I am sooo tired in the morning. I get up at 5am monday thru friday, and I don't goto sleep until 12 midnight some nights. Sometimes I cant fall asleep until after 12. It doesnt help that it is pitch black when I get up....I just want to close my eyes and go back to bed.
I have to keep the radio cranked in the car and the heat low on my morning commute just to stay awake.....
At night I am not tired until after 11:30 most nights. I wish I could goto bed earlier but for some reason I cannot...The other thing is that my favorite programs are all on at 10pm, like Law and Order, and CSI NY, and Now Medium....
Its wierd, i am tired in the morning before my coffee, and then in the afternoon I a, tired again, and then when bedtime comes, Im not tired anymore. Scott
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Wow, I get up right before you and go to bed by 10pm every night. I can't stay up that late. I fall asleep even if I try to stay up.
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Scott! I feel like I wrote those exact words.. In fact thats why i posted my 'how do u get motivated' in the morning thread yesterday..i m the same way. Id die to sleep an extra 5mins in the morning..and the darkness makes it so much worse.. i am tired all morning, go to work and feel semi-ok then later afternoon im zonked! and by 'bed time' im ready to party... i dont know how to make my self sleep either earlier :( i feel urpain!!!
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Everyday I tell myself....that I will goto bed earlier. I even tell Danielle and then in the morning when I tell her I am exhausted, she tells me it is my fault...which I know it is.....
I wonder if there is anything that would help me get tired at night. Do you think if I excersized in the afternoon after work it would help me at night? By the time I get home, I am usually exhausted in the afternoon but I try to do laundry, or clean up the apartment...and try not to sit on our super comfy couches or plant myself in front of the computer, or else it is all over and I am stuck there motionless for hours lol....I think I gotta get myself into a routine of excersize after work....But how do I do that, when I am usually so tired after work? Scott
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I go on the treadmill at home for 20 minutes when I get home from work.
MuchInLuvMichi
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hun, thats exactly what i was doing b4 and it actuallyworked.. this is what i do--or what i did lol...as soonas i come home from work. (no sitting or relaxing yet) i changed into my workout clothes and do 30 mins on my treadmill and a little weights/crunches like maybe 15 minutes.. it actually energizes u soo much if u do it right after work.,...then u can eat/clean...and then veg for the nite and u sleep so much deeper and fall asleep quicker.. it was working when i did that b4..i just gotta get motivated all over again... i kno danielle says its ur fault lol which ok it kinda is our fault lol..but im with u---i cant force myself to feel tired...when i m 'supposed' to b when all day i would have been falling asleep at my desk
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She just started going to the gym after work and I gotta start doing something too. Im not a gym person and I dont want to buy a treadmill...Because we have no room for one and I know it will get more use as a clothes holder than a treadmill lol...I have Tae Bo tapes and Walk away the pounds dvd's that I gotta use...I know I gotta do it....I wish it was warmer out, so I could go walking. My father in law walks in this weather...Personally I think he is crazy lol....But he lost so much weight in the past 2 years....He looks great....
Also I gotta stop drinking so much diet soda...I need to drink more water....I guess I gotta make some changes.
Scott
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Also I gotta stop drinking so much diet soda...I need to drink more water....I guess I gotta make some changes.
Scott
This was me...I was a total night owl!! I realized when we started TTC and I cut out most caffeine, it made a huge difference. I have one cup in the morning and that is it!
I also found that on the days where I slip and have a soda with lunch a half of a Tylenol PM at about 8pm does wonders
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what tiem do you eat dinner?
i usually eat about 8, so its hard, it is hard for me to go to slepp early. about 9 :30 or 10 I get all the energy from what I just ate., I try to go to sleep by 11 30, and get up at 6:30, but sometimes I get really productive around 11:30.
Danielle&Scott
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We usually eat between 6 and 7pm. I dont drink soda with caffiene past 5pm....I usually drink Diet Sierra Mist at night if I am going to have any soda. In the morning I have one 20 ounce of Coffee, and in the afternoon sometimes I have a cup of decaf after work. I find it fills me so I dont snack in the afternoon.
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scott i kno u thinka treadmill is space consuming and will become a hanging place for clothes but it was the best thing i ever bought b/c truly u have no excuse weather wise not to do it..when ur bored u can walk on it..and mine is literally in fornt of the tv so i wait for my fave show to go on and do it in that 30 mins or hr... :)
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Oh my God! This is the same thing that happens to me. I can't seem to fall asleep early unless I am really exhausted/sick/have a headache or something and I get up at 6:30. DH doesn't understand it. He falls alseep within 10 minutes of hitting the pillow and I toss and turn until 12:30-1AM
The only thing I have found is that I shouldn't try to go to bed early and 'relax'. I am better if I wait until I am good and tired. If I go to bed early, I toss and turn and fall asleep later than I would have if I had gone to sleep when I felt tired.
Maybe excercise in the afternoon or read a book (a boring one) before bed.
