Tobbe Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 Tobbe goes to sleep I did a lot last challenge. I did not take many evenings off. And it's been a lot of fun doing all the things. But it has 100% been at the expense of my sleep. Many a nights I've been sitting in the couch, trying to get things done on the computer, but been so tired everything has taken 10 times longer than it should have. Yesterday I was trying to summarize the points for my last challenge, but was too tired to even do basic math... One goal last challenge that didn't go as well as I had hoped was the goal of sleeping outdoors. I did get a few nights in, but not as many as I had hoped for. So the goal for this challenge is to sleep more. I want to see if that can actually make me more productive the hours I'm awake. I'm curious to see if I can notice an increase in energy, and if I feel better overall. As a secondary goal to that I also want to sleep outdoors. At least one night in my tent, and a few nights without tent as well. Of course I have other things I want to do as well. And plenty of things I have to do. And I'll report in on those as well. But the main goal is going to be the sleep. I'm eating in a way that feels good for my body and mind, I move in ways I enjoy and that my body seems happy with. So, really, the major thing missing in my general wish for a healthy lifestyle is my sleep. Now, how do I make "I want to sleep more", or "I need to improve my sleep" into proper goals that can actually be measured? Some common suggestions are: "Go to bed 10 minutes earlier", yeah, if I had a set time I usually go to bed, that would be easy to measure. But now it's anywhere between 11 and 2 am, so if I go to bed at midnight, is that earlier or later? I don't know. "Sleep 15 minutes longer". I sleep anywhere between 4 and 9 hours. Generally around 5-6 Mon through Fri and 8 - 9 on the weekends, but this past weekend I got less than 6 hours both nights, so it varies a lot. So if I sleep 7 hours one night, is that 15 minutes longer? No idea... Longer than what? "Don't go to bed later than 10 pm". When we have friends over, or when we're at our parent's or with friends I can't just say "time to go to bed, goodnight!" So, not really realistic. I'll figure something out. It will probably incorporate some of the ideas above in some way, but we'll see. If you have any other ideas, please share! 5 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Renate Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Tobbe said: so if I go to bed at midnight, is that earlier or later? I don't know Relatable!!!! Curious what will end up working for you 10 hours ago, Tobbe said: When we have friends over, or when we're at our parent's or with friends I have this thing where I sometimes save snacking/desserts for fam and friends. That works bc I don't have many family gatherings, nor a lot of friend meet-ups. Would that exception to the rule confirm it for you? (EDIT: so what I meant was: staying up when there are visitors, other rules apply. Then when there aren't, you look back to the last day where there weren't any visitors and you go to bed at 10 PM/15 minutes earlier than that day/etc. Example: Monday: go to bed at 2 AM Tuesday: friends over Wednesday: go to bed at 1:45 AM Thursday: family gathering Friday: go to bed at 1:30 AM Saturday: friends over Sunday: oops I stayed up until 4 Monday: go to bed at 11 PM because dead tired Tuesday: go to bed at 10:45 PM etc.) Or maybe "lie down with eyes closed 15 minutes longer than last night". Download a simple time logging app, push button and lie down with eyes closed. Stop timer when done. Boom! Trackable data. As long as you aren't doing stuff, particularly stuff with a screen in front of you, even when you are thinking about random stuff, your body IS getting a break if you lie horizontally, breathe & keep your eyes closed. That's how I survived 4:30 AM mornings when I often wasn't tired at 8:30 PM I told myself: "okay fine. Don't sleep. But let your body rest at least!" (Sometimes, when I gave myself the leeway to not-sleep I ended up falling asleep faster. Damned rebellious mind needing reverse psychology to work haha) 1 Quote Level ☆ human [uncategorizable] STR 2 | DEX 3 | CON 3 | STA 3 | WIS 6 | CHA 6 Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 How about taking a cue from IE and make a point in honouring your tiredness cues? 3 Quote Link to comment
Tobbe Posted June 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 10 hours ago, analoggirl said: Relatable!!!! Curious what will end up working for you Me too! 10 hours ago, analoggirl said: I have this thing where I sometimes save snacking/desserts for fam and friends. That works bc I don't have many family gatherings, nor a lot of friend meet-ups. Would that exception to the rule confirm it for you? (EDIT: so what I meant was: staying up when there are visitors, other rules apply. Then when there aren't, you look back to the last day where there weren't any visitors and you go to bed at 10 PM/15 minutes earlier than that day/etc. Example: Monday: go to bed at 2 AM Tuesday: friends over Wednesday: go to bed at 1:45 AM Thursday: family gathering Friday: go to bed at 1:30 AM Saturday: friends over Sunday: oops I stayed up until 4 Monday: go to bed at 11 PM because dead tired Tuesday: go to bed at 10:45 PM etc.) Thanks for the edit and example 👍 I don't think I can do 15 minutes earlier every day. By the time this challenge is over that will have accumulated to several hours earlier 🙂 But I like the idea of just ignoring "special" days. Just continue the day after as if nothing happened. 10 hours ago, analoggirl said: Or maybe "lie down with eyes closed 15 minutes longer than last night". Download a simple time logging app, push button and lie down with eyes closed. Stop timer when done. Boom! Trackable data. As long as you aren't doing stuff, particularly stuff with a screen in front of you, even when you are thinking about random stuff, your body IS getting a break if you lie horizontally, breathe & keep your eyes closed. That's how I survived 4:30 AM mornings when I often wasn't tired at 8:30 PM I told myself: "okay fine. Don't sleep. But let your body rest at least!" (Sometimes, when I gave myself the leeway to not-sleep I ended up falling asleep faster. Damned rebellious mind needing reverse psychology to work haha) I've never had a problem falling asleep, and I've always slept pretty well all night once I've gone to bed (except for when I was sick, but let's ignore that for now). I like the point you made about not having a screen in front of me. That's something I'm going to experiment with -- not using my phone in bed. Sometimes I scroll through Instagram for way too long before going to bed, or before getting up in the morning. 1 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Renate Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 43 minutes ago, Tobbe said: that will have accumulated to several hours earlier 🙂 Not if you go to sleep at random times and keep "the last non-special day" as your starting point 11 hours ago, Tobbe said: But now it's anywhere between 11 and 2 am, 11 hours ago, analoggirl said: Friday: go to bed at 1:30 AM Saturday: friends over Sunday: oops I stayed up until 4 Monday: go to bed at 11 PM because dead tired Tuesday: go to bed at 10:45 PM etc.) Like so Maybe making a "decision tree" might be helpful too. like... >Did I go to bed at 10 PM yesterday? yes/no. If yes, proceed. If not, 15 minutes earlier tonight. >It's 'tonight' now. Am I in bed by 10 PM? Yes/no. If yes, good job, me! If not, what else can I do... Oh! I slept only 6 hours last night. I'll sleep 15 minutes later today. Also, I found that what helps me more than anything is, if I am setting alarms, I try to follow the time this site tells me I should wake up. Dunno if it works for other people too but that's really been a game changer for me, making sure I sleep full cycles. Spoiler So when you click the "I plan to fall asleep at..." button, it'll tell you "this is the time you'll have slept full cycles if you'd dropdown fast asleep at that point". I usually go for about 15 minutes for the time it takes you to put away your mobile, make sure you are comfy in bed and the time it takes for you to fall asleep. If I'm taking longer than usual to fall asleep, I'll check the site again and reset my alarm. (When I have that freedom) So e.g., I set my alarm for 6:20 AM because I told it that I would fall asleep at 10:50 PM. I twist and turn and it's suddenly 11:45 PM. I get up, tell the site imma try to fall asleep at 00:00 and it gives me the following options: 1:30 AM or 3:00 AM or 4:30 AM or 6:00 AM or 7:30 AM or 9:00 AM ---> 7:30 AM is too late for me. It sucks that I have to wake up 20 minutes EARLIER to wake up after a full sleeping cycle, but I've learnt that that really makes me function a lot better than "sleeping half an hour more" so I get up, set my alarm for 6 AM, and go to bed. It's a hassle but when I'm having trouble feeling rested, this does seem to help. Hope my explanation makes sense. It's worth experimenting with, I think. 1 Quote Level ☆ human [uncategorizable] STR 2 | DEX 3 | CON 3 | STA 3 | WIS 6 | CHA 6 Link to comment
Tobbe Posted June 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Mad Hatter said: How about taking a cue from IE and make a point in honouring your tiredness cues? For real my first reaction to that was "I could never do that! I'd sleep all day - every day!" Then I just started laughing 🤣 Of course you're right. I should just go to bed when tired and wake up naturally without an alarm every morning. And I'm super privileged in that I could actually do that most days (except for when I have to get the kids off to school). But, that wouldn't give me any data to track for this challenge! 😱 Maybe what I really need to work on is getting a better routine to mentally prepare myself to go to bed. 1 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted June 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 23 minutes ago, analoggirl said: Also, I found that what helps me more than anything is, if I am setting alarms, I try to follow the time this site tells me I should wake up. Dunno if it works for other people too but that's really been a game changer for me, making sure I sleep full cycles. Thanks! Now that you mention it, my smartwatch actually has a feature where you can set an alarm, and then it will wake you up close to that time, when it detects you're in the right part of your sleep cycle. Haven't used that feature much - I usually use my phone as my alarm. But it could definitely be another thing to experiment with. 1 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
RedStone Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
fitnessgurl Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 Got you covered! 😂 Quote L3 Human Ranger/Assassin Str. 6 Dex. 2 Sta. 1 Con. 12 Wis. 8 Cha. 3 https://www.nerdfitness.com/character/58014 Motto: Where there is life, there is hope. Soli Deo Gloria Link to comment
mom2sjm Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 I like a good checklist to help me reach my goals... https://darebee.com/challenges/get-to-bed-on-time-challenge.html Quote mom2sjm Rock Gnome Rebel Level 28 current challenge Link to comment
Tobbe Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 21 hours ago, fitnessgurl said: Got you covered! 😂 🤣 Good thing they put the rest days in there. Recovery is important! 3 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 21 hours ago, mom2sjm said: I like a good checklist to help me reach my goals... https://darebee.com/challenges/get-to-bed-on-time-challenge.html Another Darebee resource! They've got everything! I'm already doing their "Daily Dare". Will look in to this one too Thanks for the link 1 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
WolfDreamer Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 On 6/16/2020 at 6:17 PM, Tobbe said: I'll figure something out I know you will! You're quite resourceful. It's always good to see you. 2 Quote Who am I? -- My NF Character Current Challenge: WolfDreamer Returns (For Real This Time) Past Challenges: Spoiler Winter is Coming, Wolfen Strengthens His Heart, Body, Mind, and Spirit, Wolfen Becomes One of the People, Wolfen Strengthens His Chakras, Wolfen Welcomes Summer and Gets Primal, Soulcon and Spartan, Wolfen Develops Mental Toughness, Wolfen Joins the Wander Society, Soulcon, Spartan, School, and Stranger Things, Wolfen Becomes a Warrior Elite, Wolfen Goes Here and There and Back Again, Wolfen Becomes a Soulcon Warrior Elite, Wolfen Returns to His Roots, Wolfen Wanders in Soul, Spirit, and Body, Wolfen Owns the Day, Wolfen Searches for His Wild Heart, Wolfen Runs for His Life, Wolfen Hits the Trails, Wolfen Becomes an Explorer and Joins the Resistance, Wolfen Goes Back to the Source, Wolfen Begins the Hero's Journey, WolfDreamer Returns to the People, WolfDreamer Pushes Back, WolfDreamer Prioritizes, Burpees, Books, and Brainwork, Burpees, Books, Brainwork, and Bodywork, WolfDreamer Masters the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Continues to Master the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Returns to Sparta, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Continues His Middle Earth Adventure, WolfDreamer and the Fall, WolfDreamer Forges His Own Path, WolfDreamer Has Hope, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Reads Harder, Breathes Harder, and Journals More, WolfDreamer Embraces His Wild Poet, The Mad Poet Becomes Supernatural, WolfDreamer, The Mad Poet, Becomes Superhuman, WolfDreamer Elevates, WolfDreamer Becomes IronBorn, WolfDreamer Wakes the White Wolf, The Mad Poet Recovers by Keeping it Simple, WolfDreamer Clears His Mind to Find His Wild Heart, WolfDreamer Resets, WolfDreamer Strives to Become an Eminently Qualified Peaceful Warrior, WolfDreamer Springs Forward, “I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.” -- Jack London “I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.” -- Leo Tolstoy "I feel love rising in my chest again Rising like a burning sun into the day..." -- Gungor, "Hurricane" "...wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17b Link to comment
Tobbe Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 21 hours ago, WolfDreamer said: I know you will! You're quite resourceful. It's always good to see you. Thanks for the positive words This challenge feels weird, because I don't really have a plan. Or a fixed goal. Just a general idea of what I want to accomplish. 2 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Time for a proper challenge status update. I said to myself I'd just stay up as long as I wanted during zero-week, and then focus more on getting to bed starting Monday, week 1. And it was a great success -- during zero-week 😆 Monday night I didn't get to bed until 3:30 am, and got up again at 8 😴 I had so much fun working on my programming stuff for this open source project I've been contributing to. I've been thinking about how I want to approach this challenge, and I think I'm going to leave it pretty open-ended. I keep active because I know it's good for me. I eat in a way that makes me feel good mentally and physically. I also want to get to a place where I prioritize sleep because I know it's good for me. I won't get there by forcing myself to be in bed by a specific time. So thanks for the link @mom2sjm but this time I don't think the Dare Bee version will work for me. In general I don't want to live by black and white rules. So for this challenge all I'm going to do is try to pay attention to how well I sleep, when I sleep, how much I sleep, and how it makes me feel. Now, random updates from The Life of Tobbe I went shopping yesterday and I hit the jackpot! 8 lbs (a bit less than 4 kg) organic bananas for like $4. Sweet deal! I've frozen a bunch of them, and for lunch today I made banana pancakes following this recipe https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/banana-oatmeal-pancakes/ I skipped the cinnamon and used regular milk instead of almond milk. They turned out great! Had them with cottage cheese and raspberries. If you have some bananas laying around, do give that recipe a try! Also found a new crispbread that I had to try They're regular whole grain rye crispbread that they've added some fava bean meal and dried sweet potato to. Tried one yesterday with mashed avocado and a fried egg. But nah, I was a bit disappointed. I'll have to try some other toppings, but for the avo and eggs I prefer regular cripsbread (or a nice whole grain toast of course ) Happy to have tried it though. Today I went climbing with a friend from work Beautiful day! And we had a great time. It was the first time for me climbing outside, but definitely not the last. Loved it! And tying this together with the topic of the challenge I've been tired today, and mentally I've probably not been at the top of my game, but physically the lack of sleep didn't seem to affect me as much. I'm pretty happy with the problems I managed to climb 🧗♂️ 5 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Rookie Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 I know everyone has given you suggestions about sleep but heres my 2 cents. I would do the "honouring your tiredness cues" and keep a journal that records time going to bed, waking up and your feelings before bed and when you woke up. You can also record throughout the day when you feel tire (but maybe can't commit to a nap or sleep). That way maybe you can see a pattern. Ohhh banana win! A friend at my barn has been unloading grocery trucks and the store got a full extra load of bananas and they had to get rid of it so she brought as many bananas as we would like. I took 3 bunches home. I would of took way more if I had a separate freezer. 2 Quote {Chase the wind and touch the sky; I will fly} Link to comment
Tobbe Posted August 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 Scheduling a "it's time to go to bed" challenge right when it's time for vacation was probably not the best of moves... I'll try again later, but now I have something else to focus on! New thread is (finally!) up 1 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
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