Once again, I did not fully fall to sleep in my 5 PM nap. However, I have a feeling I am going to be really tired real soon here for my next nap at 9 PM though. I just played soccer for 2 hours and got a major workout. I felt a few sensations in my head I have never felt before. It was a very soothing feeling.
I woke up at 5 PM feeling very groggy and unmotivated, probably a -1 or so. But after playing soccer at such a high pace for so long, right now, I feel like a 7 or 8, however, I know I will pay for it this evening.
So far, no oversleeping and everything's on schedule. I am expecting it to get much more challenging from now on. Hopefully 40 minutes is enough time for me to unwind so I can get a full 20-30 minute rest.
Note: I start my naps on the hour, and don't generally fall to sleep until 10 minutes after. So the Uberman Schedule is really 20-25 minute naps, as opposed to a full 30.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Day 1: Nap 5
Well, I didn't sleep too well, if any at all this nap and did not wake up feeling any different than when I went to sleep. I have kind of started entering zombie mode and am much less motivated to type this blog. I think I have felt like a -3 ever since I have gotten up. So the uphill battle begins.
After my 5 PM nap, I have to immediately go to a soccer camp, which will probably make me extremely tired. This next day will be my true test to see if I oversleep. If I get too tired, I will probably add 30 minute naps in-between when need be. Because I would rather take extra naps than risk oversleeping for who knows how long.
I will hopefully be able to fall to sleep really quick this upcoming nap and get at least little refreshed because this soccer camp is going to really take it out of me. However, once I get back from that, it will mark the end of "Day 1" and 36 hours since I last slept monophasically. I almost feel certain that I will need to add a nap to get through the night. Only time will tell.
After my 5 PM nap, I have to immediately go to a soccer camp, which will probably make me extremely tired. This next day will be my true test to see if I oversleep. If I get too tired, I will probably add 30 minute naps in-between when need be. Because I would rather take extra naps than risk oversleeping for who knows how long.
I will hopefully be able to fall to sleep really quick this upcoming nap and get at least little refreshed because this soccer camp is going to really take it out of me. However, once I get back from that, it will mark the end of "Day 1" and 36 hours since I last slept monophasically. I almost feel certain that I will need to add a nap to get through the night. Only time will tell.
Day 1: Nap 4
I surely don't know if I will update every nap for the duration that I am on this schedule. But for the first three days or so I want to do my best to keep up with it on a nap to nap basis so my blog can be as descriptive as possible for myself to reflect upon and for other people to follow and learn from.
I took my nap at 9 AM, didn't oversleep. I had a little bit of trouble falling to sleep, but I did fall to sleep at least for half of that time. I also, woke up in the middle of that nap session, shocked, thinking I accidentally fell to sleep and that I already overslept even though it was my normal scheduled nap. Weird, but at least my body's not trying to doze off for tons of hours, for now.
I woke up refreshed, but not as much as the nap before. I woke up feeling about a 5. I ate blackberries and blueberries, and then ate a nice big potato about 2 hours before my next nap. I still have 55 minutes until my next nap and am feeling about a -1 right now. It seems I am getting tireder, and my body is starting to feel tired as well. It seems the funs only just beginning.
I took my nap at 9 AM, didn't oversleep. I had a little bit of trouble falling to sleep, but I did fall to sleep at least for half of that time. I also, woke up in the middle of that nap session, shocked, thinking I accidentally fell to sleep and that I already overslept even though it was my normal scheduled nap. Weird, but at least my body's not trying to doze off for tons of hours, for now.
I woke up refreshed, but not as much as the nap before. I woke up feeling about a 5. I ate blackberries and blueberries, and then ate a nice big potato about 2 hours before my next nap. I still have 55 minutes until my next nap and am feeling about a -1 right now. It seems I am getting tireder, and my body is starting to feel tired as well. It seems the funs only just beginning.
Day 1: Nap 3
I took my third nap at 5 AM and all went well, no oversleeping. I did however, wake up twice during my sleep. But surprisingly, when the alarm went off, I woke up energized. So energized, that I decided to go on another 10 minute run! It felt nice, I felt ok. I then played FIFA World Cup for awhile, that was fun, especially with all the energy I had.
I didn't eat anything these 4 hours. I drank a bottle of water, a v8 vegetable juice, and took a performance multi-vitamin (that I never take, but I took it because a few blogs mentioned vitamins helping with the adjustment) with a half-glass of milk. I think I regret taking the vitamin, because just about 5 minutes ago, I nearly puked randomly out of the blue (I mean, I went from normal, to about to puke in about 5 seconds), I "heaved" once, luckily dry, and my mouth started watering intensely, therefore I did the only thing I knew to. I took two hits out of my pipe (thus ruining my smoking experiment, kinda, but I am very worried about oversleeping and for it to take another day to reach REM sleep in my naps) and then my nausea vanished. In fact, I never actually tried taking a hit to avoid throwing up before until then. So, at least I now know how to quickly tame my stomach for the future, it was amazing!
I have about 40 minutes until my next nap at 9 AM. When I woke up at 5 AM from my 3rd nap, I felt like a 7 (almost as if i had just woken up from a 12 hour monophasic sleep) However, since then, my tiredness has increased and I feel like a 0 now. But I am overall, very impressed with how my body has held up so far. I was expecting to be feeling sleep deprivation symptoms by now.(since it has been almost exactly 24 hours since I have had monophasic sleep) But honestly, I have only felt tired for the last hour of each "cycle", which is necessary if I want to be able to fall to sleep in such a short time-span like I have been having to do.
-Many of the people who's blogs I have read, have said that they have had major problems falling to sleep in time before the 30 minute nap is up, luckily, I get to sleep fast, so I don't for-see any problems with that. I just can't oversleep, especially now that I had to smoke. I don't think it could be near as detrimental as alcohol or caffeine would be, so I am not worried.
I didn't eat anything these 4 hours. I drank a bottle of water, a v8 vegetable juice, and took a performance multi-vitamin (that I never take, but I took it because a few blogs mentioned vitamins helping with the adjustment) with a half-glass of milk. I think I regret taking the vitamin, because just about 5 minutes ago, I nearly puked randomly out of the blue (I mean, I went from normal, to about to puke in about 5 seconds), I "heaved" once, luckily dry, and my mouth started watering intensely, therefore I did the only thing I knew to. I took two hits out of my pipe (thus ruining my smoking experiment, kinda, but I am very worried about oversleeping and for it to take another day to reach REM sleep in my naps) and then my nausea vanished. In fact, I never actually tried taking a hit to avoid throwing up before until then. So, at least I now know how to quickly tame my stomach for the future, it was amazing!
I have about 40 minutes until my next nap at 9 AM. When I woke up at 5 AM from my 3rd nap, I felt like a 7 (almost as if i had just woken up from a 12 hour monophasic sleep) However, since then, my tiredness has increased and I feel like a 0 now. But I am overall, very impressed with how my body has held up so far. I was expecting to be feeling sleep deprivation symptoms by now.(since it has been almost exactly 24 hours since I have had monophasic sleep) But honestly, I have only felt tired for the last hour of each "cycle", which is necessary if I want to be able to fall to sleep in such a short time-span like I have been having to do.
-Many of the people who's blogs I have read, have said that they have had major problems falling to sleep in time before the 30 minute nap is up, luckily, I get to sleep fast, so I don't for-see any problems with that. I just can't oversleep, especially now that I had to smoke. I don't think it could be near as detrimental as alcohol or caffeine would be, so I am not worried.
Day 1: Nap 2
Well, I didn't oversleep. I woke up at 1:30 well enough energized to easily stay up until my next nap (5 AM), so no problems yet. But I am only coming up on my 3rd nap so the sleep deprivation is only just getting started. In terms of disciplining myself, it has been really easy so far since I only have to look 4 hours ahead to my next nap. But I definitely sense myself getting tireder.
When I woke up I was probably a 5 in terms of energy, right now I am about a -2 as I am about to take my 5 AM nap. All I really did was mindlessly play video games and sight-read some music on the piano to pass the time. I am starting to think of goals I want to achieve to pass the time this week. I am probably going to learn a ton of Scott Joplin tunes on the piano, because I know when the sleep deprivation hits in, video games will not be enough.
For how fast my metabolism is, I definitely need to eat each 4 hour period of time. From what I have read, it is much better to eat upon waking up, rather than before going to sleep so your body works on getting into REM sleep, as opposed to just digesting food.
Also, I am having absolutely no Caffeine, Nicotine, or Alcohol during this experiment. I am not smoking weed unless I need to use it as a last ditch effort to avoid boredom. From what I have read, smoking weed does affect how a person reaches REM sleep, so although I love the herb, I will try and abstain from it to try and get the best results for this "experiment". However, I will test smoking weed with the Uberman sleep schedule once/if I finally start hitting REM sleep: which is the phase of sleep the body requires to be energized in a 20 minute nap.
When I woke up I was probably a 5 in terms of energy, right now I am about a -2 as I am about to take my 5 AM nap. All I really did was mindlessly play video games and sight-read some music on the piano to pass the time. I am starting to think of goals I want to achieve to pass the time this week. I am probably going to learn a ton of Scott Joplin tunes on the piano, because I know when the sleep deprivation hits in, video games will not be enough.
For how fast my metabolism is, I definitely need to eat each 4 hour period of time. From what I have read, it is much better to eat upon waking up, rather than before going to sleep so your body works on getting into REM sleep, as opposed to just digesting food.
Also, I am having absolutely no Caffeine, Nicotine, or Alcohol during this experiment. I am not smoking weed unless I need to use it as a last ditch effort to avoid boredom. From what I have read, smoking weed does affect how a person reaches REM sleep, so although I love the herb, I will try and abstain from it to try and get the best results for this "experiment". However, I will test smoking weed with the Uberman sleep schedule once/if I finally start hitting REM sleep: which is the phase of sleep the body requires to be energized in a 20 minute nap.
Day 1: Nap 1
I finally get to start my "Uberman Sleep Schedule". The Uberman Sleep Schedule involves sleeping for 20-30 minute periods of time spread out by 4 hours, 6 times a day. My sleeping times will be 9 PM 1 AM 5 AM 9 AM 1 PM 5 PM.
I will rate my tiredness on a scale that goes like this:
(-10)extremely tired
(0) tired
(10) energized
I got a full nights rest, woke up at 9 AM this morning (Day 0 at that point) and stayed up until 9 PM when I took my first nap. (Thus starting "Day 1" at 9:00 PM) I woke up amazingly 30 minutes exactly after I started to crash out without my alarm, so that was very encouraging and arguably terribly lucky.
When I woke up I was about a '2', since I had stayed up all day and falling to sleep made me tired. When I woke up I mindlessly played video games for 2 hours, then I proceeded to go on a 10 minute jog. I feel fine as of now, but this is just the beginning. I fall to sleep in 20 minutes (1 AM) for my next nap. I feel like a '5' after jogging and taking a shower, but I think I will be able to fall to sleep at 1.
I will rate my tiredness on a scale that goes like this:
(-10)extremely tired
(0) tired
(10) energized
I got a full nights rest, woke up at 9 AM this morning (Day 0 at that point) and stayed up until 9 PM when I took my first nap. (Thus starting "Day 1" at 9:00 PM) I woke up amazingly 30 minutes exactly after I started to crash out without my alarm, so that was very encouraging and arguably terribly lucky.
When I woke up I was about a '2', since I had stayed up all day and falling to sleep made me tired. When I woke up I mindlessly played video games for 2 hours, then I proceeded to go on a 10 minute jog. I feel fine as of now, but this is just the beginning. I fall to sleep in 20 minutes (1 AM) for my next nap. I feel like a '5' after jogging and taking a shower, but I think I will be able to fall to sleep at 1.
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