John: Getting there! (13)

Today I woke up without an alarm at 5:45. I think I feel asleep something like 2:50 last night so that is two cycles, assuming mine are 87 minutes if I did the math right. I went to sleep a little earlier last night because I was thinking that my cycles might be longer than 90 minutes, turns out they aren't. Excellent.

Tomorrow is the two week mark, that is exciting. We will probably stop tagging the day numbers then.

John: Food/Nutrition Plan

I've read some stuff about polyphasic and it said it is better to eat smaller meals more often. I've been kind of confused about when and what to eat since I started this but it does seem more natural to eat throughout the day, more like animals. I've started devising a plan that will hopefully help me eat healthier.

Sleep: 3-6
Breakfast (6:20-7:30a): A bagel and maybe tea
First lunch (9-12): A sandwich probably
Second lunch (12-4p): Apple and maybe a bagel

Nap: 5-6:30
Dinner (7-8p): Dinner with family, small portion
Tea (10-11): Tea and maybe an apple
Supper (12-2a): Eggs? Grilled cheese?

This does sound like a lot of food but the portions would be small and I am awake quite a lot during the day. I'm going to stop doing fast food during the week.

John: 12

I woke up at six today. My normal alarm went of and didnt do anything then my cell phone went off and actually woke me up. I'll be using that from now on. I slept in warm clothes without a blanket so I had no reason to jump back in bed. I called Nick up and he was either awake or I woke him up.

Feels good.

John: Wack nap

So I woke up from my nap at seven. At first I thought this was a bad thing but then I realized that I didn't really fall asleep till 5:30, so this was an even hour and a half. I woke up and left the room and, upon reentering, noticed that my alarm was going off. This means that my alarm clock is dying and that I woke up naturally, kinda.

Mixed news, I guess.

Nick: I Don't Get It

I woke up this morning at 6am. Got out of bed. Turned off my alarm. Was awake... Then I woke up again at 9am. I don't get it. I don't remember getting back into bad and going back to sleep but I clearly remember being awake at 6. Johnny and I both slept til 9 today (I called him and woke him up when I finally got up). We need to stop this!

Nick: Tenth Day

I'm going to start this post with yesterday's nap. Since I allowed myself 90 minutes extra nap on Friday night and I moved my nap 90 minutes earlier yesterday (to accommodate plans), I found myself laying in bed for the majority of my nap not being able to fall asleep. Johnny reports I did fall asleep for some of it as he heard me snoring, but I swear I was awake the whole time. So I fell asleep nicely last night at 3am.

Johnny and I woke up this morning at 6am, sat around until 7:30 (my internet was down so there wasn't much to do...), and then Johnny left. After he left, I ended up crawling back into bed and sleeping until 10am (dammit!). I really need to cut this out.. no more oversleeping. In order for this schedule to start fully working I have to force my body to adapt.. and oversleeping isn't helping. So I wasn't able to nap very well this afternoon either since I got so much sleep last night.

Tonight I will sleep from 3-6 and ONLY until 6. I plan to wake up and wash my car. Hopefully this works out.

John: Big Number 10!

So yesterday I ended up skipping my nap, not because I didn't have time but because I couldn't fall asleep. I slept the normal 3-6 without any problems except a little groggyness in the morning. I feel pretty normal right now but I am looking forward to my nap.