It was more of waking-day energy increase than something that reduced my sleep times (6-7 hours most nights).
Mostly I noticed that I was getting through the day without feeling run down or getting tired in the middle of the day. It was a little easier to get up in the morning. I still wasn't getting enough sleep, but I'm convinced that eating healthy kept that from catching up to me in terms of getting sick (at least for a while - we all have limits).
Ramit Sethi (iwillteachyoutoberich.com - no affiliation) wrote a blog post a while back about how he hired a personal chef to pre-make meals to his specifications for less than the cost of eating out; something like this might save you the time but still give you some control over what goes into your food.
I had pretty much the same problem for a long time. I switched beds a few months ago, which really helped. Now I'm back in my old bed and I'm having the same problem again. Try a different mattress type and/or different pillows.
re: diet
-cook for yourself as often as possible.
-try to avoid overly processed foods.
-check ingredient lists on foods you buy and try foods with fewer additives.
-do elimination trials with things like gluten and high fructose corn syrup.
It's easy to fall into a diet that's really heavy on wheat and corn, so diversify as much as possible.
I've tried all of these, and my health and energy levels have improved because of them. It's hard to stay 100% on healthy foods and cutting gluten is a huge pain (probably not worth it if you don't have celiac disease).
On the other hand, going to an extreme to appear attractive can backfire. You could be stuck with your act for as long as you want to stay with that girl. Do you really want to be with a girl, no matter how attractive, who won't like the man you want to be?
I'd pull the trigger after seeing a trailer, probably with some kickstarter-like funding scheme (I've helped fund a kickstarter DVD project). And call me old-fashioned, but I'd be more likely to pay outright for a self-contained chunk of content (think movie or tv season) than to subscribe to something open-ended. I'd only subscribe to something open-ended if I trusted the artists and vision behind the project.
"I think that mistake is a symptom of the prizes-for-all narcissism that says ... every crude doodle is a work of art if the doodler really meant it."
It is. Art is a process as well as a result. Whether the result is good art, mediocre art, or bad art is the real question here, and some art is undeniably terrible.
Without disposable time and income people won't be able to buy the products which create the wealth of the upper class. If the middle class disappears, the upper class will disappear as well.
I've been thinking about trying this too. I'm about to move, so maybe in the new place... Do you have a home office where you could do a test? If you watch any TV shows maybe start standing through some of them.
Your shoes could be a big factor. Heel elevation de-stablizes posture, so you may want to try barefoot/Vibram FiveFingers or something.