Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The early bird catches the worm?
I confess....I am a night owl. Extremely so when my husband is gone. I prefer to stay up unti the wee hours of the night, 1 or 2 am, and get up about 9:30am. Horrible, I know. I so wish I could get up early. Mind you, early to me is 7am. :-) It just doesn't seem to happen. I am better about it when we're doing school, but it doesn't last long before I resort to my old ways. My Mom told me last night that it's awful that I let my kids sleep so late. There have been days since we've been here where they don't get up until 10am. She says I'm not preparing them for the work force if I don't make them get up early. I reminded her that my husband never got up early when he was growing up, and he gets up just fine for work now. HA! However, I do need to get up earlier once we get home. Here, there's really no reason. lol. In order for us to get all of our work done before dinner, I have to get up early. Plus, Devin and I plan to try the Couch Potato to 5K program....can't do that if we sleep the day away. If you're a morning person, share your tips with me please....it's gonna be rough. Until next time............
I used to be that way too. It always seemed as though I was always tired. Then I read an article about getting enough sleep and how it affects your health. First, check how many hours of sleep your body needs. For about a week, sleep until your body wakes you up. For me, I need about 8 hours of sleep. Then start setting a time that you go to bed and a time that you get up for that amount of sleep. I go to bed at 11:00 and get up at 7:00-7:30. It took awhile, but gradually it worked. Now I am falling asleep at 11:00 every night. It is real easy to mess this schedule up, but if you can stick with it...you feel sooooo much better during the day! I hope that helps!
ReplyDeleteis so what this couch patato to 5k thing?
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