During the week I usually get 5.5 hours of sleep per night. It's a bit better on the weekend. I often look forward to a nice nap on Saturday though.

The real issue is that there simply aren't enough hours in the day to do everything I'd like to do!

I don't see a correlation to weight, either.

During the work week I average around 6 hours a night. That number has increased from 5 hours a decade ago or so. I try to sleep a little later on Saturday and Sunday, but that doesn't always work. A Sunday afternoon nap while watching football is part of my fall/winter routine. This sleep pattern works fine for me.

I have bouts of insomnia, and that does have a negative impact on my weight loss efforts in that I am awake, hungry, bored, frustrated, anxious, and so on. Good food decisions are harder to make when I am really sleep deprived. Comfort foods become even more appealing, plus if I overeat I get sleepy. Sort of self-medicating with food.

I have tried all of the tips for better sleep that they list. Most have worked about as well as not reading or watching TV while eating - not very well at all!

The tips that do help me sleep better: exercise, cool room temperature, and breathing techniques. And medication.

I generally get between 5-7 hours of sleep. I usually wake up after about 4-5 hours to relieve myself. Then, if I am lucky, I slip back into slumber for another couple of hours. Sometimes, though, I am wide awake. This is true even on weekends.

I'm in the maybe 6 hours a night camp. I do all the recommended stuff listed, but I still wake up three to four times a night. Most nights, I can go back to sleep, sometimes I can't. The only correlation between sleep and my weight might be that when I am especially tired, I get more hungry. I've heard this is a common complaint related to sleep loss. The decision to eat or not is still mine.

Well I'm really in the minority here. I get 7-8 hours of sleep every night. I have a cpap machine that has a wireless connection and monitors my sleep every night. So I know exactly how I am doing. I do best when I stay in this range. And the machine has been a godsend to me. I don't feel sleepy during the day anymore. Used to be that I could actually start to nod off waiting at a stop light. Doctor told me I had one of the worse cases of sleep apnea he had ever seen.

I was knocked silly a year ago August and also a bit of a clunk in January of this year. As a result I have been making more of an effort to rest my brain. I seldom get straight sleep all night without waking up so not sure how that adds up. I take an afternoon nap with some frequency too before making dinner.
What usually gets me the most uninterrupted sleep is long bouts of activity like backpacking or a long bike ride. I slept like a baby from about 9PM until 5AM on Cycle Oregon a week long bike ride. Like Dave I am good with arising early often and in my case now turning in early too. Currently shooting for about 10pm to 6 am.

Woke up at 3am this morning and was stressed out so I meditated for 20 minutes. My HR dropped almost 10 BPM and I went back to bed and slept in this a.m.

When I was working, I *averaged* about 6 hours of sleep a night. After retiring, I've *averaged* about 8 hours a night. I don't always sleep 8 hours a night -- sometimes it's 5 hours and sometimes it's 10 hours and sometimes it's something in between.

I do love my naps since retiring though

Great question Al, and thanks for taking the time to include all the tips!

I probably average 5-6 hours of quality sleep time. Thing is, I sleep SO much better now that I weigh less. For a decade at least, I claimed to be a light sleeper (and I was). However, in hindsight I now realize I must have had sleep apnea. Now I sleep soundly and don't snore at all. So I might come up a little short compared to the RDA of sleep, but what I'm getting is really a marked improvement over how I slept for so many years!

I'm hit & miss on the sleep tips. Rarely do I take afternoon naps, but it can happen. And I love them when it does. They do mess with my night sleep but sometimes I just need that nap and it works. I am often physically active but certainly not daily--at least not to the point of exertion. I don't have a set bedtime but I find often my body is pretty predictable about initiating sleep. Often it initially happens in the living room and there is (unfortunately) some interruption while I transfer later on to the bedroom. I tend not to have problems with shutting down the kitchen, which is interesting because I used to 'snack' heavily at night. I'm on-track for tech-check but I do sometimes (inadvertently) fall asleep while watching video (especially if the cat's on my lap). No problem keeping heat (or cool) optimal. I do not like a hot house so unless we have to keep it warm for really cold weather, that's not an issue. Only under stressful situations do I make a point of working my head toward positive thoughts before bed. I used to do this quite often but the stress level has dropped somewhat and sleep comes more naturally now than it used to.

All totaled, I think there I could employ some of the tips for better sleep but I do think I get pretty good quality sleep time most nights. I can absolutely say that losing weight has definitely improved the quality of my sleep and for that alone, I'm glad to be lighter!

I generally get 7 hours - asleep by 9, up at 4. I start the "going to bed" process around 8 PM.

I don't exercise before going to bed - but I don't "exercise" much anyway.

I snack before going to bed, and it hasn't impacted my sleep our my weight. What impacts my weight is staying in control of my choices.

I wake up 2-4 times a night. That's correlated to how much I drink in the evening, and more strongly correlated to being sixty years old. Again, I generally get back to sleep.

What does impact my sleep? Thinking. If I'm thinking about work or some family issue and can't sleep after a half hour, I grab a (physical) book are read until my mind drops back into neutral.