C.R. 3/30

9:50am- 15 mins out side on my stoop with my coffee and harmonica.

wake time: 9:30am

- medium difficulty to rise this morning, easy to get moving

bed time (last night): 1am roughly

-difficult to sleep, one hour at least

weather: 41 degrees, sunny

mood: pleasent

C.R. 3/29

9:40am- 8 mins out side on my stoop with my coffee and harmonica.

wake time: 9am

- easy to rise this morning, hard to get moving- groggy

bed time (last night): 1am roughly

-easy to sleep

weather: 38 degrees, sunny

mood: hopeful

C.R. 3/28

9:30am- 10 mins out side on my stoop with my coffee and harmonica.

wake time: 9am

- easy to rise this morning

bed time (last night): 1am roughly

-easy to sleep

weather: 31 degrees, sunny

mood: hopeful

Checking in

Right- this morning I weighed 205.8, with my measurements not budging very much. I realized that I've been leaving my chest out of the measurements, and it appears that I'm losing weight there first. Ah well, too late to compare to previous weeks.

I also went to the farmer's market today and bought a bunch of chocolatey things, had a chunk of cheese, and a small bottle of organic chocolate milk. MY body is already rebelling. I also had a silano pizza. Hoo.

Caffeine Affects Me

Well, I think I can safely say that caffeine later in the evening affects me, as I can't fall asleep right now. It used to be that I didn't perceive as great an effect; this perception may have been due to staying up late anyway or because my system had mitigating agents in there. I don't know how caffeine interacts with starches and sugars.

I'm likely to wake up at 7:45am in the morning anyway due to the habit I've formed. That means I'm gonna crash hard in the evening. Hopefully I can temper that with my diet during the day.

C.R. Day 3

9:20am- 7 mins out side on my stoop with my coffee and harmonica.

wake time: 9am

- easy to rise this morning

bed time (last night): 2am roughly

-hard to fall asleep, at least an hour

weather: 33 degrees, cloudy

mood: none

C.R. Day 2

9:20am- 15 mins out side on my stoop with my coffee and harmonica.

wake time: 9:10am

-alarm at 8am, i dont think i moved, josh brought me coffee around 8:45; very tired, acute by 10am

bed time (last night): 3am roughly

-hard to fall asleep, missed the window around 12:30, watched tv, once to bed 40 mis or so to sleep, sound sleep during the night

weather: 33 degrees, sunny

mood: none

C.R. (circadian reset) day 1

9:10am- 10 mins out side on my stoop with my coffee.

wake time: 8:50am

-alarm at 8am, josh poked me some, then brought me coffee around 8:40; initially groggy, normal lvl, acute by 9:30

bed time (last night): 2am roughly

-easy to sleep, sound sleep during the night

weather: 40 degrees, partly cloudy/sunny, bit of wind

mood: positive

The Circadian Reset Project

One of my goal is to overcome a life time of mild insomnia that has gotten really bad over the last few months. In my quest to better my quality of life, exploring whether natural "remedies" can work to alleviate things like overeating, mood swings, quality of sleep, anxiety, and depression, I have done a lot of reading on light therapy. The premiss of my current self experiment is that 10 mins of out door light upon waking can reset your clock.

Well, Hello.

Yeah. It's been a while since I've posted here. Since that first post when I was 209.2, I went up to 219; at that point, I went on the slow carb diet and have been dropping weight steadily. After three weeks of dieting, I'm at 206.8. That's without any strenuous or continuous exercise; I have done some of the 1.5 minute high intensity exercises suggested in 4HB, though.

Measurements:

Left Arm 12

Right Arm 12

Waist 40

Hips 40

Left Thigh 24

Right Thigh 24.5

Total Inches 152.5

I've lost an inch and change on my biceps, which is at first troubling. Then I realize that I really haven't done anything for them except day-to-day operation. As soon as I incorporate some upper body exercise, that will change quickly. In fact, I'm going to make it my short term goal to incorporate upper body exercise. See you in a week.

update

i broke the 160 mark on friday. not only do my clothes fit better, i fit in to stuff that i couldnt button.