Getting up early/super early

I get up at 4:45am almost every weekday ! I love how energized I feel after a good morning workout... I don't eat when I get up, but eat shortly after work out is done. I also don't have to leave my house to workout, as I have a fairly well-stocked workout room.
I take care of most of my "next day" stuff the night before, ie: set up the coffee pot, layout workout clothes, make lunches.....and I too try to get into bed by 10pm - not always successfully, but I try !
I get out of bed, get dressed, and head downstairs to work out ! I do everything from workout DVDs, Bowflex workout, treadmill, yoga, free weights...etc.. I have a pretty good library of workout DVDs including INsanity (which by the way, is a very appropriate name for it) LOL
It is just a lifestyle for me now, and I like coming home and knowing I have already done the hard work, and if I still feel like it, i can go for a walk, or do nothing !! I do not have young children at home anymore and my hubby's schedule is weird, as he is a truck driver....so he may or may not be home in the mornings, but he is used to me getting up that early now....

I try to get up and get out the door by 5:15 in the morning. I do the preparing the clothes bags the night before, but I make my lunch in the morning. I find that drinking coffee and making my lunch in the morning gets me going.

The biggest thing is getting to sleep early enough if you can and getting into the routine. Especially on the weekends. Try to keep getting up early. Your body will adjust.

My weekdays start at 545 AM. Down I go for a cup of Jo. My workout cloths are all laid out and I have them on when I go downstairs. I get my meals and my man's lunch ready for the day. Off to the basement by 625AM to workout for about 40-50 min varying what I do. Treadmill or DVD's. Soon I will start my running routine outside as soon as it lightens up a bit. I am getting ready for a 10K on 4/27/14. Did a 5K last Saturday. On the weekends I play it by ear depends how I feel and what we are doing. My weekends ALWAYS include one day of numerous cold Coors Lights…….gotta have them. Oh yes I forgot I walk my dog 1-2 times daily for 20 min each time. THAT is PLENTY! One more thing I am lucky I work from home as a RN. Life is good.

I did chuckle at open the blinds... its not light out then.

It could be, depending upon your location.

For me, it's all about the alarm. I put my phone (which is my alarm) across the room so that I have to get up to turn it off. And in order to turn it off, I have to do 3 math problems in order to dismiss it. That wakes my brain up (a little) and gets me on my feet. After that it's downing some coffee that I always set to be ready for me and I'm good to go.

I am caffeine free and I wake up at 4am everyday to get my workout in before my kids get up. If I don't get my workout done then it may not happen.

I used to have a timer on my nightstand light so at the right time it would pop on, which would make me get up because of the light. But I'm also just sort of a morning person so it isn't THAT hard for me, except when it's cold in the winter. I usually wake up at 4-4:15 every day to either go to work or go take a Kaia Fit class.

It also really, REALLY helps if you've gotten enough rest. I'm talking minimum 7 hours (for me). Otherwise it just ain't gonna happen.

I also just have adopted the lifestyle because I know I'm too tired at the end of the day to put in a full workout, then I'm too hopped up on adrenaline and endorphins to go to sleep.

I'm a morning rower…During the season I get up around 4:30am. I force myself to pretend that snooze does not exist. When the alarm rings the first time---I get right up and start getting dressed. I get dressed before I even bother to go to the restroom. Once my clothes are on, I pretty much feel obliged to keep moving…

At the beginning of the season (next week!) it's hard, but after a week or two 4:30am feels no different than 7:30am (as long as I get to be early!).

You just have to practice until it becomes a habit. I used to dread getting up early on the weekends to workout. I just stop over thinking it. Now, it's piece of cake.

I get up at 5 every weekday, except my rest day which is Friday. I head to the gym for a full workout and LOVE it. On Wednesdays we go to the gym as a family so I go in the evening as my daughter has volleyball but I still wake up to do homework so it's still in the routine.

I always have my clothes out the night before and placed in our spare bedroom so I can turn the light on etc to help me wake up. If I didnt have a spare room I'd probably put them in the bathroom.

One big thing I've noticed is that when I'm purely exhausted I hit snooze without knowing it. So... I've started placing my phone (alarm) on a dresser that's only about 5 feet from my bed but it forces me to get up. Once I'm up, getting back in bed is less appealing.

If I really need the extra boost I definitely think about how I'm going to feel mentally and physically if I miss my workout. I know the answer is worse than "not good."

I also always have a plan the night before for what I"m going to do at the gym. Knowing what I'm going to do really really helps me. I also keep an extra set of headphones in my car so I'm prepared.

When i lived with my parents where we had workout equipment downstairs it was sometimes harder to get going - as weird as that sounds. Right now, I appreciate the extra 10 minutes in the car to get to the gym, blasting the heat (even in summer, I LOVE hot cars!) and listening to the Elvis Duran show on the way! In the summer I will usually run outside a few mornings a week but then it's warm and sunshiney

ETA - I always try to get in bed before 11. More important, I TRY to relax before bed but this doesn't usually happen. if I can relax for even 20 minutes on the couch without doing homework or housework or something and then get in bed I fall asleep much much easier.