I recalled this site: https://fixsleep.link/ just a bunch of advices based on peer-reviewed studies for this exact purpose, no buttons, nu subscriptions, just simple design and 17 advices
I am curious about: Turn on the lights to 100% 30 minutes before waking up.
Has anyone actually tried that? I do have Hue lights in my room so I could set it up. But I'm really sensitive to light (even the barest light shining through a crack in a window will wake me up). I think this would just wake me up 30 minutes earlier and it sounds pretty awful.
I'm doing this for two years now with my hue lights and the wake up function.
It's so much better than waking by an alarm. It gradually lights up your room and starts 30 minutes before wake up time. I do however most of the time wake up when it starts lighting up the room.
It's hard if your bed time varies. If you go to sleep at 3 am, a lamp that turns on at 7 am will not help. What you can do is sleep as much as you need and then when you wake up but are still in bed, turn on the lamp yourself. After some time you will really feel how the brain turns on.
Related to your eating: hours when you are hungry are more related to a hormone, it is generated usually at the same time, like routine, that's why often if somebody waits 1-2hours after the hungry feeling, it disappears or why even if you are full you can still feel the need to eat more.
If you want to not eat at night, you just need to stop eating at night ANY calories and after some time your organism will adapt. You can try time restricted eating - eat how much you like in a limited period of time, like 6-8 hour window. It'll help with reducing hunger that you feel during the day
I actually don't have any desire to stop eating at night. I haven't noticed any reduction in sleep quality compared to when I don't eat late and I'm not overweight, so no need to cut down on eating in general. But thanks, what you wrote is pretty interesting nonetheless.
I am curious about your sleep temperature. Have you tried to sleep in a cold room but with warm covers (good isolation).
This is nirvana for me, I sleep best that way.
If I do not have warm covers I do not sleep well (pour when it is too hot). I also cannot sleep naked, I need to cover my shoulders with a tshirt otherwise I am always cold.
I always wondered how much psychological this is but I do not want to experiment with my sleep.
> Have you tried to sleep in a cold room but with warm covers (good isolation).
Most of my childhood and teenage life (before I moved out of my parents home), since almost nobody heats bedrooms where I live.
With lower temperatures, I have to wear very warm shirts/sweater as I inevitably uncover my shoulders and pull my arm out of cover. Getting into cold bed is uncomfortable. Getting out when the room is cold is even worse. Also, cold bedrooms are terrible for sex (for me at least).
This is all solved by heating the room nicely. Mind you, I still use relatively warm cover (light clothing, though) when bedroom temperature is 23°-24° (during the winter). Right now it's 26° and light cover is fine.
I am curious about: Turn on the lights to 100% 30 minutes before waking up.
Has anyone actually tried that? I do have Hue lights in my room so I could set it up. But I'm really sensitive to light (even the barest light shining through a crack in a window will wake me up). I think this would just wake me up 30 minutes earlier and it sounds pretty awful.