Formutech was nice enough to send me a 10 day trial of REM-8.0, their nighttime recovery/sleep aid supplement. I am 5'11'' 184 lbs. We were told to start out with half a serving the first couple times. You are supposed to take the supplement on an empty stomach 30 minutes before hitting the sack. So here we go!
First night, I had 2/3 cups fat free cottage cheese at 8:30. Then I took half serving REM at 10:15 - melon flavor is delicious. Since I mixed a full packet with 8 oz water, I only drank 4 oz, so I couldn't tell if it mixed all of the way. Long story short, I learned at 10:30 that the following day was going to be hectic and that I was going to have to lift early in the morning. So I laid down at 10:35. Unfortunately I had some anxiety about the next day and needing to wake up early. Combine that with thinking about if REM would put me to sleep = not a good night of sleep. I don't think I fully fell asleep until midnight. I woke up twice during the night and then woke up on my own just after 6. So I don't think I got anymore than 6.5 hours sleep. Oddly enough I wasn't really tired when I woke up. I think my anxiety got me going. Even more surprising is I had a really good lift at 7 after a solid does of PWO. Luckily, I wasn't tired the rest of the day. It did get pretty tired at 9:00pm.
First night, I had 2/3 cups fat free cottage cheese at 8:30. Then I took half serving REM at 10:15 - melon flavor is delicious. Since I mixed a full packet with 8 oz water, I only drank 4 oz, so I couldn't tell if it mixed all of the way. Long story short, I learned at 10:30 that the following day was going to be hectic and that I was going to have to lift early in the morning. So I laid down at 10:35. Unfortunately I had some anxiety about the next day and needing to wake up early. Combine that with thinking about if REM would put me to sleep = not a good night of sleep. I don't think I fully fell asleep until midnight. I woke up twice during the night and then woke up on my own just after 6. So I don't think I got anymore than 6.5 hours sleep. Oddly enough I wasn't really tired when I woke up. I think my anxiety got me going. Even more surprising is I had a really good lift at 7 after a solid does of PWO. Luckily, I wasn't tired the rest of the day. It did get pretty tired at 9:00pm.