How much sleep is really enough?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    i get no more than 5-6 hours a night and i function fine and am losing weight. i think it depends on the individual.

    Yep, weekends I only get 5-6 (I have to be up super-early for work and don't go to bed before 10) and I'm fine. It's usually between 7-8 hours during the week.
  • alexib
    alexib Posts: 45 Member
    I've just discovered I'm best with at least 7 hrs anything under that, even a little and I'm completely exhausted all day. I generally sleep in on the weekends when I don't have top get up early for work, but it's never more than 8.5 hrs
  • fitmek
    fitmek Posts: 277 Member
    7-8 is ideal but also consider if you are getting at least 7(which is pretty good) and you are still exhausted make sure you aren't
    lacking any important vitamins in your diet. You might need a little more iron etc. I am not a nutritionist or anything but it might be something to consider. I have 4 kiddos and try to go to bed at 10pm and wake at 6 and rarely get an uninterrupted night but I find if I take my multivitamins I will have a good amount of energy.

    I take a daily prenatal, which has 28 mg of Iron. I also take a daily D3 supplement. The Iron and Vit B was higher in the prenatal than it was a multivitamin, which is why i just continuted to take the prenatal, even long after kids.

    It never occured to me though, that the sleep i'm getting, even though I don't wake up unless a kiddo is crying, may not be the best solid sleep. My fitbit is a zip, so i dont have the sleep function to track it for sure.

    Also, I know I need to do better with drinking water. At MOST, on the average day I drink 16 oz of water. I don't drink a lot of anything! I get a black coffee from starbucks at 8am and it lasts me until late afternoon. But, I've always done this.

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