’m guessing others, i.e. Apple watch, FitBit, Google Pixel, Samsung, Fossil, etc. are all about the same with similar functions – if you actually read the manual.

I start to feel tired in the evening and look at my watch and it says my Body Battery, BB, is 28% – so I go to bed.
I wake up on my own at 6:30 and the Body Battery says 78% so I go back to bed for another hour or so.
Today, I woke up at 6:30 and it said 93% so I got up and got a great start on the day!

I went to dinner at a friend’s house a couple of weeks ago and had a two big glasses of wine with refills. The watch showed me how my HRV heart rate variability was affected by the alcohol, how long it took my body to process it, and indicated the increased rate of discharge on my body battery. My BB was at 19% when I got home and went to bed. The next morning I felt like crap and my BB was at 51%, but I had to get up.

The night before last, we got together again. This time I listened to my watch. I declined much of the wine and insisted I needed to leave by 8:00 PM. The next morning my BB was at 92% and I felt great!

Now the damn thing is telling me I haven’t been working out enough recently! I am “Detraining.” It’s true. I skipped running for the past 2 weeks because it was hot out. The nagging inspired me to do a short, hard run this morning after breakfast and again just before lunch. Now it says I need 17 hours to recover. I’m good with that.

So much data… I love this damn thing!

Are you actually listening to the information your smart watch is giving you? Have you tried to do what it says for 2 weeks?

Topics: health, Apple, exercise, fitness, Big Brother, Garmin, Fitbit, smart watch, Your mother says, Go outside and get some exercise