It tracks which phase of sleep you're in by the amount of movement you make when you're sleeping. In the image below you can see a graph of sleep phase vs. the time of the day (a.m., of course)
It's kind of hard to see but at time 0, I fell into deep sleep immediately and remained in deep sleep until I was awake around 6 am (which I don't remember being awake) but then I fell back to sleep until it was time to wake up at 7 am. I think the immediate plunge into deep sleep was due to the immense sleepiness I felt right around 3.30 am. I managed to pull through and went right to sleep at 4 am. So if you want to monitor your sleep, you should definitely get this app. It also wakes you up during a certain timeframe when you're in the awake phase so that you don't have a hard time waking up. So if you set your alarm to 7 am but allow a 30 min timeframe, it will wake you up at 6.45 am if you happen to be in the awake phase around that time.
So, Thomas forgot to mention in the previous post that due to our extended hours, we have to eat an additional meal during dinner. We also started eating breakfast, which we usually skipped during the 'normal' days (ah, normal days....I do not miss you quite yet). For those who don't know me, I could use a couple of pounds so having this extra meal might actually benefit me. :)
Okay, so later during the day, I encountered a problem with my nap time in that I had to extend them to a later time due to scheduling conflicts. Instead of sleeping at 11 am and 5.30 pm, I went to sleep at 1 pm and 7 pm. As described before by fellow Everyman sleepers, the hour adjustment to your nap time barely affects your sleep. I did not feel extra sleepy that day but continued to function as a normal human being.
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