On average, how much sleep do u get?

GibsonSG_67
GibsonSG_67 Posts: 1,406 Member
edited November 20 in Chit-Chat
during the week I average about 5 hours of sleep, probably need more like 7. Was wondering what most people here average. Does it affect your appetite? Workout recovery?
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  • GibsonSG_67
    GibsonSG_67 Posts: 1,406 Member
    Ok so subtract those 2 minutes

    :D Lol just kiddin'
  • RB5790
    RB5790 Posts: 817 Member
    Not enough
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  • branflakes1980
    branflakes1980 Posts: 2,516 Member
    I am a FREAK about how much sleep I get, LOL! I get 8-8.5 usually but in a perfect world I would get 10 every night.
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  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    Between 7 and 8 hours.
  • 3AAnn3
    3AAnn3 Posts: 3,054 Member
    5
  • GibsonSG_67
    GibsonSG_67 Posts: 1,406 Member
    Well so far I am behind I guess... 10 wow.
  • musclegood_fatbad
    musclegood_fatbad Posts: 9,809 Member
    Usually 7 hours or so.
  • Sirrunsalot75
    Sirrunsalot75 Posts: 370 Member
    5-6 in a good night. It is never enough!
  • GibsonSG_67
    GibsonSG_67 Posts: 1,406 Member
    3AAnn3 wrote: »
    5

    Would you sleep more if you could?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I have a 2 y.o. and a 5 y.o....so about 30 minutes or so over the past 5 years...
  • 3AAnn3
    3AAnn3 Posts: 3,054 Member
    What I wouldn't give for 7 hours! I suppose in 17 years when the kids are gone...
  • branflakes1980
    branflakes1980 Posts: 2,516 Member
    I am a FREAK about how much sleep I get, LOL! I get 8-8.5 usually but in a perfect world I would get 10 every night.

    Not a freak. You and my wife are twins. My 5 year old daughter tells us what our favorite things to do all the time are. She says she likes to play, I like to eat, and mommy likes to sleep.

    That's awesome, and what's funny about this is my 7 year old daughter is turning out just like me. Haha! Sunday she slept until 11am and it was delightful :wink: For a while I thought there was something wrong with me that I could sleep 10-12 hours and then take a 2 hour nap during the day and still be able to sleep 10-12 hours again that night, but then I decided nope, I just really like sleep, and I'm making up for all those naps that I refused when I was a child. Haha!!

  • 3AAnn3
    3AAnn3 Posts: 3,054 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I have a 2 y.o. and a 5 y.o....so about 30 minutes or so over the past 5 years...

    I have a 1, 3, and 5 year old, so I hear you!
  • 3AAnn3
    3AAnn3 Posts: 3,054 Member
    kpfry67 wrote: »
    3AAnn3 wrote: »
    5

    Would you sleep more if you could?

    I would pay very good money to get more sleep.
  • sw33tp3a11
    sw33tp3a11 Posts: 4,646 Member
    Of uninterrupted sleep... about 4 1/2 hrs
  • BrettWithPKU
    BrettWithPKU Posts: 575 Member
    7 to 7 1/2 hours. Sometimes less.

    My body is incapable of sleeping more than 8 hours, or past 8 a.m., so that's part of it too.
  • Becka4Real
    Becka4Real Posts: 1,527 Member
    I average about 7 hours, but I'd like 8 or 9.
  • maeld51
    maeld51 Posts: 3,415 Member

    The older I get, the less I sleep.
    Average 6 hours
  • Libertysfate
    Libertysfate Posts: 452 Member
    Weekdays about 5 hours, weekend about 7-8, unless I have to work. But those 5 hours I do get aren't very restful.
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,660 Member
    I average between 6 and 8 hours of very efficient sleep. My fibit tracks my sleep, and it literally takes me 0 minutes most nights to fall asleep; my average efficiency is 95%. So, I can often get by quite well under 8 hours because it's good quality of sleep. However, if I'm under 6 hours, I really start to get fatigued, especially in the late afternoons. BTW, I'm 56.
  • ClareB1174
    ClareB1174 Posts: 38 Member
    About 5 hours, but my youngest is 15 weeks old, so it's to be expected.
  • Soggynode
    Soggynode Posts: 1,179 Member
    3hrs avg, 5hrs max, 2hrs common, naps when I can.
  • GibsonSG_67
    GibsonSG_67 Posts: 1,406 Member
    Judging by my sleep on the weekends I'd want to sleep 71/2 to 8, but even after 20 years of getting up between 5 and 6 for work I just seem to get my butt to bed before 11:30 - 12
  • Becka4Real
    Becka4Real Posts: 1,527 Member
    Soggynode wrote: »
    3hrs avg, 5hrs max, 2hrs common, naps when I can.

    How do you live?
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    4 to 5 hours sometimes 10
  • RBillard
    RBillard Posts: 49 Member
    i get about 5 hours. we have two toddlers so i have to get in a run at 5:30am before we get them up for daycare (I have to lift weights on my lunch break). I've always been a night owl so find it hard to go to bed earlier, it's gonna have to happen though, pretty sure the lack of sleep is hurting my progress.
  • Lil_Lanie
    Lil_Lanie Posts: 333 Member
    around 6 if I'm lucky
  • pmm3437
    pmm3437 Posts: 529 Member
    I am a night owl, so I tend to not go to bed until well after midnight. The necessity of having a job and earning an income means I have to deal with an alarm clock during the week, which usually goes off ~7:40.

    That means, on a weeknight, i wont get more than 6.5-7 hrs, tops. I probably average closer to 5.

    On the weekends, I still stay up late, but I don't enforce a wake up time ( single, no kids ). Some days I wake up early, others I sleep late. I let my body ( and how tired I am ), dictate what it needs. I've slept for 4 hrs, ive slept for 10, and I've pulled all nighters.

    As far as recovery is concerned, I believe the typical recommendation is 7+ hrs a night. My schedule doesn't seem to impact my ability to get back to the gym and complete my workouts, and I've had no major injuries, so its working for me atm. Can't really determine if it would be better, worse, or the same if I slept more ... don't have the data to compare.
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