Oh, and that FitBit Surge is awesome! I'd love to see what my heart rate does throughout the day. Especially while I was sleeping. I have a Garmin Vivoactive, but it only reads heart rate with a chest strap. It does monitor sleep patterns though. All good information.
Yeah it's excellent, I've had it for almost two weeks and this is the second time I'm charging it.
I bought the Charge HR for my wife, it basically gives you the same stats, but the Surge looks more manly and has a few more settings that I'll be using soon with my regimen.
Now. I need everyone to cross their fingers and sacrifice their imaginary friends to the kava gods so that my order of Nene from
@Gourmet Hawaiian Kava gets here preferably today.
SLEEP: I average on a total of 3:50 hrs restful sleep. I'm like an old man getting up to p-word a handful of times every night.
I don't feel tired or fatigued though and have great dreams, but I believe I need more. I never tried NENE, but understand it's traditionally used to help with sleep. Btw. I've found some great guided sleep meditations on YouTube and according to my sleep and heart rate monitor, they work. The first few weeks I had about 2 hrs of 94-114bpm when I "slept", I believe I was "keto adapting".
FITBIT CHALLENGES: These are great! My wife and I challenge each other to push for our daily goal, who gets the most steps in a certain period of time etc... This had me walking like a maniac between 11:30 PM and midnight yesterday lol. We cheer and taunt each other as we go. Really motivating and fun.
Weight loss: I'm steadily losing weight, less rapidly though. I've decided not to weigh in every morning. And the fat percentage is weird, I don't trust the Fitbit scale at all on that account. According to the scale I went from 25,1% to 12,2% in one day. Lmao.
KWK Concentrate: this has 3g of sugars per serving and insane amounts of vitamine C. I have 2 bottles left in the fridge now, because after the first three days of one or two servings after work, the euphoria and boost I got from the diet was gone. I take that as a sign to cut down on the carbs for a couple of days and reserve the concentrate for more special occasions. Luckily, going a few days without kava is no problem at all. Even weeks will be fine. Kava is amazing that way.
Itching/skin issues: the stretch mark like red rash I got, has disappeared. Same for the nighttime itches. Last night I did get dry/flaky eyelids, but this was probably due to rubbing the eyelids lacking sleep. My hands are fine.
Other benefits: Grown up snuggles. I've been wrassling the gator (wife) 1-3 times a day. It's primal, unavoidable, just has to happen lol.
Exercise: I've been talking brisk walks. Climbing stairs. I need more strength exercises though. I'm beginning to get floppy arms like an old lady lol. Next week I'm ordering the concept2 model D rowing machine (photo), While I'm waiting I'm starting with push-ups, sit-ups, squats and bicep curls 10-15 min high intensity every other day.
It's been a dream of mine for years to be able to do one hundred push-ups in one set. I might reach that goal this year. The advantage of being able to gain weight fast, is that I also gain mass quite rapidly with exercise.
Yerba Mate: I'm excited about this. As some of you (
@Squanch72 ,
@TheanineLife ) know, I've ordered my first Yerba mate. Having read up on this, I really hope to replace coffee after I wake up. It's not as much the weight loss benefits as the described energy boost and sleep aid qualities I'm after.
Snoring: This has become a problem. Why? Because I now tend to fall asleep before my wife does. This makes her notice my snoring to the point she will actually wake me up with her little outbursts of frustration. Do any of you have any good experiences with breathe right or other remedies? Funny thing, my side of this is that I heard nothing and don't understand why she's so mad lol. Like "what?".
