Healthy Sleep Challenge - Who is with me?

That's awesome, @serser28! I also find that yoga and meditation work wonders for my sleep as well! I am going to do that tonight.
I slept a decent amount but couldn't get to bed until around 3:30. I just woke up about 15 minutes ago around 11:02. Hour-wise, this is okay, but I definitely don't want to keep having late nights, especially since I won't be able to sleep in. The goals for tonight: devices off and yoga at 10:00 and in bed at 10:30.

An odd pattern of being in and out of deep sleep most of the night, perhaps that was due to taking an almost hour and a half nap late in the evening (6:30pm to 7:50pm), I couldn't help it though, I ate a big dinner due to being behind on my calories for the day and that made me sleepy

Not much sleep for me, either. I just can't seem to get to sleep before 3 AM lately.

What an odd night but in a good way. Real nice amount of deep sleep although I had 2 wake events, the first one I woke myself up laughing as I was dreaming and the second one I had a rare instance where I actually woke up and had to use the bathroom:

12-4, then 8-10. 6 hours is great, but I want it all at once! No exercise today, a relaxing yoga at 7 pm. Maybe I will sleep longer tonight.

@serser28 no, I am exhausted, but my mind just won't stop racing. I didn't realize how much noise our house makes at night for no apparent reason, and it seems like whenever I finally settle down to fall sleep, I hear a creak or a bump that frightens me, and that ruins it for the next hour or so before it happens again.

Didn't fall asleep until after 6 AM this morning, woke up again at 8:30, and then slept from 9-10 AM.
I think the fact that my fiancé is traveling is making it hard for me to fall and stay asleep. I am used to sleeping with him, and since I also have a general paranoia regarding home invasions, I feel out of whack and significantly less safe with him gone. Even though I was able to quiet my mind with pre-bed yoga over the last couple of days, I found that every time I was on the brink of sleep, something would jolt me out of it, and my mind would start racing. It really doesn't help that I have a very vivid and active imagination. I am happy he is coming back tonight. I hope I can get better sleep for the rest of the week.
I need to figure out how to deal with sleeping here alone while he is gone. I have lived in an apartment for the entirety of my adulthood up until this point, and for some reason, I just feel less safe in a house. Maybe it's that apartments only have one entryway and there are likely to be more witnesses/someone would hear something if anything were to happen? Our community is gated and there is 24-hour security, so I know this is all very ridiculous, but I can't seem to shake it. I've never felt this way before. I usually pride myself on being very independent and even courageous in many respects, but this has really been troubling me.

GREAT night of sleep last night. I am SO thankful!

8:55 total
1:32 awake
2:02 REM
5:42 light
1:11 deep

I would love to get more deep sleep, but I am not quite sure how to do so. In any case, I feel extremely well rested, especially compared to yesterday.

4-7 last night. Tonight may not be good either. But just wait til tomorrow night!

Had a nice 2 hour long stretch of nothing but deep sleep, don't see that very often:



I had some cottage cheese and almonds about a half hour prior to bed and I've also stopped taking the herbal sleep supplement but continue to take the ZMA product.

12-6. Think my neighbors woke me up getting ready for their garage sale, but I got plenty of nice sleep. Has been a good day, lots of energy. I love it when I sleep so well!
Britt, you are probably still energized from good sleep night before last.
Dresden, that long stretch of deep sleep does look good.