UPDATE, July 15, 2023: My score finally improved! See below.
Because my sleep has sucked the past week. But I think I know why.
This horribad flu I’ve had has mostly receded now–mostly (today is Day 16). What remains is fluid in the chest. I am still a little phlegmy. But the way it mainly manifests now is the fluid makes certain sleep positions uncomfortable, which makes my sleep poorer.
My Garmin Forerunner 255 seems to translate this as “stress” so it keeps telling me to not stress out before bed, even if I’ve done nothing more than had a hot bath and spent an hour watching kittens.
For fun, here’s how my sleep score has tracked the past week. Note that in Garmin’s rating system, they found only about 5% achieved an Excellent rating.
I can’t precisely say why my score has continued to get worse, though the Monday to Wednesday range is relatively close. Thursday was even worse still because my side of the bed got accidentally adjusted into an upright position around 4 a.m. and brought me fully awake.
Garmin sleep rankings:
90-100: Excellent
80-89: Good
60-79: Fair
0-59: Poor
My sleep scores, starting July 8th:
Saturday: 79
Sunday: 76
Monday: 69
Tuesday: 66
Wednesday: 60
Thursday: 44
(NEW) Friday: 82
Why did Friday see a dramatic reversal? I suspect two things:
- Late night foot massage with a massage thingie
- I ran yesterday so was physically tired, not just mentally
