What kind of impact does getting up early have on you?

Christine_72 wrote: »

I get up at 5 most mornings, but am usually asleep by 8:30, 9pm at the latest.

I don't eat breakfast, i drink coffee and tea all morning and don't have my first meal til around 1pm.

This for me too except I get up at 3:45 am.

Gym by 5am. Then I have the rest of my day to do stuff.

I feel more accomplished and more motivated.

I get up a 3am. It's great for everything except staying up late.

I get up at 5 on weekdays and try to be at work by 6:30. I typically just drink coffee on my way to work and don't eat breakfast until 8 or sometimes even 10 if I get busy and distracted. I have found personally that once I start eating in the morning I am just hungry, so delaying breakfast works well for me and has helped me control my calorie intake better.

I get alot more done and love getting home form work by 4, especially in the summer when I have 4 hours of daylight left. We have a small farm so there is always gardening and animal stuff to do, or I can just ride my horse.

What kind of impact does getting up early have on me?

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I've tried getting up earlier than 6am but already that is a struggle for me. And when I did manage to dray my sorry self out of bed that early (regardless of when I went to bed the night before), I usually managed to injure myself in some manner because brain was absent.

-Does getting up earlier cause you to eat more, because you are awake more hours of the day?
~ Nope, I eat my breakfast, lunch, dinner and my fruit snack which I graze on all day on weekdays. Weekends are often a bit different.

-Do you get more done?
~ Yes

-What have been the pros and cons for you?
~ Pros: I'm not a morning person at all, so it gives me some extra time to get human-ready in the mornings before I see anyone. I like to do my wii fit routine in the morning. I can actually cook a breakfast in the morning if I want to. I'm not particularly rushed or hurried to get out in the morning because I have a lot of time (unless, like today, I get up late). If I do get up late, I can still do "the basics" (breakfast, shower, make lunch, etc) and get to work on time - I just have to cut out some non-essentials. I struggle if I try to "sleep in" and get a headache so ... getting up is the best option.
~Cons: I have to go to bed earlier. I don't sleep particularly well (not because of getting up early, just in general) so dragging myself out of bed can be pretty unenjoyable. If I have guests or am staying elsewhere it can be a bit awkward being awake. I live alone though so I'm not waking anyone up usually!

-Are you more organised?
~ Not really sure how to answer that one.

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4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »

I have found personally that once I start eating in the morning I am just hungry, so delaying breakfast works well for me and has helped me control my calorie intake better.

So much this. I get up between 3 and 4 most days. If I start eating, I can easily eat my days allotment before noon, and I am always so surprised because I dont feel like I have eaten much - just grazing. So I learned to postpone eating as long as possible in the morning. If I can make it til at least 7 or 8, it will be a fairly normal day. If I can push it til 10 or 11, even better (bigger dinner ). Drinking tea and getting distracted with work and exercise helps pass the time pretty easily without really feeling hungry. Its almost become a game - once I feel like I need to eat, i pick a time and tell myself to wait til then. Like if I am feeling hungry and the clock says 7:38am I will tell myself I can eat at 8am. Helps me to baby-step into some self-control !LOL

healthypelican wrote: »

I am thinking of starting my day at 5am.

-Does getting up earlier cause you to eat more, because you are awake more hours of the day?
-Do you get more done?
-What have been the pros and cons for you?
-Are you more organised?

I was thinking of spending an hour in reflection/prayer, an exercising, and the rest of the time doing chores.

Does anyone fast until a normal breakfast time of say 7:30am, or do you eat as soon as you wake up?

I'm up at 4:30 or 5:00 on weekdays.

- I have coffee around 7:00 (what time I get to work), breakfast about 9:30, lunch about 1:00, snack around 3:00 and dinner about 8:00.
- I don't get "more" done, because I've been doing this for years.
- Pros and cons? It's my normal.
- More organized? Again it's no change, so it isn't more or less of something else. It just is.

Note: I am in bed by 8:30 at night. There no way I could stay up late and get up early.

Alarm goes off at 4:45. Lie in bed about 10 minutes thinking about how I don't want to get up. Get up, get dressed, workout. Drink as much coffee as possible. Get ready for work, get kids ready for school, breakfast around 7:20 (or 7:30 in the car sometimes). Bedtime is around 9:30 or 10.

i usually get up at 4.30,cause i have to be at work at 6.i would not do this by choice, as i really really like sleep.going to bed at 20.30 while it's still daylight outside is not really great either,but if i don't, i don't get enough sleep.Aside from feeling tired later in the day, i haven't noticed any other side effects.

My routine has gradually evolved to the point where I now get up at 4am on weekdays.

- 4:00 am: get up feed dogs, take them out, make coffee, have a small snack
- 5:00 am: Lift weights in my basement + short run MTuThF, or Wed longer run outside (or on basement treadmill if I must)
- 6:30 am: shower/dress
- 7:00 am: get kids up and ready for school
- 7:45 am: off to work
- 10:00 am: Full breakfast at work

The key to making it work is a good bedtime routine. I prep my breakfast & lunch and lay out my workout clothes and work clothes the night before.

I love this routine because my evenings and weekends are free for kid's school activities and social events so I don't have to constantly try to figure out how to schedule my workouts. Nobody ever asks you to do anything or schedules a band concert at 5 am!

Again, this was a gradual evolution. About 2 years ago I got up at 5am, walked for 30-40 minutes and didn't eat at all until 10-11 am. I generally had my biggest meal in the evening when I was hungriest. Harder/longer am workouts have gradually made me hungrier in the am and my smallest meal tends to be in the evening now.

I wake up at 6 even though I don't have class till 9:30. It gives me an hour to lay in bed and catch up on emails and check social media. Then I workout 7-8. Then I have plenty of time to slowly get ready and enjoy a long shower and breakfast. I enjoy not having stressed mornings. It has also helped me with self dicsipline. I don't nap anymore. If I forget a homework assignment, I have ample time in the mornings to do it too!

I'm usually up at 5 because I have work at 7 (damn hour commute)...doesn't really affect my meals cause I don't usually eat breakfast til 930-10am anyway. I love it, I've always been a morning person...the only bad part is being done for the night at like 9pm lol

Lately I've been getting up at 6 most days- It means I'm in and out of the gym before 8.30am. I quite actually like it and it makes me feel better for the rest of the day.