This weekend my husband and I went mattress shopping. Our old mattress is getting lumpy and I think a new mattress will help me sleep better. But mattress shopping is so confusing. Unlike other consumer goods, you cannot comparison shop based on the brand, model, and specifications at different stores when shopping for a mattress. [...]
This post is a discussion of my heart rate while doing sedentary computer tasks at work. I am better off sleeping.
After spending the last two hours at my desk, reading yet another boring technical memorandum, I finally blinked and decided to checked my heart rate on my new Mio Motiva Petite heart rate monitor.
I was shocked to find the display showing 62 bmps (beats-per minute)! This number really does not mean much until you see that it is only 32% of my max heart rate. 32%! That is only a little higher than my resting heart rate when I wake up each morning. And since my eyes are a little dried, that tells me that I barely even blinked the last 2 hours.
