Poll: How much sleep do you get?

[eclectic]

7-8 is the norm - I am realizing now that I am older I can't pull the all nighters like I used to and think I can function the next day.

Since I have quit eating wheat and oats my quality of sleep has improved immensely. (limiting the beer consumption before bed has improved sleep patterns also - I AM getting old :P

[Crankin]

I get about 6.5 hours a night, sometimes 7. I sometimes get in bed by 9, but often don't go to sleep until 10:15. I get up at 5 and at 4:30 on the days i commute. It's easy at this time of the year, though. I always have been a light sleeper. There are nights once in awhile that I just can't sleep and i just fill up on caffeine and crash the next night. I wake up at least once, sometimes 2-4 times, but usually only once. On the weekends, I wake at 5, but force myself to go back to sleep until 6 at least. I will go through stretches in the summer when I'm not working where I sleep to 6:30. I do feel better, but thn, I am going to bed later, too. It will beinteresting to see what happens when I stop working in 3 weeks... when the fall/winter starts, I wonder how early I will get up.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I get 7-8 usually. So I fall right in between two categories, and didn't vote.

[Popoki_Nui]

...... (limiting the beer consumption before bed has improved sleep patterns also - I AM getting old :P

LOL. Funny how that works. I'm noticing the same thing. Something else I'm noticing, is that I can't ride hard or do anything strenuous after about 6pm. If I do, I just cannot get to sleep. I'll lay there twitching and buzzing well into the wee hours, tired but wired. Glass of wine? Nope. Hot relaxing bath? Doesn't help, either. Don't want to start playing with sleeping meds, so I try to finish my rides early in the afternoon. That helps.
I need about 8-9 hours' sleep a night, or I'm Frankenb*tch in the a.m.