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

[Cary Kollins]

I usually only get at most 7 hours...but every once in a while I'll get a solid 8 and the next day in the office I'm walking around like

 

 

[Jase]

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

If he doesn't, well...

 

if you get your sleep in 2 hour pockets, you're basically getting nil REM sleep

 

Been there too as have most parents.  It sucks

[jasonluckydog]

I try for 7 hours the least 6..If I get 8 I feel sluggish all day.

[Cat]

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

 

I'm glad he actually wants me around :)

[frash.exe]

if you get your sleep in 2 hour pockets, you're basically getting nil REM sleep

Been there too as have most parents. It sucks

Actually there's a lot of debate going on as to what makes a good standard sleep schedule. I've woken up after 6 hours of sleep before my alarm goes off piss and vinegar. And a lot of days I don't get seven hours, I make up that time with a nap. But I've heard that splitting your sleep between a 6-7 hour overnight slumber and a ~1 hour siesta is better for us.

[Squirrel]

I usually wake up when I wake up no alarm clock or sleep schedule. Work a rotating shift in which some day I work nights others I work days. That is tough on the body.  

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

I avg about 4-6 hrs a night for the majority last 15-25 years..and as an elemtary school/junior high student would stay up watching David Letterman and sometimes the old Bob Costas show which ended at 1:30-2am on school nights.

Ive never slept well(8hrs) unless it was till noon which does not refresh anyone.

Last two months i have made all out effort to sleep before midnight and ideally by 10 pm and feel energized and refreshed...sharper through the day. I have sleep apnea too so that does not help with being refreshed.

I even cut out coffee and started jucing (fresh vegs and fruits not roids) which has helped me drop about ten-twelve pounds with only those two changes.

Jucing for two meals a day really decreases my ability to put down some food for dinner bc i guess my stomach is smaller so I feel full real early. My pear shape is getting out of control last two years of working from home and being laid off... Easy to get into bad habits watching judge Judy and posting on the Huddle.

[pstall]

The best sleep is CONSISTENT sleep. If you feel recharged on 6 just make sure you go to bed and rise at the same time over the wkd.

No such thing as catching up on sleep. A nap means you are deprived. If more people would cut off all forms of media a good 2 hrs before they sleep they wont push REM back to later in the night when you are at your supposed deepest most restful sleep.

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[Dpantherman]

Used to stay up late frequently, I'm only 23, so that's the norm I suppose. But I can't do it anymore. I rarely make it past midnight. 11:30 is usually the time. I wake up around 6-7. So I probably average around 7 hours.

[frash.exe]

fug I'm 24 and I could still stay up till 6 anytime if I wanted to

[88 Bronco]

I work a rotating schedule. My circadian rhythm is so fuged. I also go to college full time and hit the gym 6 to 7 days a week.

[nickzz]

I shoot for a solid 10 hrs

[Rise of The Hive]

8 hours is nowhere near enough for me.

[Alcatraz49ers]

In high school & college I slept 3-4 hours a night during the week. On the weekend I stayed up all night & napped 1-2 hours each afternoon. I was either partying, drinking, chasing women, playing ball, or hiking. Nonstop go mode.

Now I'm only 25 & cannot stay up all night nor function without 8 hours a night. I can already tell getting old is gonna suck.