Calling all NON morning people....

r1ghtpath

i am not a morning person. never have been!!! i worked nights right out of school. and then switched to days to try and have a more normal schedule. UGH!!! my shift started at 645a and i had an hour drive to work. it was HORRIBLE!!! so, i ended up going back to nights, LOL!!

i have 5 kids now, and 3 of them go to school at 730a. i pretty much have to drag myself out of bed to get them up and ready. i tried a couple time to get up at 5a to work out, but yeah, it was a no go!!! i could get up but i had no energy what so ever to actually work out.

i don't do coffee never have. i work out at night, after my kids are in bed. so, it's usually around 9p when i start. i aim for 6 hours or more sleep per night. i get up and get moving, not because i WANT to, but because i HAVE to! LOL

TheCats_Meow

Seriously, I don't know why there is such a stigma about adults taking naps. haha.

My Dr. actually encourages them! I tell everyone they're Dr. approved so no one can say anything, :laugh:

r1ghtpath

i think EVERYONE should take naps!!! if young and old take them, why shouldn't EVERYONE??? :-)

i am kid free every other weekend, and if i sleep in, i usually don't wake up til after 10a. if i don't sleep in, i usually end up taking a nap in the afternoon. it's awesome. i can't do it when my kids are with me, but if i could i totally would!

LoriBarefoot

I'm not a night owl ( I turn into a pumpkin around 9pm ) but I'm not an early bird either. I am fine with getting up and out of bed, but I want my coffee, GMA, and I do NOT want to be bothered!! My co-workers know not to mess with me until after lunch. Haha. If there's a cure for that, do let me know lol.

dlperry65

So happy to hear I have great company being a night owl. I am surrounded by morning people. Arg! Hate waking to an alarm, too. But can consume coffee. Lol. If cannot do coffee there are so many alternatives now. My hubbub has been drinking a fruit juice energy drink. I am lucky to be able to function on about 6 hours sleep, too.
Oh and nobody in my family wants to Ever get me up. Lol. I can be a bear!

jcstanton

I've never been one to bounce out of bed in the morning, not even when I was a kid and had energy to spare. Like you, I wish I could do that. However, I'm not really grumpy in the mornings either...just very, very groggy. I've been doing a couple of things lately that seem to be working so far.

1. I've been sleeping on the couch on nights I feel particularly tired because I don't sleep as soundly or as comfortably so it isn't as appealing to sleep in. This probably wouldn't work for someone who's married, though.
2. I've been setting the stove timer to go off at 6am. Crazy as it sounds, I am more likely to hear the stove timer in my kitchen than the alarm clock right next to my head. I think it's because a loud beeping coming from another part of the house makes me think something is wrong so it wakes me up. Also, the alarm clock is in close proxitmity so I can hit the snooze in my sleep without even knowing the alarm ever went off. To turn off the stove timer, I have to get up, walk into the kitchen, and turn on the light. By then I'm pretty well awake...even if not bright eyed and bushy tailed.

I'd like to get one of those alarms that shines a light on the ceiling and it gradually gets brighter, mimicking a sunrise. They're pretty expensive, though, and I don't know for sure that they would work for me.

mae1020

I have never been and will probably never be a morning person. I work 4 10hrs days and have to be at work at 7am. I try and get everything ready the night before so that I can get up at 6am, shower and roll into work...hopefully on time. I'm tired most of the day. I hate coffee so my caffeine comes from soda. I would love to be able to get up early and hit the gym but that never happens. My favorite time to go to the gym in after 9pm when it pretty empty and I have any machine to pick from. But by 9 i'm exhausted and just ready for bed. So every night now becomes a struggle to even make it to the gym. Even on my 3 days off I rarely get to sleep in. I'm either taking my girls to school or getting up for my body pump and zumba classes at the gym. So I always try and at least sneak in a nap those 3 days off. I so enjoy my sleep!

HorrorChix89

When I lived on campus me and my roommate at the time found this alarm clock in a catalog for college dorm decorations. If you ever seen those toy helicopter blades that shoot off (blade only, not the actually helicopter...well this thing was like that. Only it had a senor in the blade. It would fly around the room with the alarm going crazy. You couldn't turn off the alarm until you ran around trying to catch the flying blade and put it back on the base.

By that time you're either fully awake or ready to kill someone :laugh:

mightyafrodyte

When I lived on campus me and my roommate at the time found this alarm clock in a catalog for college dorm decorations. If you ever seen those toy helicopter blades that shoot off (blade only, not the actually helicopter...well this thing was like that. Only it had a senor in the blade. It would fly around the room with the alarm going crazy. You couldn't turn off the alarm until you ran around trying to catch the flying blade and put it back on the base.

By that time you're either fully awake or ready to kill someone :laugh:

Oh I love this. I wish I could find one of these.

I am so not a morning person! My husband and I are on different schedules, so it's hard because I try to adjust my schedule so I can spend some time with him. Getting a wacky alarm would wake the both of us up. But I love all of the tips that I am seeing here, I am going to incorporate some of these into my routine.

I hate coffee. I drank a 5-hour energy once, I thought I was going to die. NEVER again. I just work out in the evenings that's the only way I'll get it in.

AmyEm3

I'm not a morning person. I never have been and I doubt I ever will be. Sometimes, especially in the summer, I wish I could be one of those people who get up with the sunrise and start their day right away all cheery and peppy. Can't do it though.

So, I personally drink a lot of coffee in the mornings b/c I have three young kids and I have to get up early. I prep as much as I can in the evening for the next morning. Breakfast prep, pre-pack their lunches, lay out clothes, etc so I don't have to think a whole lot. Then once I get them off to school I eat and wake up some more.

I do my exercising in the afternoon or evening usually. I usually run in the afternoon and do an exercise dvd (P90X or JM) in the evening.

kujuh

I was always finding myself falling asleep at my desk around 11/11:30, depending on how busy I am. It wasn't until I started taking Women's One-a-day vitamins, that I've felt energized all day at work! They really have made a difference for me.. and you can buy the generic brand for half the price, and it still has all of the same vitamins, amounts, etc.

I'm not a morning person either! But have recently found myself getting tired around 10:00pm, which is really strange for me! But I'm not complaining I hope to one day be going to the gym BEFORE work, rather than after!

mes1119

I'm NOT a morning person and I embrace it. I just figure my schedule is a little different than everyone else's. Since I'm still in college it is working out pretty well for me I sleep 2am-10am. I get my full 8 hours sleep and still have 3 hours in the morning to get things done before class.

atomiclauren

Another night owl here - I have typical day job, Monday-Friday hours and usually get up around 7-7:15 on work days. I do my exercises right after work which must be around the time I get my third wind or so

Lately I've been getting to sleep around midnight so that's not such a bad number of hours. I really wish I could get up earlier and exercise - I tried that for a couple weeks and I was pretty miserable! :sick:

craziedazie

I'm not a morning person either. I've just kinda accepted it as fact at this point. Lol.

rataliek

Oh, also, I agree with setting your alarm across the room or something similar -- I have an alarm clock called "Clocky" that actually rolls off the night stand once you hit snooze! haha!

HOWEVER -- I don't agree necessarily with setting your alarm for half an hour before you *really* need to get up. I found for me it was better to train myself out of hitting snooze, and instead just getting up when it went off. I find that when I set a "false alarm," so to speak, I end up just getting a half hour or whatever of crappy/ not real sleep, when if I had just set the alarm for the "real" time I could have gotten the actual rest without the extra angst.

What an amazing invention! I couldn't help but look it up online just now and I don't think it's an option for me to be without one of these much longer. Even when I set my alarm across the room I tend to hit snooze and climb back into bed or turn the alarm off all together. I can imagine if I'm chasing the dang thing around the room I'll wake up much quicker! Thanks.

Pollywog39

At 57 years old, and having working 37 years on a schedule where I have to get up early............I have come to the conclusion that some people are NEVER EVER going to be morning people! I am one. I set my alarm for 6:03 (I just like the odd number). Often, I wake up JUST before it goes off......I think that's just my morning pattern. I don't LIKE getting up, but try to do so on the first buzz.........will occasionally hit the snooze, but not often.

I don't have to be to work until 8:00, and it's a 10 minute drive. But I NEED those two hours to get into the groove of my day..........and I take my time with it. I know I cannot adjust my schedule now..........I try to get to bed by 11:00 pm, and can function quite well on 6 good hours of sleep.

I will never be a morning exerciser, either. Nope........not gonna happen.

This ain't changin' now, folks. But retirement beckons, and then I can FINALLY be on my body's schedule!!! (maybe

rammsteinsoldier

I am definitely a night person. My energy picks up around 10:00 p.m. and then I can go all night. Getting up in the morning for work is the worst.

I don't have any remedies. I keep hoping, like you, that my clock will get turned around if I just go to bed early and keep on a regular schedule. Not happening. Its frustrating because before I had this job, I got so much done at night: cleaning, facebook, reading, etc. Now I am dragging a@@ all day and then just want to lay down and go to bed. I don't think I will ever really adjust.

I will keep checking back for more suggestions! :yawn:

a_robinson86

Sometimes, especially in the summer, I wish I could be one of those people who get up with the sunrise and start their day right away all cheery and peppy. Can't do it though.

I say every summer I'm going to make the effort to be a morning person to make the most of the lovely long days, NEVER happens! lol

I also do my workouts at night after my boys go to bed, it's the only time I have the energy to do it! I'll never be one of them people who wakes up a couple of hours early to do a workout, I love my bed toooooo much! lol :laugh:

twilightobession

OMGosh!!!!!! You and I could be twins. I am not a morning person either. I could stay up late though. I have always said.....If I could wake up at 9 and start my day by 10, that would be ideal to me. lol. The bad thing is that I am married to a morning person. We have been lucky that we do not have to get ready for work at the same time or I would probably kill him or we would not be married any more. LOL!!!! I am trying to do better. I have been trying to convince myself to get up early and exercise but I have not been about to do it. I am very lucky that I keep kids in my home and when they go down for nap that is when I am able to exercise. All I can say is GOOD LUCK and if you find the secret to being a morning person please share. I would love to be able to jump right out of bed when I wake up.

SoDamnHungry

I exercise after work since I have to leave for work before 7. Straight from work to the fitness center, then home and shower and dinner. Days that I work out are eternal...