5 Ways to Best Use your Smart Watch for Losing Weight Neody IT

Smart Watches are making life easier for us but not everyone knows how to best use the gadget. For many of us, smart watches are just a fancy new watch that we can monitor our messages on or maximum, check our daily steps. But most of the smart watches can be an amazing tool in your weight loss journey. Want to know how? Read on.

Before you frown, let’s make one thing clear. We are not talking only about Apple Watches. Most of the smart watches come today loaded with various features. These simple gadgets are cheap, can connect with almost all types of smart phones and best, can stay attached to our bodies. What is more, these are devices that are ‘created’ with your health needs in mind. So, let’s use them to help us do the most important thing – lose weight.

5 Ways to Best Use your Smart Watch for Losing Weight

Set the Water Alarm

This is the most useful and pertinent feature of your smart watch. A simple water alarm can be set in the watch which would remind you every hour to have a glass of water. Health Experts, Dieticians and Doctors, all have emphasized on the extreme important of keeping the body hydrated. Moreover, if you want to lose weight, you cannot do if you are not drinking enough water. Research has shown how water intake increases weight loss. ²

A simple water alarm can help you get into the habit of getting your minimum 12 to 14 glasses of water daily. Simply set a water alarm for every hour that you are awake.

Measure Your Sleep

Most of the smart watches now comes with sleep monitors. Remember to wear them when you sleep. The monitor would be able to tell you about the total sleep, REM sleep and deep sleep. For you to be able to lose weight, it is important for you to sleep 7 to 8 hours every day with at least 2 to 3 hours of quality deep sleep. This is extremely important.