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ever try a Lightbox? Need tips on becoming a morning person

SmootchySmootchy member
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Seriously. I need some major help in becoming a morning person. I try very hard to get to bed a reasonable time. Last night I was in bed and sleeping before 9:15 and couldn't get out of bed at 6 to workout. I did make it out of bed, not happily, by 7.
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Re: ever try a Lightbox? Need tips on becoming a morning person

  • keags5496keags5496 member
    If you're not a natural morning person you may not be able to make yourself become one.  Try setting up a nice morning routine and force yourself to stick to it for at least a few weeks.  It'll probably start getting easier once your body gets used to it.  If you can't force yourself to stick to the routine, it might be easier to re-evaluate why you feel like you need to be a morning person.  Could you work your gym time into the late evening instead?  Other things that could also be not helping your get up: Are you eating well?  Are you getting good quality sleep?
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  • klondikebarklondikebar member
    I am not a morning person at all. I hate getting up. I do get up very early so I can have adequate alone time before the children wake up. I am really grumpy if I wake up with the kids. I have been doing this for years and I am still not a morning person. Well I'm sure this was helpful to you. lol
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  • GrayGhost13GrayGhost13 member

    Honestly, getting to bed earlier was the most important thing for me.

    Also, doing something that gets either your body or your brain moving right away tends to help. I used to run in the mornings. Since I changed my schedule, I can't do that anymore, but I do read on my Kindle for about 15 minutes while I have my coffee, and it helps me feel more awake.

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  • SmootchySmootchy member

    imagekeags5496:
    If you're not a natural morning person you may not be able to make yourself become one.  Try setting up a nice morning routine and force yourself to stick to it for at least a few weeks.  It'll probably start getting easier once your body gets used to it.  If you can't force yourself to stick to the routine, it might be easier to re-evaluate why you feel like you need to be a morning person.  Could you work your gym time into the late evening instead?  Other things that could also be not helping your get up: Are you eating well?  Are you getting good quality sleep?

    I guess I could try to work out after the kids go to bed but then I have to shower at night because I don't like going to bed stinky. But I can't do that because my hair looks like crap if I don't do it in the morning... It's sorta a lose lose situation here. I think I eat "ok". I mean, I'm not a great health nut but I'm not eating fast food everyday either. I love fruits and veggies... The quality of my sleep is probably poor. I have never had great quality sleep but after dealing with a family tragedy, it's been even worse. I want to be a morning person. I want to work out and be showered and ready to go to work before my kids are awake.

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    imageKlondikeBar:
    I am not a morning person at all. I hate getting up. I do get up very early so I can have adequate alone time before the children wake up. I am really grumpy if I wake up with the kids. I have been doing this for years and I am still not a morning person. Well I'm sure this was helpful to you. lol

    lol. excellent. What is "very early"?

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  • kwitt22kwitt22 member
    Do you usually go to bed that early? It's possible that you are getting too much sleep. I would try pushing your bed time back an hour.
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  • SmootchySmootchy member

    imagekwitt22:
    Do you usually go to bed that early? It's possible that you are getting too much sleep. I would try pushing your bed time back an hour.

    well "normally" I would go to bed at 11 or later then pop out of bed just before 8 because I was running late and need to shower and get ready in 5 mins.

    not sure how much sleep I need. Sorta would like to do a sleep study or something

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  • klondikebarklondikebar member
    imagechapski:

    imageKlondikeBar:
    I am not a morning person at all. I hate getting up. I do get up very early so I can have adequate alone time before the children wake up. I am really grumpy if I wake up with the kids. I have been doing this for years and I am still not a morning person. Well I'm sure this was helpful to you. lol

    lol. excellent. What is "very early"?

    It varies, but right now I've been waing up at 4:45am. I can only sleep for 6 hours max though.

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  • SmootchySmootchy member
    imageKlondikeBar:
    imagechapski:

    imageKlondikeBar:
    I am not a morning person at all. I hate getting up. I do get up very early so I can have adequate alone time before the children wake up. I am really grumpy if I wake up with the kids. I have been doing this for years and I am still not a morning person. Well I'm sure this was helpful to you. lol

    lol. excellent. What is "very early"?

    It varies, but right now I've been waing up at 4:45am. I can only sleep for 6 hours max though.

    whoa. WHOA. 4:45 is very early, you were not exaggerating there...

    I've been told adults only need 6 hours. What happens if you sleep more than 6? Do you feel off and cranky or is it just not an option/internal clock wakes you up?

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  • klondikebarklondikebar member
    imagechapski:
    imageKlondikeBar:
    imagechapski:

    imageKlondikeBar:
    I am not a morning person at all. I hate getting up. I do get up very early so I can have adequate alone time before the children wake up. I am really grumpy if I wake up with the kids. I have been doing this for years and I am still not a morning person. Well I'm sure this was helpful to you. lol

    lol. excellent. What is "very early"?

    It varies, but right now I've been waing up at 4:45am. I can only sleep for 6 hours max though.

    whoa. WHOA. 4:45 is very early, you were not exaggerating there...

    I've been told adults only need 6 hours. What happens if you sleep more than 6? Do you feel off and cranky or is it just not an option/internal clock wakes you up?

    It's too long for my body to lay down. If I sleep too long I will wake up in extreme pain. It's a bad way to start a day. If I were to fall asleep at 9pm, I'd up around 3am. It's a good thing I am a night owl.

    I'd love to go to bed after midnight and not be up so early because my internal clock does not like it, but I'd have no tme to myself.

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