How do you make sure you remember to put your fitbit into sleep mode?

[SunsetRunner]

I'm really bad at remembering to track my sleep 🙂
Do any of you have things you do to help you remember to put your fitbit into sleep mode as you go to bed?

[Odyssey13 · Accepted solution]

@SunsetRunner  I put the Flex to sleep when I first sit on the bed, checking my alarm clock. That way it became part of my nightly routine.

In the morning, when I turn off the alarm, I wake up my Fitbit.

You'll find a way to make it work for you.

Welcome to the forums.

[mary59]

HI, i been useing fitbit for 4 months now .I found if you go on the dashboard. you can put the time you go to sleep in .and  when you wake up that works best for me . hope this helps.

[mary59]

my fitrbit just goes to sleep when i stop moving .i dont do anything.

[Queenb30]

Mary, I do the same thing and I think this is the easiest.

My problem is when I bump my arm during the day, my band will go into sleep mode and I don't notice. The next morning it shows that I was in bed for 16 hours.

[SunsetRunner]

Thanks all  🙂
I'm glad to know you can also put the times in manually, I hadn't seen that!

[somehume]

@mary59 

Do you mean that it goes to sleep as in the screen turns off or that it starts the sleep activity mode?

[mary59]

when you stop moving  it goes in to sleep mode.

[somehume]

To be clear, does the fitbit ecosystem registers this period as a logged sleep cycle? Which model do you have? My unit doesn't do that.

[Jabrat]

I set a timer on my iPhone

[Jabrat]

I also set a timer to step in the morning with my buddies and group

[mary59]

It goes to sleep when you stop moving .you put the time you go to bed in the computer  . and when u wake up .then it will tell you how you slept. That works for me.you dont have to set it just have it on when your sleeping. 
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[EmilyEL]

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@mary59 wrote:
It goes to sleep when you stop moving .you put the time you go to bed in the computer  . and when u wake up .then it will tell you how you slept. That works for me.you dont have to set it just have it on when your sleeping. 
Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® III

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Thanks for your input @mary59 ! Just to clarify, it is true that if you wear your tracker to bed without activating sleep  mode, then manually log the hours you spent in bed on Fitbit.com, a sleep log will appear. If you want your log to appear when you sync, remember to activate sleep mode by following the instructions here. 

[Darrell1]

I take mine off my wrist and place it on my belt loop until I stop doing what causes the vibrations

[arock81]

Right before I go to bed I start my sleep mode on my iPhone. It has become a habit now and when I wake up I turn my alarm off and them hit my wake up on my iPhone.Hope this helps, just remember it will become a habit just like wanting to reach your other fitbit goals! Good luck 

[bunnypuffs]

I usually end up forgetting and logging my sleep manually later.

[lynnbaum]

I think I had me tracker on sleep all day.  I pushed the button so the light would go on and I put it into sleep mode.  Didn't have time to check it the rest of the day till the next day.  16 hours of disturbed sleep.

[EmilyEL]

Hi there @lynnbaum . If you have an erroneous sleep log recorded, you can definitely edit and/or delete it from your profile. Just go to Log > Sleep tab > "Click to edit" or "Click to delete" at the top right corner of the sleep log box. 

[lynnbaum]

thanks

[AstarothSquirre]

I work shifts so I go to bed at all different times, sometimes at 07:30.  I have an app on my phone that puts my phone on silent when I plug it in to charge (so I don't get woken by PPI calls).  I have now got into a ritual of putting my watch on the side, phone and PS Vita onto charge and now, tap my Flex to enter sleep mode.

It is early days for me so I am still motivated to track my sleep, although it is slightly depressing seeing that I only had 3 hours sleep.