Thursday, March 15, 2007

Late night, but bigger sleeps

Okay, I am still staying up too late, but for the 4 or 5 hours I got I did clearly get some restful sleep, and I felt pretty good today. Again, I woke up before my watch alarm, so I have yet to get awaken by it. Here's the data from last night.

Data A: 26:55
1 - 05:05
2- 05:45
3 - 06:22
4 - 06:39
5 - 07:32
6 - 07:48
7 - 07:57
8 - 08:18
9 - 09:32
10- 09:41 (by now I was already awake, so the rest of the readings were off, and skewed my overage for sure. I doesn't really detect when it is off your wrist.)
11- 10:14
12 - 10:23

Tonight I am just going to set it for 9:30 and hope for the best, whenever I mange to get to sleep.

Also, I have been eating very well and excercising a solidly since Monday and my weight has gone from 234 to 230 right off. I did eat a couple bowls of granola when I got home at midnight, which was stupid. I will need to do a little more tomorrow at the gymski.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Sedation required

first entry since sleep

So after a Ambien I was not able to take my rest, so I went on to take half a Xanax, a half of a Vicodin and another half of an Ambien. Sheesh. I finally got to sleep around 03:45. So much for jump-starting a better sleep schedule. I kept bumping my sleep watch ahead to accommodate my insomnia and in the morning I ended up waking earlier than when I set it. Here are my times:
Data A: 17:30
1 - 03:55
2 - 04:12
3 - 04:31
4 - 05:05
5 - 05:16
6 - 05:39
7 - 06:01
8 - 06:09
9 - 06:17
10 - 06:33
11 - 06:48
12 - 07:10
13 - 07:22
14 - 07:38
15 - 07:48
16 - 08:14
17 - 09:12 (crazy that this is my first good block of sleep! egads!)
18- 09:31 (this was the time I recall waking up on my own)
19 - 09:40
20 - 09:50
21 - 10:02
22 - 10:09

Crap. Total Crap.

Before the Ambien kicks in

It is now 00:30 and it has been about 15 minutes since I took the Ambien 10. I should be getting woozie very soon. Today I had a solid workout at the gym and ate very healthily for a change in an attempt to start laying the groundwork for generally healthy habits. I do feel a mite peckish, but I think I will have some SuperGreens power in water to tide me over for the night. I am hoping that this foundation will help me have better sleep tonight. I have set the watch for me to start monitoring at 00:45, have me wake up at 09:00 at the latest, with a 30 minute window. See you in the morning!