Count me in

Count me in. Easy work, I go to bed the same time as lights out in a retirement home. I turned down stadium club tickets at the dodger game tonight in fear that I would go to bed too late.

Count me in.

I think Tyler should get half credit. As should Anna. I seem to recall she’s a sleeping machine!!

On the other hand I tend to run on 5-6 hours per night and a pot of coffee per day. I never sleep. This is going to be as dramatic a change for me as Paleo was 2 years ago. Maybe even more so.

I’m in. I’m hoping I can hit 7.5 hours per night. And I’ll run out today to grab some candles. I’m thinking an hour of reading by candlelight before bed each night would be a good idea. And I’m removing all electronic lights from our bedroom.

I don’t know how long I’ll make it, but even a week or two would be great!

Marcus, thanks for answering about Kindles – need to have the eInk cert. Which means no to the Kindle Fire.

I have PLENTY of paperbacks I need to read, and I have a funny feeling that the one hour prior to bed of reading “Atlas Shrugged” may start the clock early… if that’s the case, is it my failure to meet the one hour blue light, or a win, because I’m getting more sleep?!? Half serious, half sarcastic?

@Scott — this isn’t even a “how long you can make it” since there will undoubtedly be better days and worse days. Last night, writing the post cut into my normal no electronics time. As long as you’re sending me your sleep logs weekly, you’re good to go.

@Amanda — first of all, hopefully you don’t burn your house down falling asleep while reading by candlelight. Secondly, in a case like that, you would estimate when you fell asleep and notate that you were also following the bonus challenge at the time. (Yes, it’s a double win). As for your other question, logging starts with sleep accumulated tonight.

Kindle clarification: the Kindle, while electronic, is okay as long as it is of the E-Ink variety. That means no Kindle smartphone apps, nor the Kindle Fire, since they have the backlight we’re trying to avoid.

WAHOO!

IN! Sounds good.

I rock at sleep challenges, especially since I go to work later now! However, count me out for the bonus round, Brian will sabotage that nightly!

I am adding my name to the list, but I do require some clarification. The challenge stipulates that the sleep be uninterrupted. If one wakes in the night to let out the dog, tend to a child, or use the restroom, is that night’s sleep nullified for challenge purposes?

@Jon — interrupted sleep leads to less deep and REM sleep, which is important for overall health and that’s why it is the goal of this challenge to avoid the interruptions. However, I totally understand that life gets in the way, and in those cases you would count the largest segment of sleep you got that night. In other words, if you slept from 10pm until 3am, then woke to let a dog out and then slept from 3:15am until 8am, you would count it as 5hrs for the purpose of your log.

If in doubt, just send me the time(s) you slept and I will run the calculations.

I’m in. I would think I’d be pretty good at sleeping with all the naps I take, but setting a bed time and no tv/video games an hour before bed is going to be tough.

@Ray — better get that sleep while you can!

Finally a challenge I can do, I’m in.

This is tougher than eating 3 full meals a day. But I’ll give it ago. If I sleep late, I’ll just go to work late

Count me in!

Count me in for challenge + bonus!

I’m in, any excuse to make Nick let me sleep in a little longer. No bonus challenge for me, work isn’t allowing for that right now…or taxes.

You can count me in too!! I need really need to control my sleep, I know I dont get enough.

Is it too late to join in on the fun?

@Mike K– not at all! Added you to the list.

I’m in as well + bonus.

So last night, I fell asleep around 12 and woke up in the morning around 5:45, fell back asleep and woke up at 6:45. Does that only count for the 5 hrs and 45 min, or am I adding in the extra hour?

Also, we were working on the bonus, but I was struggling to stay awake for an hour after I turned off everything. If we have < 1 hour of time off from tv/phone/computer does that still count?

Btw – I found that 1hr of time away from everything, is great for stretching and rolling; but not sure if it was that or the candles that got me really sleepy really fast.

@Corrine — added you.
@Ray — it would be 5hr 45min (or 5.75hrs). If in doubt people, just send me your actual sleep times and I’ll work it out. If you’re trying for the bonus and finding yourself falling asleep before that hour, don’t fight your body’s desire to fall asleep. I’ll address this further on Monday’s post since Scott had the same question.

Bottom line though — don’t fight your body’s desire to fall asleep. That’s the whole goal of this “challenge”, regardless of any bonus. Sleeping more = win.

I’m in!