Monday, January 18, 2010

Life Experiment 01 - Day 1, Block 3

2010.01.18 - 12:00p-6:00p

Sleep – 30 minutes
Fatigue – not too bad
Weight – [not checked]
Exercise - None
Food - still chipping away at the chicken and rice, 4 spoonfuls of plain yogurt @ 2:30p
Water - 12 oz.
Mood - Encouraged
Health - Productively Coughing a little
Productivity - Pretty good. Had a project to do and had no trouble
Focus - Better than average
Memory - nothing notably remembered or forgot.

Back in the office and don't feel like I have to resort to zombie activities yet to stay awake. So I'll be my normal self until I feel fatigue setting in again.

I have no idea whether I'm getting much or any REM sleep. I'm still bracing for tomorrow to be worse, and I can't stave off fatigue with any of my normal methods like caffeine. I think the exercise is helping, although i need to find the instruction manual cause my bike isn't really challenging me in the 20 minute program.

I'm gonna also do some reading about what foods affect sleep and in what way. For example, if I eat fruit, what fruits have a negative impact on entering REM cycles. Steve Pavlina never really approached this that scientifically, and he was a MUCH healthier person at the start, so he never really offered any insight in this regard.

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It's 2:45 now... and I'm beginning to fade again. On the plus side, i REALLY look forward to those naps and they're really never that far off. Time to do something to wake me up.


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I didn't find anything meaningful on the internet in regards to diet and what foods specifically affect REM. All I know if to avoid caffeine and alcohol, which I knew already... and am.

I was pleased with my productivity and focus this afternoon. Both were above my late average.

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