Sleep patterns
So we're about 10 days into the JOS.
I wonder if anyone else has noticed a change in his/her sleep? I seem to be sleeping "more aggressively". I wish I could come up with a better descriptor, but I can't.
I get tired/sleepy more suddenly, and my mid-sleep wake-ups are more (for lack of better term) irritating. I did take about an hour nap last Sunday, and it was pretty deep...none of this doze-and-watch-football stuff. :-) The body seems more insistent on 7+ hours of sleep now, too.
Just wondering!
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I got a question for you too. I'm going to Las Vegas this Saturday then later in the week driving to California for another week of some well deserved , and a bucket list thing, sightseeing of the PCH. When I come back where should I drop myself into the OS ?
Thx, D
Not sure what my problem is as like last year's OS i actually have problems falling asleep as I ramp up. More than likely because I workout in the evening (6pm and later).
I would say I hit the wall harder at night of late. When it's time for bed, it's like a total crash. Boom. Done. Get upstairs now.
I enjoy one great job perk -- I can and do take a nap almost every day. Regardless, I'm still crashin' and burnin' come 10pm.
I backed off of my afternoon caffeine, mainly.
Also, trying to eat dinner earlier.
If the day forces me to work out in the evening, I'm keeping it short & sweet, nothing extra.
I use my phone for my alarm and I've learned to put it on mute during the night. The subtle little background dings for emails were disturbing my sleep and I finally figured out that mute gets rid of that while allowing the alarm to stay normal. This has helped alot.
anyways, I LOVE my sleep. And, I'm lucky that right now I seem to be sleeping pretty good.
Great idea to run this thread, William. Will be good to revisit this thru the OS.
Now... how about APPETITE? Anyone else ravenous yet, or is that just me???
I'm more tired, but I chose to get up early for a couple WKO's, that I never do normally. Once I'm up, I'm good to go, and as long as I'm active I feel good. I'll keep an eye out on how my body feels and how I sleep from now on. I sleep about 6-7 hrs during the week and usually get 8 hrs on the weekends. I never get a nap. I also cut out regular coke (all soda, but coke is what I'd drink) and sweet tea. I did try unsweetened tea two times this week. Don't really drink coffee, and won't right now, because I have to sweeten it.
X 2 of this. I do find that I am tired come bed time and have been sleeping much better but like above I changed habits going into the OS knowing that I was going to need to in order to sruvive. I am a night workout person by habit, but that also leads to very poor sleep. I am now (with the exception of tonight) doing my workouts in the morning and I have found that this has made a huge difference.
@Sue - I really think staying off the computer before bed helps me. A TV across the room doesn't seem to be a big deal, but having the light from the computer right in my face does... I'm all about mood lighting. ;-)
No changes for me due to OS. It’s cold here and this taking more out of me physically and mentally than the OS.
In some ways the OS is a big drop in exercise volume for me and I don't feel as physically tired as normal. 2 x (5 x 30/30) on a Thursday seems very easy compared to my usual 45 min spin class. The way I am doing my OS heart rate based training (with very high HR zones, low resistance, done on a trainer) is taking a lot less out of me than my usual spin classes (spin bike, lower HR zones, high resistance, legs burning at the end). Probably the thing that’s made the most difference is cutting out the time filling exercise I normally do, e.g. I’ve dropped my Friday 6 mile brisk walk for 45 mins of yoga. No doubt this will change!
Tom/Jess - Wow! I had no idea you could get something to record your sleep patterns. Amazing what people invent!
I'm more tired at night now than I use to be. Although when I got home tonight I wanted to WKO, but I already did early today. Feel like I'm wasting an opportunity. Body feels good and wants to do more. Now earlier at 5:30 after my WKO, I didn't want to do anything else.
Never thought I'd be THAT guy and want to hit the hay by 10 or 10:30pm!
I'm definitely more tired by bedtime: 10pm than in mid-season. But I do notice sleeping a little lighter and waking more often in the early morning hours 2-4am too. My guess is stress and hormone production/levels are in flux and the body is adjusting. Some nights muscle soreness will wake me up too. This all generally settles down by the middle of the training plan.
Having been extra light sleeper and insomnia suferrer here are a few tidbit that have helped me: Big help for mid-night wakers: Melatonin. Natural supplement in the vitamin isle. I take 3mg most nights, but you may need more if your mid-night wakeup habit is deeply ingrained. Also I cannot say enough good things about Celestial Seaonings Sleepytime Extra tea. That'll put me OUT. The two together make for a very good nights sleep.
For me I would say when I get the chance I am sleeping so much harder. The local nutrisport store that did my diet plan for this 14 week OS had be start taking a supplement called: ZMA and it warns about visual dreams. Well they are very active, colorful, and visual.
Coming off a 24 hour shift at the fire house if we were up all night or had a working fire my sleep patterns are a mess for the next few days. I really think my body has adjusted to it after 18 years but somedays the body really barks back.
I am eating 4800 calories, all clean and green over the next 14 weeks. That was an 1800 calories bump for me and I still feel as if I am starving!! I am allowed almost 1 gal of water today and one diet soda but pefer not. I am allowed one free day which means I can eat and drink anything I want but being reasonable. On Saturdays as you know we are often biking up to 4 hours now and then either running before or after so I get what is called a "refeed" day. For example last Saturday my breakfast was 8 egg whites, 4 small pancakes, and 3 egg yokes, 2 glasses of white 2% milk, and a chocolate chip muffin. This was eaten 1 hour before the workout. Afterwards I get to re feed and it is close to the same.
At my last weigh in and body fat check-I was up 2 pounds of lean muscle, down 2.8% body fat. Weight currently 160 and body fat 7.5%.
Race weight for Wisc 155.