Alright..... Let's go over today. It was a decently busy day. A lot happened. It feels pretty long compared to a normal day, yet not as long as the old school Uberman was. ha ha. My body is getting used to the naps. My first two naps were useless. I lay there for most of it and could not fall asleep. But that was standard of the beginning of my last attempt back in December. I thought it was excitement before, but I actually think that is a way that your body, mentally, prepares for its rest. You see, when that happens, you get no rest and are actually tired by the 3rd attempt and you fall asleep and get that REM rebound (direct REM at the beginning). So by 7:00 PM tonight, I was very tired..... Someone even commented that I looked pretty.... uh.... (not awake). :) So my 9:30 nap went great! I jumped in bed, and was out in about 7-13 minutes [estimation..... NO ZEO....... :'( ]. I woke up early..... tossed a bit, and fell back asleep only to awake before my alarm went off. (nice!). The booster nap went well at 1:30. Except for the end of it.
(backtrack) just like when I went on Uberman.... I found that my body temperature dropped. This is not normal for me (see previous posts) and it is weird to be cold at any point in my life. Again, I believe this to be a slowing of my metabolism due to the extra conscious hours I have been getting. Nothing I can't deal with, but I feel like a pansy (since I normally make fun of people in hoodies, under covers, in a warm house). O well....
So I had been pretty chilled most of this evening. Well during this last nap, I must have gotten enough rest since it is so close to my last nap..... because I woke up HOT and my back was itching like it had hives..... I couldn't figure out what was going on..... But when I got out of bed (when alarm sounded) and took off my shirt and socks--(only because I had been cold. I never wear socks to bed)...... The itching ceased. So, I know that I overheated..... (tend to itch when I get too hot too quickly). That may be tricky if I continue to cool at nights and warm up during that booster. O well... I will have to live with it currently. Though I am hoping the body cooling will subside at some point..... When I adjust. Remember, (I am getting 6 hours of sleep a day). That is almost feasible in a monophasic lifestyle at my age....... though you have to catch up on weekends..... When I adjust to this, my plan is to kill that booster nap and see how far I get on the 4.5 TriPHASIC!!! One step at a time though.... I am trying to be functional during this period since I have work and other things to do.... (not as free as I was on Uberman). but this is helping me.... I was at work early today and got what I needed done, completed. :) I am just going to have to deal with the fact that my mornings will be refreshed while my late afternoons will be a bit slow.....
It is only day 1+. So I will need to see how the next 36 hours go before I can start predicting anything.... But my will seems intact... (could change quick) :) Ok.... uh.... I currently feel like I only got 4.5 hours of sleep on a normal night of sleep. this is not that bad for a day 1 of a transition period. I am just hoping that the number will climb each day and not drop..... But you never know!
I have no headaches..... No eye twitching currently. These are good signs that I am decently rested. (compared to Uberman). focus is still there. Talking with my girlfriend tonight, I was able to concentrate on her and what she said. (compared to day 3 of Uberman). And I can remember the day in detail.. (I know that I am basing that from memory which could be very illogical....) and remember details.... I haven't needed to write anything down. So in conclusion, my symptoms of sleep deprivation are not kicked in yet...And mentally, my second wind is there..... while my eyes are adjusting to the extended day (not that I am up drastically longer.... but my eyes are only getting power naps compared to a 6 hour solid block). That should fix itself quickly like it did with Uberman (I hope).
And finally my meals consisted of two bowls of cereal this morning... (normal)...... A grilled cheese sandwich with tostitoes and dip............. and 2 pieces of chicken cooked and smothered in cream of chicken with 2 biscuits...... Yes.... I did not have any vegetables or fruit..... ( I will attempt to fix that tomorrow). But I did take a multi-vitamin just as I did with Uberman (I normally do not take multi-vitamins). So besides the lack of fiber.... I should have gotten what I needed. :) Meal times were 7:45 AM........ 4:00 PM and 12:30 AM respectively... Not bad since they were spaced 8 hours apart..... When you do this, you find that you either spread out your meals, or you add another meal to your diet..... the latter could be bad because that is another meal you have to digest and exercise off..... But, being awake like this also burns more calories.... So it is a give and take...... BTW, this is an excellent system for physical exercise... because of the multiple naps, you get more DEEP sleep than normal and you restore those muscles and cells better.... However.... It will seem to you that you are exercising with longer breaks in-between... Because if you don't watch it, you could overwork a muscle..... Just a bit of info in case you were interested.
As I close, I want to share this final thought. I know that some people think I am ridiculous for doing this and putting my body through this. I answer with the thoughts in the previous posts about why it helps me, but I also enjoy trying new things.... Seeing how miraculous the human body is at adapting to different stresses and how it changes its processes in regard to the necessary functionality needed to operate, it is an amazing thing the Lord has done!
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