 Day 1 5/11
Day 1 has been a huge success so far.
Core sleep - 10:00pm Sunday night - 2:36am, 4.5hours.
No alarm (set for 2:40am). No out of normal drowsiness (I normally get slightly drowsy between 10:30-11:30am, depending on what I've been doing, which normally is reading dry work stuff online).
Exercise - 5mile run beginning around 7:00am. Followed by oatmeal mixed from a protein shake with strawberries on top.
Lunch - multigrain bread with a hotdog. Pita bread with low fat cream cheese. Not the most healthy, I know... ah, free leftovers.
Nap - 12:35pm - 2:16pm. About 1.5 hours. Again no alarm needed. It took me a little while to fall asleep. I didn't try reading prior to sleep and I didn't have my earplugs in initially. Once I put in my ear plugs, I fell asleep right away. (Didn't have the dark sheets over the windows either, which often helps).
It's now 2:30pm. Feeling well rested. Have a slight headache that I'm pretty sure is because I didn't drink enough water prior to running. I need to be drinking well over a gallon a day just to keep from getting dehydrated, and running increases that by another 1/2 gallon... Will keep drinking it, get an apple, and hopefully will be fine in a bit.
Total sleep in 24 hours: 6 hours.
I think I'll generally post between my nap and my core sleep, so late afternoons/early evenings. Maybe I'll just stick to posting right after my nap...
I'd like to think I won't need an alarm clock throughout this test, but I don't think that's reasonable. I will use an alarm clock for my core sleep, but will not use it for my nap. That way, if my body needs an extra cycle sometimes, it can get it.
Josh
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