I stuff two pillows into one case. It makes them a bit more firm, but solves the greater than 1 but less than 2 problem.
I need my pillows. I’m a hot sleeper and don’t use much blanket, and a huggy pillow and between the knees pillow let me hold some heat, then shed it when necessary (throw it while im sleeping) with minimal blanketing.
Holy crap. I am a life-long side sleeper, and have always sorta been aware of this issue, but never could bring myself to try fixing it with more pillow girth. Seriously going to have to think about this.
Interesting! You might be onto something here.
Don’t you like the weight of blankets though? Even when hot, I can’t sleep without the pressure of something on top of me. I like to be swaddled like a big baby. 
This is probably the proper way to side sleep for hip/spine health… hard to hang onto if you toss and turn.
Men typically have wider clavicles than women so I’d imagine it’s even more of an issue for you guys. It’s definitely worth a shot. Hope it helps!
It is. I’m like a really active sleeper too. I kick stuff and throw pillows and all kinds of nuttiness.
I slept outside for a fall campfire sleep over a couple years ago and it was a nice cool night, like high 40’s, and it was the best I’ve slept in years.
WHAT?! I want to do this. Swaddled like a baby of course.
Hahaha thanks for the fun visual!
For those who are interested in body fat percentages…
According to Jeff Nippard, if you’re a woman at 20% body fat, less than 1% of the American female population is leaner than you.
I’ve never had a DEXA scan, but I did do hydrostatic body fat testing for an exercise science class in college. But since that was ages ago, it might be time to schedule another body fat test.
Anyone want to join me?
EDIT: I signed up for a DEXA scan and an RMR (resting metabolic rate) test next week. Let me know if you’ve ever had these done and what you got out of it.
This week I’m doing one day for lower body, one for upper, and one full body workout. I have to plan workouts around shooting, and there’s a competition on Saturday.
Lower
Hip Thrust Machine
Walking Lunge
Leg Press
Leg Extension
Ham Curl
Superset:
Trap Bar Loaded Carry
Dip
Tests and Rules
If you get your body fat measured, you don’t really have to prepare for it, aside from wearing certain clothes. But the RMR test is a little more complicated:
So, looks like I’m fasting tomorrow, skipping caffeine, and skipping gym time.
Dopamine Hit 
I’m in love with these trailing plants right now. They’re intertwining and climbing up the wall. And this huge mess of vines gives me a dopamine hit just walking past it. From left to right: philodendron micans, scindapsus pictus, hoya carnosa, philodendron Brazil.
Bonus points if you can spot the dog booty.
I don’t have restless legs or anything. But I have solved the one-and-a-half pillow problem by considering this an average. At any given moment during the night, I might have one, two, or three pillows. Or wake up and find several of them beside the bed.
I genuinely do not care about my percent body fat. I care more about how my clothes fit and my strength levels.
This is perfectly reasonable. I need to try switching the number of pillows through the night because it makes sense.
I’m with you there. Those are more valid than a number. So I’ve got zero attachments to getting a specific result, but instead have a genuine curiosity. The question for me is, what happens when a relatively muscular female does the bare minimum, gym and diet wise?
I’m curious to see how this goes for you as well. If love to look like you (my version of you, of course) at maintenance. Curious enough I might get a hydro test done myself. Dexa is a bit expensive in my area for just curiosity.
plants look amazing, remind me to never show my wife this picture. LOL
How funny! It’s absolutely mutual!
I saw huge differences in prices. The place I found offered a first time discount (I think it was about $75) and they offer major discounts in January that you can bank for whatever time of year you want to do it.
I’m pretty sure it’s a franchise. But it’s called, Live Lean RX.
Hahah I’m glad you’re married to a plant addict! 
Upper (Minus Back)
It’s annoying to skip such a large muscle group, but I’ve been feeling so good in the scapula/shoulder girdle area that I don’t want to mess up the progress.
DB Bench
Lateral Raise
Arnold Press
Alternating Curl
Push-Up
Forgot triceps. Oops.
Other Stuff
This is what a Dexa scan table looks like.
It basically just moves down your body, taking internal pictures of your lean body mass and fat mass. It also weighs you. Yesterday I weighed 154 pounds.
Someone is only 0.1 percentage point off from guessing my exact body fat on this thread. So I’m going to give it a little more time before revealing the number and naming a winner.
And at rest, my metabolic rate (RMR) is about 1300 calories, which is really important to know for when I continue never counting calories.
And check out those biceps. Michele Obama is probably too busy eating her heart out to take a guess at the fat percentage…
I had a scan ten years ago. The number was slightly higher than I would have guessed. I don’t think the machine or its operator gave me the baseline calories burned, but there are equations for that they use in ICUs.
I got really bad anxiety while I was doing to RMR test. Felt like I was going to choke to death for some reason.
Yeah I felt that too.
I was trying to get my breaths even, like four counts in four counts out, but it wasn’t working. The exhale would be longer by a second, so then the inhales and exhales would be uneven. And I’d try to readjust breathing pace but it would just create an “out of breath” feeling.
Finishing the test and breathing normally never felt so good!
Oops, I did it again…
Another injury. Right when my shoulder starts feeling better, I pull/strain (?) a hamstring.
It happened during the second stage of my match yesterday, I had just shot the first targets at the front of the stage, and was supposed to run backward, so I pivoted with my left leg and started to sprint, but on that first step felt a POP right in the upper-hammy-gluteal-fold area.
Good news is, I didn’t get DQ’d and I finished that stage limping, then finished the match just walking during each stage; no aggressive movements. Other good news is that I had no mikes (when you miss the target).
Bad news is that it hurts to walk upstairs or put on pants, and I certainly won’t be hitting legs for a while.
This isn’t a serious injury though. It’s definitely not a hamstring tear, so that’s comforting. But I’m wondering what the timeline is for when I can start lifting again.
And are there any strategies that can help speed along hamstring recovery?
