Getting Out of Bed on Time

I have a friend who wanted to start a morning boot camp workout program. She couldn't make it on time...ever. So instead of 5a.m., she set her alarm for 4a.m. She said it made her "feel" like she was sleeping in more and she finally started getting out of the door on time. Maybe this mind trick will work for you????

Ask your husband to not have the tv on for 3 days to see if you sleep better and feel better in the morning times. You have put up with having it on while HE sleeps, so try it without and it's possible even he will find that he sleeps better too.

Put your alarm clock across the room and set it for 5am. This way when it goes off you HAVE to get out of bed to turn it off, and also this way you cant hit the snooze button either. Then when you are up, do what you need to.

Hope this helps!

Are you able to go to bed earlier, or fall asleep before your husband starts watching tv? Could he listen to music with headphones or get a white noise machine instead? I think the suggestion of putting the alarm farther away(or even setting more than one) could help force you to get out of bed.

My husband and I sometimes end up sleeping in different rooms if our schedules are out of sync or if one of us is coughing or snoring.

I wake up at 6am every day. I can get out of bed without using a snooze button, mindlessly follow my list I've made the night before of what to cook for breakfast and what needs to go in my son's backpack. But then, after the adrenaline has worn off and he's out the door, instead of exercising or cleaning up like I thought I wanted to do, I end up falling back asleep in the recliner with the tv on and a cat in my lap.

I have the same issue, I sometimes can't force myself out of bed in the morning and thus I throw on some clothes, skip the shower and rush through my morning by not accomplishing all that I wanted.

I had to take a look at my evening routine in order to fix it. You may need to have some sort of compromise with your husband about the TV. Can he shut it off earlier? Can you sleep with one of those eye masks?

It has been proven that the TV does stimulate a part of your brain and it actually does keep you awake. Step outside and look at your window when someone has the lights out and the TV on. You can see the TV flicker and it's very hypnotic! Scary!

By fixing your evening routine, you'll have a better morning routine. You'll feel more rested to pop out of bed on time.

Also, they make alarms that gradually wake you up with light or music. You could try one of those. A friend of mine felt so much better waking up that way. Or one that has a vibrating thing that shakes your pillow.

Good luck!

Do some of your morning chores at night. For example, if you want to read your Bible, why not put that at the end of your day? Or shower at night/pick out clothes at night? If the TV being on really bothers you and ruins your sleep, have a chat with him. Find a compromise, like him watching TV in the other room til he's tired or wearing a headset vs having the volume up. I learned to not sleep with music on when I got married and my DH sleeps with earplugs since DD was born. You compromise to help each other out. If it's the light, then have you tried a sleep mask?

If your DH has problems sleeping, then he needs to get that resolved - has he (for example) seen a chiropractor? Do you have the right kind of bed?

You just have to force yourself out of bed until it becomes habit. There really is no easy way around that.

I feel the same, I want to wake at 6am, run for 30 minutes and then help get the kids ready the way they should leave the house but I always wake at 7... it's the whole 1 "extra" hour thing. I think SB's idea of 4am works so long as "you" don't catch on like I did when I set it to 5am. lol

Go to bed early no matter what, tell hubby to turn the TV off or watch elsewhere and if he insist on leaving it on, tell him you are gonna wake at 6am to get yourself ready and he can wake up early too and get the kids ready (just kidding... sort of). Ask him to try it though and see if it really is what keeps you mentally up. If you sleep better and can wake up early with no TV then work something out with him. If you still wake up late, give him a hug for trying and let him watch TV again.

Other than that, I've gotten to the point where I make my kids get themselves up and ready. I do spot checks (comb hair, last minute "you can't wear that to school", signatures, school supplies...). Try that with your kids. Even my kinder can do basic stuff on her own. It helps with me since my older daughter in 4th grade is bossy and she wakes everyone up. =)

Oh, that's an idea... give one kid the job to be morning drill sergeant. Who knows, it may help.

Separate bedrooms might help.
Or he can wear headphones and you can wear a blackout sleep mask.
Have as much ready for the kids the night before as possible.
Go to bed earlier and set your alarm for 4am so when you 'sleep in that extra hour' you'll be up at 5 am.

Try half the nights turning the TV off instead of having it on. It is my guess that neither of you are getting a good nights sleep no matter what your husband may be telling you. Or at the very least put the TV on a timer so it goes off after an hour or two.

You may want to also try a sleep mask and earplugs as well as gettinmg 8 hours of sleep which means going to bed at 9pm for a 5am wake up time.

Sleep with an eye mask to block out the light from the TV and ear plugs if the sound keeps you up.

Sounds like you might not be a morning person. Why fight it? Do everything you want to do in that hour at night. Sounds like you're tossing and turning anyway - why not do your workout, shower, plan your menu and outfit for the next day, then read your bible, pop in your ear plugs, slip on your eye mask and go to sleep? Then wake up at 6, skip the shower, put on the outfit you laid out the night before and see how that goes.

Set your alarm for 4:00 sleep for an hour as a treat..

Set your alarm across the room, so you HAVE to get out of bed to turn it off.

Or get one of those roll around alarm clocks.. It rolls off of your nightstand and you have to get out of bed to catch it and turn it off.

Sleep in another room.

Get and eye mask and headphones..

Maybe you could work your way up to getting up at 5. Start with trying to get out of bed at 5:45. What time do you leave? I know I can get up at 6:40 and be out the door with GD in tow by 7:40 without rushing. I even make lunch in the mornings and I get 10 minutes of "alone time" as well. Seriously, a shower can be 10 minutes; putting on clothes that you've already decided on the night before takes about 2 - 3 minutes; brushing teeth and make-up 10 - 15 minutes; hair drying 10 - 12 minutes; fix lunches 5 - 8 minutes. Out the door!

Notice there is no eating time - I don't eat breakfast and GD has breakfast at her mom's after being dropped off. You may need to squeeze in a bowl of cereal but you could do like a breakfast bar in the car.

Unless you are a morning person, 5:00 sounds WAY early to me.
I don't know what you mean by "follow my menu list" but you can get on your treadmill and read your Bible any time. I love taking my dog for a walk before dinner (kinda like the treadmill, right?) and sometimes I can get one of my kids to come with me! I also read just about every night, usually when I get in bed, after a nice hot bath or shower, VERY relaxing :)
As far as the TV goes, my husband bought these wireless headphones called "TV Ears" and OMG they are a Godsend! I can't hear a thing, but he gets it nice and loud, full stereo sound. And if the TV light bothers you just wear a good, soft eye mask.

5 am is reeeeeeally early. Unless you're sound asleep (not just in bed but asleep) by 9 pm, this will leave you sleep-deprived. Your body could just be trying to tell you something. Also, I don't know how early it gets light where you are, but it's much harder for people to wake up before sunrise -- circadian rhythms and all. You sound like you're being really hard on yourself!

If you really want the time to do all that wonderful stuff, though, can you gradually inch your way back to 5? Say, get up at 5:50 for a week, then 5:45...?

What time do you go to bed? If I woke up at 5, I'd need to go to bed at 8pm to feel rested, which is doable. But I prefer to go to bed at 10 and get up at 8. The kids are often up by 7:30, though, so sometimes that's what we do. I wake up feeling very rested, and I always gets 9+ hours of sleep. It's amazing how quality of life improves! Honest! I never have to wish I could just stay in bed a longer time, because rest comes #1 around here.

Devise a new routine. One that starts at 6. You can accomplish all that with waking at 6. I don't see why not. And it's possible the worrying about it all is what's keeping your mind active beyond the time to fall asleep. I know if my brain doesn't shut down and keeps me up most of the night, I end up falling asleep a couple hours before it's time to get up!

You should consider taking calcium at bedtime. That does help. If hubby has a pain problem he should look for alternative treatment, like acupuncture. But he shouldn't be wrecking your sleep because of his own troubles. That's not fair.

And I think hubby should be more cooperative. Give him an ultimatum: get the tv out of there PERIOD, or you're going to sleep in another room. Even if it's a hotel room! TVs don't belong in the bedroom. It's the cause of way too many fights. And no one needs the brightness or the sound when they're trying to get to sleep. If he wants to watch tv, watch it in the other room. If he falls asleep there, that's his problem to resolve. He's throwing you over for tv. That's not good.