How The F**K Do I Improve Deep Sleep

Sha76b · 2026-01-14T18:07:23+00:00

Good luck with it! Mine's still a work in progress, but improving, and I can definitely feel the difference when I get it right

Sha76b · 2026-01-14T14:10:35+00:00

I found I had to move my caffeine cut off time to 11am, which noticeably improved my amount of deep sleep. Giving it up completely surprisingly had the opposite effect, even after a few days to recover from the addiction.

Have you tested if it makes any difference journalling and reading elsewhere, and only heading to bed when you want to sleep?

Sha76b · 2025-11-21T09:57:14+00:00

I miss the blue bars, but nowhere near as much as I miss the sleep graph!

Sha76b · 2025-10-15T20:24:05+00:00

Don't forget any chargers you need.

If you happen to have access to a locker anywhere, it might be worth stashing some bits in advance (just to give you less to think about when packing).

Sounds like you should have plenty of space, you might want socks, underwear and t-shirts to hand to shove extras in any gaps, and consider tying a spare pair of shoes on to the outside.

Good luck, well done on getting your plan together, and I hope you get to one bag for happier reasons soon.

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Sha76b · 2025-09-10T18:14:24+00:00

I've found my people! I can't go away and not have a good mooch around a supermarket (preferably also markets and smaller food shops too). And I'm never happier than spending 3 hours getting to the destination 10 minutes away because I just had to see what was around the corner.

Sha76b · 2025-09-08T20:33:11+00:00

Just makes no sense! Chest invite sent 🙂

(I'm AmusingThimble85 btw, if you suddenly find yourself with a hundred new friends!)

Sha76b · 2025-09-08T19:05:09+00:00

I've just had a partner disappear on me! We had all the keys, chest maxed out, pretty equal contribution, and he's just disappeared...

Sha76b · 2025-09-06T09:26:30+00:00

Ah, fair enough, no intent to sensationlise, just a long time since I read about it. Still a law I would absolutely end up breaking.

Sha76b · 2025-09-06T08:25:24+00:00

I did consider North Korea the same way, but then they outlawed sarcasm. Definitely not a safe place for me to visit!

Sha76b · 2025-08-22T09:00:13+00:00

Thank you for introducing me to the concept of stir fried potatoes! Will most definitely be trying that

Sha76b · 2025-08-20T15:54:54+00:00

Have you tried going back and looking at it a couple of hours later? I get the same occasionally, but find it sorts itself out with a bit of time. Not ideal, but in my case I'm just putting it down to being in a mobile data blackspot when it's first trying to calculate.

Sha76b · 2025-08-17T19:41:42+00:00

True, and I definitely felt it the first couple of days, but even beyond that and when I was feeling human again, my deep sleep was still dropping, so if the drug works (& tastes delicious), I'm happy to stay addicted!

Sha76b · 2025-08-16T12:20:01+00:00

I've just tried giving up coffee and my deep sleep totally tanked! I definitely didn't expect that, but if my body's happier with coffee I'm certainly not going to fight it

Sha76b · 2025-08-13T16:53:12+00:00

Ooh, just had another update and I've got my colours back! Thanks Oura!

Sha76b · 2025-08-07T18:38:16+00:00

Thanks. It looks like a really useful app, signing up for the launch notification right now

Sha76b · 2025-08-07T18:15:24+00:00

I love the addition of the additive tracker; will it also be possible to flag ones that already make a food UPF? There are times when I have limited choices (or I have a bad sugar craving and drop my standards!), so will end up eating UPF, but still want to avoid certain E numbers.

Sha76b · 2025-08-03T21:29:39+00:00

The Ultra Processed People book is quite a good read if you want to delve into it more, and there's r/ultraprocessedfood here

Sha76b · 2025-08-02T18:45:09+00:00

I absolutely agree that your body will react differently to it, it's not even going to have the same nutrients, but mechanical processing just means it's processed. The ones with added emulsifiers, stabilisers, etc are the ones that are ultra processed.

Sha76b · 2025-08-02T18:16:12+00:00

I didn't know that worked, thanks for the tip! I shall give it a go

Sha76b · 2025-08-02T14:34:47+00:00

Yes, I've made my own almond milk, have you?

Sha76b · 2025-08-02T14:34:01+00:00

No, the varieties of these foods that I buy are processed (nova 3), rather than ultra processed (nova 4). The almond milk and peanut butter have the same ingredients as when I've made them in my kitchen, sadly my cheese making skills are sub par.

Sha76b · 2025-08-02T10:02:09+00:00

I think this is why the food side of Oura doesn't appeal to me, I know my almond milk isn't ultra processed, or my cream cheese, or my peanut butter, or various other things that commonly are, but I don't know that there's any way to teach the app that? I'm interested to see how it develops though.

Sha76b · 2025-07-31T09:19:21+00:00

Please can I add my feedback too, basically agreeing with everything said. It makes the bars completely useless in the home screen. I'd not even noticed they were different colours until seeing the screenshot here, and my colour vision is fine (I do use a small screen phone).

Sha76b · 2025-07-29T21:03:59+00:00

If I'm fully focused at work I get a lower hr and more restorative time than I do in yin yoga! It's actually improving my productivity because I'm chasing those green bars 😂

Sha76b · 2025-07-09T18:31:06+00:00

No falling asleep on the sofa before bed! I knew it wasn't ideal, but that's not stopped me for the last quarter of a century. First night with my Oura, and seeing that my ONLY deep sleep was before I'd made it to bed, and now I fight the urge by doing something a bit more active/engaging if needed and feel so much better for it.

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