Sleep, work and exercise - how many hrs are YOU putting in?

maro_p
maro_p Posts: 57 Member
in Motivation and Support
Today, after 7 and a half hours of sleep I once again woke up feeling really tired. And as always I was heavily dreaming when my alarm went. My bf says it might have to do something with the number of hours I exercise. So here it goes, on average how many hours do you guys sleep, exercise and work per day? Is your work sedentary or manual?

Sleep: 7 - 7,5 hrs/day
Exercise: 1 - 2 hrs/day
Work: 8 hrs/day (not weekends)
Work type: sedentary

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  • RosscoBoscko
    RosscoBoscko Posts: 632 Member
    Sleep - 5-6 hours
    Exercise - Average 1.2 hours a day
    Work - 9 (+ Commute to/from work 3 hours a day on a good run)
    Work type: sedentary
  • misskittyfantastico1991
    misskittyfantastico1991 Posts: 145
    Sleep - 8-10 hrs
    Exercise - 1hr
    Work - 8hrs
    - mainly sedentary
  • EmmaM2211
    EmmaM2211 Posts: 536 Member
    I'm quite similar to you

    Sleep: 7 - 8 hrs/day (I aim for 8 hours but doesnt always happen unfortunately)
    Exercise: Anywhere from 20mins to 2.5 hours, probably average 1hour a day
    Work: 8 hrs/day (not weekends)
    Work type: sedentary
  • maro_p
    maro_p Posts: 57 Member
    Thank u everyone for your responses so far! Any more?
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    Sleep ~5 hours/day (except my days off, then I sleep as long as possible)
    Exercise ~ 1-3 hours/day (usually no more than 1)
    Work ~16 hours 4 days/week (stupid commute)
    I have ~2.5 days off a week
    work type= ER, sometimes sedentary sometimes super active
  • SageGoddess320
    SageGoddess320 Posts: 2,589 Member
    Sleep: 8-10 hrs
    Exercise: 30-60 mins
    Work: 8-10 hrs - secondary
  • needernt
    needernt Posts: 675 Member
    sleep 7-8
    exercise: 4 days a week 60-90 min
    work sedentary
  • bufger
    bufger Posts: 763 Member
    Sleep - 8 hours
    Exercise - 1 hour
    Work - 10 hours

    I usually feel pretty fresh with this routine. I alternate days on cardio or weights. I used to do 6 days cardio and i started to have trouble sleeping.
  • Echo_Dan
    Echo_Dan Posts: 316 Member
    Sleep: 5 hrs/day
    Exercise: 1.5 hrs/day Monday to Friday (cycling to/from work)
    Work: 7.5 hrs/day (occasional weekends, and doesn't include caring for my autistic son )
    Work type: Sedentary
  • HelloDan
    HelloDan Posts: 712 Member
    If you have an iPhone or Android device, there is a pretty cool sleep timer app that you can get. It uses the motion sensor in the phone to try and judge what phase of sleep you are in. Apparently when you are in a deeper sleep, your body moves far less. Clearly this is not going to be 100% perfect, but it's pretty decent as an estimation.

    From this you can get a graph, showing your sleep cycles for the night, but also it has an alarm, you set the latest time you want to wake up, and the alarm will go off up to 30 mins earlier, depending on when it thinks you are in a phase of lighter sleep. From the situation you describe, I think it's at least worth giving this a try.

    I'm sure there are a few variants of this app out there, but if you want the specific details of the app I used, let me know.
  • keasarge
    keasarge Posts: 26 Member
    Sleep 8-10
    Exercise 1
    Study 2-4
    I'm a stay at home mom to two small kids
  • jemckenna6702
    jemckenna6702 Posts: 1
    Sleep~ Try for 3-4 hours per night
    Exercise- averages out to about 1 hour per day
    Work- averages out to about 14 hours per day
    My work varies from behind a desk sedentary to extreme active.
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Sleep: 4-6 hours a day
    Work: At school 14 hours a day 4 days a week, and work 8 hours a day 3 times a week
    Exercise: 1-3 hours a day

    I'm a Fitness Professional so.. pretty damn active!
  • sb684
    sb684 Posts: 12 Member
    Be interested in this app?
  • Danilynn1975
    Danilynn1975 Posts: 294 Member
    8 hours sleep
    work is manual and lab work: I treat wastewater for a living. it's never dull

    exercise is work.
  • HelloDan
    HelloDan Posts: 712 Member
    I've had a couple of questions about the app.

    It's by a company called Azumio, they also make a few other cool health apps, like a heart rate measurement. On the iPhone the app is called Sleep Time+, I think it's a similar but slightly different name on Android.
  • P05T5CRIPT
    P05T5CRIPT Posts: 285 Member
    Sleep: 7 hrs/day
    Exercise: 1hr/day
    Work: 37.5 hrs/week
    Work type: sedentary
  • tanyaslosingit
    tanyaslosingit Posts: 178 Member
    Average (based on last week's FitBit numbers)

    7.05 hours sleeping
    0.39 being very active
    1.44 hours being fairly active
    3.26 hours being lightly active
    9.20 hours being sedentary - which corresponds roughly to my work hours
    2.66 hours (?) - FitBit's numbers came up short! Maybe my car commutes?

    I fall asleep very quickly and my sleep effciency numbers are consistently in the 93-100% range. skewing towards 98% on average. I usually dream or sleep poorly if I've eaten within two hours before going to bed or having even a teeny bit of alcohol. I woke up waaaay too early today only because the temperature dropped to freezing levels and the heat didn't kick on!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Sleep: 8 hours
    Exercise: 30 minutes/ 4-5 days/week
    Work: 8 hrs/day (not weekends)
    Work type: sedentary
  • gregb8924
    gregb8924 Posts: 13 Member
    Sleep (5.5 to 6)
    Exercise (1- 1.5)
    Work (8-10)
    Work type : very active (I'm a carpenter on my feet moving all day)

    I'm trying to change my sleeping habits so that I'm in bed earlier.
  • healthynotthin
    healthynotthin Posts: 223 Member
    Sleep: 6.5 hrs/day
    Exercise: 45 min/day
    Work: Not counting school work (as I am a full-time student), 15 hours/week or average 2 hours/day.
    Work type: Active.

    Work (school): 8 hours/day
    Work type: Sedentary.
  • shanpwn
    shanpwn Posts: 66 Member
    Sleep:6-8 hrs a day. 8-10 would be ideal. I need A LOT of sleep.
    Work: 6-8 hrs a day, including weekends. I work anywhere from 25-60 hrs a week as a grad student. This week I've clocked bout 60.
    Exercise: 1-2 hrs a day

    My work is researching and writing so, sedentary
  • maro_p
    maro_p Posts: 57 Member
    Thank you all so much for your replies... I will definitely try the app and see what it comes up with.

    The thing I forgot to ask is whether the sleep that you get is enough for you (for me it is clearly not).

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