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"   For the last three weeks, I&amp;#039;ve been wearing the Body Media FIT system, a device that you wear on your arm 24/7 to track your food intake, activity level, and sleep patterns. In my last posts I reported on how it&amp;#039;s been helping me get my nutrition and fitness under control. But I&amp;#039;ve been finding getting enough sleep challenging.  After my first day wearing the armband, I was surprised to find out how little sleep I was getting. Although I thought I was sleeping for the recommended 8 hours, the feedback on my online Activity Manager showed that I was only getting six. Much as I try, I simply can&amp;#039;t reach my target goal of 8 hours. In fact, my hours of shuteye seem to be dwindling. The output shows that I&amp;#039;m not sleeping straight through the night which gives me a sleep efficiency of somewhere between 59% and 75%. The funny thing is I don&amp;#039;t recall waking up as much as the system reports that I do. I&amp;#039;m not sure if I&amp;#039;m just not cognizant of my nocturnal habits or there&amp;#039;s an error with the Body Media technology. Yes, I know what you&amp;#039;re thinking-I&amp;#039;m shifting the blame. If you&amp;#039;ve read my colleague Birnur Aral&amp;#039;s post, you know that she too was surprised to see how little time she&amp;#039;s actually sleeping. So to be sure the system&amp;#039;s working correctly, we&amp;#039;re going to check in with Body Media. Until I find out if the program&amp;#039;s working correctly, I&amp;#039;ll be trying Good Housekeeping&amp;#039;s 25 Ways to Sleep Better Tonight and see if it can help increase my sleep percentages. Check back next week to see if I find a way to get a better night&amp;#039;s sleep. If you have any sleep suggestions for me, I&amp;#039;d love to hear them. To see how we test sleep wear and other cool products here at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute, sign up for a tour today. And if you think you&amp;#039;re suffering from lack of sleep like myself, see what the Daily Green has to say about 27 Natural Sleep Aids that Promote Better Health. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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