Thread: Starting the Everyman Sleep Schedule

Ah...I thought I posted an update here a while back, but I guess I forgot I apologize to anyone who was wondering about the status of the attempt. Anyways, a couple weeks after my last post, I got a particularly nasty cold and could hardly sleep at all, let alone on schedule... which is how it usually goes when I get sick. I was off the sleep schedule for long enough that I decided not to try getting back into it until after finals. Now that the Spring semester's over and I've had a bit of a break, I'm getting ready for my next Everyman attempt! I'll make a new thread soon with my plans and I'll try to be more consistent with the updates.

One more post for this thread: I kept my stats in a spreadsheet, so it was easy to make some tables for the data. Attached is the visual representation of the data from 12-20-09 through 2-10-10 (with a few small gaps). My data collection kinda went downhill after that... oh well. At least I got the main adjustment period captured.

As you can see, my reaction time got generally faster. While this could have been because I got used to the test, it's a good sign that it didn't get worse. The weight and body fat...well it might have been the sleep schedule that made it go up or it might have been all the bad food I was eating. (I expected to get cravings for healthier foods like I did when attempting Dymaxion, but I didn't notice as big a difference on Everyman, maybe because it wasn't as harsh an adjustment). As for the blood pressure and pulse, I'm not sure exactly how to interpret it, except that it seemed to vary more later on and was steadier during the initial adjustment.