I'm kind of excited to weigh in tomorrow. I've successfully avoided temptation all week long and I'm hoping for a number below 160 tomorrow :)
Oh! I'm also wearing some sweatpants today (comfortably, might I add) that I couldn't even pull past my hips a few months ago. Regardless of the number, I'm happy with my progress so far.
FOOD:
A decent day again! At least, it was better than Taco Bell (which is where someone wanted to eat), haha. I really do need to make that chicken soon, though.
EXERCISE:
I'm not sure if it was doing the warm-up set yesterday, but I feel a bit more sore than usual which is funny because I did less sets and less exercises than usual.
SCHEDULE:
I'm not sure this is going to work the way I want it to right now. I'm just so short on time. I leave for work at 7 am and only get home at 5:30 if I'm lucky. That leaves only 13.5 hours to live (eat, sleep, do chores, run errands, etc.
– 0.5 to get ready in the morning
– 0.5 to shower
– 1 to make and eat dinner
– 1 to work out
– 1 for inevitable homework
– 0.5 to prep for tomorrow
That leaves 9 hours to get any sleep or get any relaxation in. It's just not possible to do this when I lose 2 hours each day to a commute.
I'm thinking about revising this goal to say that I should keep close to 11:30 and 6:30, but that my main objective should be getting good REM sleep in 90 minute cycles. No more sleeping in until 1 pm, but I won't stress if I get a bit off schedule. Ughhh. What a mess.
LEARNED:
I totally forgot that sleep cycles tend to go for 90 minutes at a time. According to the SleepyTime calculator, I should be falling asleep at 11:00 or 12:30, not 11:30. And that doesn't include the part when you lay down and try to clear your head; I need to be asleep at those times. Damn... I think I need to re-evaluate the schedule.
If I go to bed at 11 and wake up at 6:30, that's 7.5 hours of sleep which isn't really enough. But if I also have to take a 90 minute nap, I have no idea how I'll find the time. Not to mention that going to bed at 11:30 has proven difficult as is.
If I go to bed at 12:30 and wake up at 6:30, that's 6 hours. Maybe then I can actually fit the 90 minute nap in for... damnit. 7.5 hours again.
Really, I'd like it if I could get 9 hours of sleep, but it seems that's out of the question while I'm commuting. Ooooh, what I would do with those extra two hours of each day back.
QUESTIONS:
Oh! I'm also wearing some sweatpants today (comfortably, might I add) that I couldn't even pull past my hips a few months ago. Regardless of the number, I'm happy with my progress so far.
FOOD:
A decent day again! At least, it was better than Taco Bell (which is where someone wanted to eat), haha. I really do need to make that chicken soon, though.
EXERCISE:
I'm not sure if it was doing the warm-up set yesterday, but I feel a bit more sore than usual which is funny because I did less sets and less exercises than usual.
SCHEDULE:
I'm not sure this is going to work the way I want it to right now. I'm just so short on time. I leave for work at 7 am and only get home at 5:30 if I'm lucky. That leaves only 13.5 hours to live (eat, sleep, do chores, run errands, etc.
– 0.5 to get ready in the morning
– 0.5 to shower
– 1 to make and eat dinner
– 1 to work out
– 1 for inevitable homework
– 0.5 to prep for tomorrow
That leaves 9 hours to get any sleep or get any relaxation in. It's just not possible to do this when I lose 2 hours each day to a commute.
I'm thinking about revising this goal to say that I should keep close to 11:30 and 6:30, but that my main objective should be getting good REM sleep in 90 minute cycles. No more sleeping in until 1 pm, but I won't stress if I get a bit off schedule. Ughhh. What a mess.
LEARNED:
I totally forgot that sleep cycles tend to go for 90 minutes at a time. According to the SleepyTime calculator, I should be falling asleep at 11:00 or 12:30, not 11:30. And that doesn't include the part when you lay down and try to clear your head; I need to be asleep at those times. Damn... I think I need to re-evaluate the schedule.
If I go to bed at 11 and wake up at 6:30, that's 7.5 hours of sleep which isn't really enough. But if I also have to take a 90 minute nap, I have no idea how I'll find the time. Not to mention that going to bed at 11:30 has proven difficult as is.
If I go to bed at 12:30 and wake up at 6:30, that's 6 hours. Maybe then I can actually fit the 90 minute nap in for... damnit. 7.5 hours again.
Really, I'd like it if I could get 9 hours of sleep, but it seems that's out of the question while I'm commuting. Ooooh, what I would do with those extra two hours of each day back.
QUESTIONS:
- should I just focus on getting REM sleep for a while?
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