Well after actually 3 weeks of my science experiement, here are my findings:
Observation: Although my control wasn't quite as controlled as I had planned (I never seem to be able to get to bed a regular time. Plus throw in some fun weekend nights - it's impossible), I feel that I did notice a difference. Also, another variable that I didn't count on was doing work outs in the morning. My goal is to get up and walk/run everymorning. However this never seemed to happen as often as I'd like, as it it only happened 3 times in the last 3 weeks, ha ha, oops! However I do feel that it played a part in my energy levels for those day. Days that I decided I"d get up as soon as my alarm went off were reletively easy to get out of bed. Days that I was going to snooze, even after 3, 4 or even sometimes 5 snoozes, I still was having to drag my ass out of bed. It just never seemed like enough.
Results: I believe there is a difference in how much I struggled to get out of bed when I got out of bed at first alarm as opposed to snoozing numerous times.
Conclusion: After my extension and labour intensive experiment (ha ha, ya right), I have come to the conclusion that snoozing is infact a FOE. Although at the time it feels glorious and you feel like you are really cheating the system by getting to sleep longer than planned (where in reality it is totally planned because I set my alarm so that I can have a distinct number of snoozes before I really have to get up and get ready so I"m not late for work - therefore, this whole process may start an hour earlier than I actually need to wake up), I feel that snoozing does not increase energy levels or limit my sleepyness for the day. And, even though I've snoozed and unrealistically made myself feel like I got extra sleep, I still struggle to drag my carcass out of bed when it's time for me to really get up. So what did I gain. That last hour of snoozing interuppted my last good hour of sleep.
When I set my alarm for the correct time and knew I was getting up right away, I didn't have a sense of regret for having to leave my warm cozy bed and start my day the same way as if I had snoozed. It just was! It wasn't a struggle! My carcass found it much easier to get it's self up and at'em!
My energy levels and tiredess throughout the day didn't seem to depend on the snooze, or not to snooze. They seemed to coincide with simply how much sleep I got. And just like 'they' say (does anyone ever wonder who 'they' are....I'd like to be a 'they' someday I think, you'd get to take so much credit for things although that means you'd also get blamed for many things as well, oh well), 8 hours of sleep is best!! This girl definetly needs her beauty sleep (you don't think I just naturally look this good do you, ha ha)
Anyways, thanks for partaking in my experiment for you commenters. Would love to hear more comments on your snoozing, or no snoozing habits. Do you get a full 8 hours of sleep?
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