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How much sleep do you get?

Lisa1971
Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
edited January 12 in Chit-Chat
How many hours do you get? I usually get about 7 hours but am working on getting more. Just wondering how many hours of sleep you get and is that enough for you?
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  • uprightashley
    uprightashley Posts: 39 Member
    i try to usually get about eight hours of sleep. I'd like to get more.
  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
    Somewhere between 5 and 7 hours usually. Six or seven is usually enough, but five and I'm a foggy mess.
  • Manda86
    Manda86 Posts: 1,859 Member
    In between a toddler and school/work, not enough. I'd say between 4-6 hours. I go to bed early but I always find myself boning up on material I'm struggling with instead of sleeping.
  • melissa39437
    melissa39437 Posts: 9 Member
    Well right now only about 3-4 :( Because I am raising 9 puppies on bottles. But used to when I slept on average I got around 6-8 a night depending on how busy I had been that day.,
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    because of medication i take i get between 9 - 10 hours of sleep.. it used to be 13 - 14...
  • significance
    significance Posts: 436 Member
    Subjectively, 8 hours a night, but only 6 hours of that is actually sleeping according to my BodyMedia armband. But I think it counts every time I roll over as waking.
  • CharityGC
    CharityGC Posts: 499 Member
    I aim for eight a night.
  • TropicalFlowerz
    TropicalFlowerz Posts: 1,990 Member
    7-8
  • weightedfootsteps
    weightedfootsteps Posts: 4,349 Member
    usually between 6-7 hours...would prefer 8...but can never convince myself to go to bed when I should.
  • LittleMissPiggy92
    LittleMissPiggy92 Posts: 15 Member
    I aim for 9. That is what my body needs right now. Any less and I am super tired and any more I am super tired....
  • ladymiseryali
    ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
    When my cats aren't being jerks and running around the room and over me, 9 hours. But if the cats are being jerky, 6 hours. I function better when I have 8-9 hours of sleep.
  • kaylinn9
    kaylinn9 Posts: 112
    It's preferred to get around 6-7 hours of sleep per night. Any less and you start having a bigger appetite.
    I get probably around 4 hours of sleep, haha. It's horrible.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    10-12 hours per night as of late. Back before I started lifting, I would often function on 3-4 hours per night just fine. Not so much anymore.
  • justgowithit17
    justgowithit17 Posts: 1,392 Member
    weekends: 8-13 weekdays: 4-8, and 8 is rare :grumble:
  • guardian_of_freedom
    guardian_of_freedom Posts: 14
    The harder I work out, the more tired I am. Plus when there's a lot on my mind I don't sleep as soundly, so I have to plan for more sleeping time. I try to get at least 7 hours and shoot for 8, but there's been plenty of times I've been up later than I should've been and still had to get up early the next morning.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Not enough:yawn:

    I work part time 2nd shift as a nurse, so I can't fall asleep before midnight even if I'm not working.
    I get up at six am to take my daughter to school.

    If I can sleep in until 9:00 am then I'm better.

    Sometimes I nap but that messes up my sleep at night...:grumble:
  • atlanticgypsy
    atlanticgypsy Posts: 51 Member
    Usually a little over 6hours. I know I need to get more.....I should work on that now....by going to bed. =)

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  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    because of medication i take i get between 9 - 10 hours of sleep.. it used to be 13 - 14...

    Wow! ????
    What is that like?⏰
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    10-12 hours and I'd sleep more if I didn't HAVE to get up! :yawn:
  • sissiluv
    sissiluv Posts: 2,205 Member
    7-10. Under 7 and my day gets a little rough.
  • djames92
    djames92 Posts: 990 Member
    8 hours pretty much every night
  • sgtdub555
    sgtdub555 Posts: 692
    5 or 6
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    I only get to sleep when my boss sleeps!! which is quite sketchy since he is a total workaholic and wants me to crank out the designs like a machine!
  • DispatcherLangmaid
    DispatcherLangmaid Posts: 403
    Depends what shift I am on. I am on second shift now so I get about 8 hours. On third shift I get about 4-6 hours but it is broken sleep. and split shift it depends on the day. Thursday into friday I am awake for 25 hours before I get maybe 6 hours of sleep.
  • BeccaLevine
    BeccaLevine Posts: 315 Member
    7-9 a night! I can't get any less, I need my beauty sleep :-P
  • lallaloopsy
    lallaloopsy Posts: 7
    I work night shift 3-4 days a week & look after my children during the day so some nights less than 3 hours.
    Not enough at all!! On my off nights I try make up for it though but don't feel like I ever really catch up. I think one should get 8 hours & have regular bed times etc. Body-clock has a major impact on how we function for sure
  • tigerlinly
    tigerlinly Posts: 219 Member
    right now becasue of my busted knee and a bit of depression i'm getting between 7-10 hours of sleep hopefully as the weight goes down the depression wil as well and i can cut my sleeping by at least 2 hours (would rather have 6-8 hours rather then 9-10 hours)
  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    I have a 2 year old and work at night, I work usually from 6pm - 1-2am. I get home and cannot sleep till I have relaxed so about 3am I go to bed, and have to get up by 10-11am. My daughter is great about sleeping though. But I get up at 6am to get my son off to school and then go back to bed.
  • jaimrlx
    jaimrlx Posts: 426 Member
    4-6 hours. My body won't sleep more! If I'm drunk though, 7-8. :laugh:
  • irishchick874
    irishchick874 Posts: 93
    4-8 hours anymore then 8 I feel like **** for the whole day. I am better off going on 2 hours of sleep then 12 hours.
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