Early risers: when do you go to bed?

[otowngirl]

Since I've been on my early morning exercise routine (6ish wks now?), I've been getting up between 5 and 5:30 in the morning. I'm pretty much OK through the afternoon, but once dinner is done and we're going through my daughter's bedtime routine (8ish), I am SPENT. Like, I've been crashing shortly after DD does, often before 9.

Is this normal? Any tips for lasting another hour? I know I need about 7 hours of sleep, but I'd like to have at least one hour in the evening (or really, all day) to veg/hang out with the husband. Lol.

[kams]

I get up at 5 most days, and if I lay down on the couch to watch tv or something, I fall asleep by 8:30. I have to actively keep myself awake until 9:30/10.

ETA: My DD goes down around 8, too.

[wambam]

9

[joenali]

Between 9 and 10.

[gt7301b]

I got up at 4:45 this morning and I was in bed around 10 or so. I should have been in bed at at least 9:30.

[chw57]

I go to bed by 9:30 and get up at 4:45

[labbie]

I work out at 5:30 am as well, and I am usually okay as long as i get about 7 hours of sleep.
I try to get into bed by 9:30, but it's 10 most nights. Lights out at 10:30 or so since I read for a bit.

Once I start upping my running mileage though I'll have to start getting up earlier- I am slow!

[bostonmichelle]

We usually start the routine of putting the dog out, turning on the dish washer, etc a bit after 9. I'm usually in bed by 9:30 and read for a half hour or so before falling asleep around 10ish. I get up around 6 or so for workouts. I need 7-8 hours to feel well rested and get thru long weeks at work.

[taratru]

We're usually in bed by 9, although I go to sleep about 10 and get up about 6. When I'm doing morning workouts, I try to get to sleep by 9:30.

[enfuego23]

I get up at 5 - in bed by 11 - typing that out makes me realize I need to get to bed earlier.

[babinski]

At nine to wake at 5

[hannahb]

I like to be in bed by 9, up around 5.

[lb2006]

I get up around 5-5:15 and go to be between 9-10. Most nights, I could go to be earlier!

[cookies]

If I'm exercising, I wake up at 5:25. I go to bed around 9. Sometimes I fall asleep earlier when I'm helping ds fall asleep.

[runaways]

I'm up about 4:30. I try to be in bed at 8:30 and hopefully asleep by 9. I tend to need a lot of sleep though.

[finallykrisb]

8:30 - 9 to be up at 4 if I'm working out.

[breezy8407]

My wake up time is because of my son, because he often wakes up at 4:30 not because I am waking up to workout, but I try to be in bed by 9:30 most nights. Some nights right at 9.

[westbeast]

I am asleep most nights by 10p, although 1030p seems to be manageable for my 445a wake up.

I think it's normal to be crashing after a long day of exercising, working out, and family time. If possible, maybe take a quick catnap during a break at work to maybe help with that extra hour at the end of the night.

[emuni04]

I get up between 5-5:30 on the weekdays. I tell myself that I'm going to bed by 9:30, but normally it is closer to 10:15 or so.

[SuziSaysDa]

I get up at 5am, I am usually in bed by 9:30pm. I find it a struggle to do much of anything (prep for the next day, pick out clothes, make lunch) after 8:30pm.

[Deleted]

I get up at 5am. I usually watch a show in bed with my DH at 8:30 to wind down with a goal to be asleep by 9am.

[ebeth]

I'm up at 5:30. I go to bed around 10:30 most nights

[minion]

I go to bed around 9:30 or 10 to get up at 6

[greysgirl]

I usually go to bed at 9, up at 4:45

[starburst]

I get up around 5:30. I'll start getting ready for bed around 9:00 and aim to be lights out by 9:30. I got in the habit of staying up later over winter break and now I'm having a hard time getting to bed early.

[Deleted]

9 pm for a 445 wake up.

Although I often fall asleep on the couch earlier than that.

[Brit]

I go to bed at 9 to wake up at 5:30. That still isn't ideal for me, I tend to function best on 9-10 hours of sleep, but I can't go to bed any earlier and get the stuff done at night that I need to.

[secretlyevil]

I get up at five on the week days, and weekends is varies greatly. I am in bed most nights at nine, 10 at the very latest but a lot of times I pass out on the couch around 8:30.

[itsme]

I am up at 5 and in bed by 10 usually. Doesn't always mean I'm asleep by then but I try to be.

[tuggyruns]

I like to be up by five which usually means bed by 10. Reading this post makes me think I might need I more sleep! However, when I don't leave workn until 6:30 or 7, and then sit in 30 min of traffic, that sounds like a miserable life! All work and no play makes Tuggy a sad girl!

I mean when would would I watch house of cards and scandal...repeatedly? And modern family and Nashville. ..gab is it February yet?!

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