early risers, please give me your tips for feeling awake in the morning!
i have always been a morning person but I’d say in the last year or two I have become awful in the mornings. I used to naturally wake at about 6-7 no matter what time I went to sleep, now I press snooze far too many times and drag myself out of bed at 7.30 if I’m lucky, slowly getting ready and eating breakfast in a groggy haze until about 8. My husband and I have two dogs so really it would best to walk them much earlier as we both start work at 9-9.30.
im now on the way to work and still feel so tired. I’ve had my bloods checked, I take multi vitamins and iron anyway, I don’t drink much coffee but drink tea every day, usually one cup a day, quite strong (think Irish tea with hardly any milk and teabag in). I can’t think of what’s happened to me, I used to get up at 6.30 to walk the dogs, and would sometimes even go jogging before work! Is it just age, I’m heading for 35, is this what happens and I need to accept that I just need more sleep? I go to bed at 10.30 but normally asleep by 11ish. I don’t wake up during the night either so it’s not a sleep problem.
For context, I’m pretty healthy, normal bmi, pescatarian, eat a lot of veg - obsessed with carbs and cheese though- don’t eat too much rubbish such as crisps and chocolate! I drink minimum amount of alcohol, maybe twice a month while socialising.
I love mornings and I just want to be back to my old self.
any tips would be so helpful, thanks!