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‎03-24-2014 12:41

‎03-24-2014 12:41

From my personal experience, this is how I regulate my sleep - 

 

  • Cease all sound and visual stimulation i.e. television, stereo sound in the hour prior to sleep.
  • Reading or Writing for 15 minutes prior to sleep.
  • Establishing a prioritized time to get into bed for sleep (easier expressed than done of course)


What I struggle with still at times is my inability to prioritize a sleeping schedule as I would eating or training schedule.  With a 93% sleep efficiency I have room to improve.  My Flex device seems to be accurately measuring my sleeping patters as of now.  It is one (Sleep Feature) of my favorite features of Fitbit Flex.

 

- Michael Dadourian

 

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‎06-09-2014 16:14

‎06-09-2014 16:14

I've never slept a lot.  However, once I had my broken nose corrected, I sleep better.  The main issue I think I have is I think about all the stuff I have to do.  It keeps me up and I can't let somethings go.  Its really tough, sometimes the thoughts will invade my dreams even.

 

I used to just have a cocktail to go to sleep, but now that doesn't even work.

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‎06-27-2014 08:53

‎06-27-2014 08:53

93% sleep efficiency is awesome 🙂 I get usually 60something percent sleep efficiency XD

 

Insomnia (legitimate insomnia...not just sleeping all day one day and finding it hard to fall asleep that night ;)) does run in my medical history, with patches of extreme sleep deprivation. Right now, I probably get - gross sleep time  - of under 5 hours every single day, with Fitbit saying my actual sleep time is around 3 hours and 30 minutes. Not good, and I know it's not good because I actually feel a tad wired! I'm restless-tired. Jittery, almost manic when I don't sleep, but my body and eyes are tired/ fatigued. Mostly it's my mind keeping me up. XD

“The game is afoot.” ― Sherlock Holmes, Adventure of the Abbey Grange
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‎01-02-2015 16:58 - edited ‎01-02-2015 17:01

In response to Hats26

‎01-02-2015 16:58 - edited ‎01-02-2015 17:01

 If you fear the consequences of getting hurt while running, I would advise doing a short period of running, and

then each time you run, run a little longer, and that way your body can sink in to intense running.Smiley Happy

that is what I was doing to prepare for a 5K, and I got 22:11!  

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