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In an effort to improve my fitness, I decided to research into more exercise routines and everything that can help contribute to a healthy lifestyle. Over the last few months I have shifted from a mainly sedentary lifestyle to one that allows me adequate time to be active and work on healthy living. Healthy living is a lifestyle and this was perhaps one of the best decisions I could have taken in my career. Spending less time at the desk was just the beginning however and I decided to start getting into fitness using some modern day wearable day tech. 

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Enter the Fitbit era. There are so many wearable tech pieces to choose from now. The apple watch is regarded as one of the best solution for fitness advocates but I am an android user, for obvious reasons ;) I spent an extensive amount of time researching what features were essential for me and what platform I wanted to use. I decided that Fitbit was the way to go as a friend showed off some of the cool features that are available. Recording my workout intensity was key and I wanted something with an accurate heart sensor that I could wear all day without being intrusive. The wrist solution was great and I was particularly interested in understanding where my baseline performance lies and how I would improve over time. Sleep tracking is also an amazing feature that I cannot go without anymore. It’s easy to lose track of sleep quality, in fact I don’t I’ve ever been able to analyse the quality of my sleep. It has been great to understand how light or deep the quality of my sleep is. Sleeping plays a great role in body recovery after workouts and I’ve been using this data to discover ways of improved sleep quality. 

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I chose the Fitbit Versa because I wanted a smart watch and could do without the chunkiness that the ionic offers. I have a relative smaller wrist and the lower profile of the Versa suited me quite well. The inclusion of offline music is amazing too, simply linking my Bluetooth headphones to it and I suddenly have music on the go without my phone! The only drawback that I might find about this is its lack of GPS, it will tether to a phone for GPS access. For outdoor runners this will be a major consideration but I can make do without that feature. 

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To keep a track of everything, I also populate my diet into the Fitbit app on a daily basis to gauge my calorie deficit. Weight loss and better fitness is my goal and this has been doing wonders for tracking my macros. I have been able to see my progress over the last few weeks using a smart scale also. There are a few choices that will allow syncing with a Fitbit account, I opted for the slightly less expensive Nokia Body + scale (formerly Withings) and it was a breeze to setup and delivers my weight and body fat readings into Fitbit. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and highly recommended some sort of wearable tech to anyone who wants to track things in a more interactive and modern way.