Let the good times roll… That’s 4 straight nights sleeping in bed with my wife and staying consistent with more time in restorative sleep each night.
81% efficiency with 7h 19m asleep out of 9h 3m in bed. That’s still a lot of time awake but a big improvement from where I was just 2 weeks ago.
If I was subjectively measuring my awake time at night, I’d say it feels like more in the 1 hour range, but I’ll accept Oura’s assessment and keep working to improve.
So far I think the 4 big drivers that are improving my sleep are wearing my blue light blocking glasses each night until I lie down, consuming 5g of glycine before bed, moving back to my bedroom to sleep and being consistent in my average time of going to bed and waking up.
I need to do some research on what may be contributing to my time awake each night and steps I can take to improve this.
I’m dreaming a lot, waking up refreshed and feeling optimistic about my progress. A couple of short term goals I have are to improve my efficiency to 90%+ consistently, and to get my nightly sleep score above 85.
Tonight I plan to add a 15 minute session in my massage chair before bed and see if that makes a difference.
Pre-sleep supplements taken: 100mg Double Wood Apigenin, 5g Carlson Glycine, 6 capsules Global Healing Center Oxy-Powder, 3mg Pure Encapsulations Melatonin, 1tsp Manuka Honey
Stone Evans is the founder of SleepCoaching.com which has become one of the most popular destinations online for people seeking better sleep. Stone started developing this website after realizing his own sleep struggles and then beginning an intensive period of study (which included professional sleep coach training) and ongoing lifestyle changes to improve and optimize his sleep.
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