reading before lights out

[Kimgeloneck]

I read for 30 minutes before i turn the lights out for the night. It helps me wind down. But when I check my sleep in the morning.....wait let me put an example. Let's say I go lay down in bed at 9pm (I read for 30 minutes), I turn lights off at 9:30. I would fell asleep soon after that (10pm) and I would wake up the next morning at 5:30am. so that would give me 7 1/2 hours of sleep. But why does my fitbit charge say that I slept 8 1/2 hours? I hope this makes sense. TIA

[JohnRi]

Your fitbit determines sleep based on lack of movement for an hour.  I might consider yourself restless, but essentially asleep when you lie down to read.  So what you describe sound accurate for the fitbit.  You lie down, and rest for 30 minutes, and then turn off the light, and go to sleep.  It can't tell the difference between lying down and reading versus lying down and sleeping.

This happens to me sometimes (Rarely do this anymore) where I watch tv for several hours and don't move much.  I'll see a sleep log listed. 

Only way I can see to fix this, is to turn off sleep detection, and enter your sleep manually.  Not sure there is an option for that, I've never noticed.

[Colinm39]

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@Kimgeloneck wrote:
I read for 30 minutes before i turn the lights out for the night. It helps me wind down. But when I check my sleep in the morning.....wait let me put an example. Let's say I go lay down in bed at 9pm (I read for 30 minutes), I turn lights off at 9:30. I would fell asleep soon after that (10pm) and I would wake up the next morning at 5:30am. so that would give me 7 1/2 hours of sleep. But why does my fitbit charge say that I slept 8 1/2 hours? I hope this makes sense. TIA

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@Kimgeloneck I have the same issue as @JohnRi and others have reported in Yoga the same issue.

In your case for the sleep record you can edit the start time and correct the sleep information.

If it happens while watching TV and something like Yoga you can edit the sleep record and change it to an activity record or delete it totally.