Getting 8 hrs of sleep/night for more than a week

[Jase]

Have you ever done it?

 

I tried it a few months back for the first time in my adult life.  It was a revelation.  All aspects of my health and well-being improved. 

 

Trying to get back to it.  Sleep is underrated.

[KSpan]

Yep - sufficient sleep and proper hydration are so underrated when it comes to simply feeling good.

[thefuzz]

I normally try for 8 per night, but can't always get it, but sure, I've done a week of 8's before.

[Darth Biscuit]

I have always NEEDED at least 8 hours.  It's not quite as bad now as it was when I was younger.

 

Plus I stay high on caffeine most of the time now.

[thefuzz]

I have always NEEDED at least 8 hours.  It's not quite as bad now as it was when I was younger.

 

Plus I stay high on caffeine most of the time now.

 

Same here, for some reason, I feel that I need a little more sleep than a lot of my friends.

 

If I can get 8 though, it's all gravy.

[dos poptarts]

8 hrs and I feel sluggish in the morning, I don't want to get out of the bed.

6-7 hrs and I feel good, roll out and start getting ready. I was the kid who got up at 6am every Sat morning to watch cartoons.

 

Coffee needed in the morning regardless.

[Cat]

I have always NEEDED at least 8 hours.  It's not quite as bad now as it was when I was younger.

 

Plus I stay high on caffeine most of the time now.

 

Sounds like myself.  I am constantly pushing myself to stay awake til 10:30-12 at night just so I can have some fun time with my husband. But between waking up at 5:45, working, homework, intense workouts I feel like i could crash at 9 pm. so I hit the caffeine, not a healthy lifestyle.  

 

Before I had a kid I slept all the time. 

[Jase]

8 hrs and I feel sluggish in the morning, I don't want to get out of the bed.

6-7 hrs and I feel good, roll out and start getting ready. I was the kid who got up at 6am every Sat morning to watch cartoons.

 

Coffee needed in the morning regardless.

 

I was that kid as well, and it all changed in college when I started staying up all night, whether to do schoolwork or screw around.

 

I feel sluggish when waking up after 8 hours as well, until I string together a few 8 hour nights, then that goes away, presumably from catching up on sleep.

 

You shouldn't need coffee.

[bleys]

for all you old people, compromised sleep wrecks havoc on your cortisol levels and can make you as insulin resistant as a type 2 diabetic. It crushes growth hormone and testosterone production.  Don't neuter yourself with a lack of sleep, you have an uphill battle already as it is!

[Darth Biscuit]

Sounds like myself.  I am constantly pushing myself to stay awake til 10:30-12 at night just so I can have some fun time with my husband. But between waking up at 5:45, working, homework, intense workouts I feel like i could crash at 9 pm. so I hit the caffeine, not a healthy lifestyle.  

 

Before I had a kid I slept all the time. 

 

 

Please remind your husband what a lucky man he is tonight.

[frash.exe]

Anything under 6 or 5 1/2 hours and I shamble around to so anything. If I get 7 more, I'm good. 8 is ideal.

It's hard to sleep where I live because there's a plane flying over my head every 20 seconds, car alarms/police sirens, street lights that are way too fuging bright, etc.

[Ja Rhule]

I get to bed around 1am and I'm up around 6:30am. I also have a lil kid so I wake up 2-4 times a night.

[Jase]

^ this will catch up to you

[frash.exe]

If he takes a 2 hour nap when he comes home, it probably won't.

If he doesn't, well...