Really cant

[funnymummy]

Warm milky drink before bed, Hot choccy or ovaltin (even better malty goodness) contains high levels of Amino Acid Tryptophan which aids relaxation (clever stuff milk!) A banana in addition would be good.
I also find having R4 on very quietly helps too.

After the arrivals of #2&3, my body clock took a serious whack - There's only 14 months bewteen them so was just getting 2 into a sleep routine when 3 arrived, i'd have naps during the day when I could - 2 yaesr later & I still couldn't lseep at night for more then an hour at a time, it didn't matter how tired I was, It would take me ages to get to sleep then be wide awake again within an hour.
A friend in the US reccomended a supplement called 5HTP, her Dr presrcibed it for her for the same symptoms I had. Over here it's not on the presrcibable list but can be bought from Holland & Barrett.
I take 2 tabs a night, I still wake at 5am everymorn, but i sleep soundly for the 7 hours before that

 

[slowmotion]

I never used to do much exercise and I've always slept like a log. Years ago, we walked the northern half of the GR20 through the mountains of Corsica. Walking ten hours a day for ten days, carrying a 14 kg pack, came as a serious shock to my system. Despite being physically exhausted at the end of the first few days, I was greeted by insomnia for the first and last time of my life. Maybe there is something to the overtraining idea.

Good luck. Sleep well.

 

[gb155]

2 days in a row 2 nights worth of good sleep :-)

 

[Angelfishsolo]

2 days in a row 2 nights worth of good sleep :-)

Congratulations

 

[Hip Priest]

I never used to do much exercise and I've always slept like a log. Years ago, we walked the northern half of the GR20 through the mountains of Corsica. Walking ten hours a day for ten days, carrying a 14 kg pack, came as a serious shock to my system. Despite being physically exhausted at the end of the first few days, I was greeted by insomnia for the first and last time of my life. Maybe there is something to the overtraining idea.

Good luck. Sleep well.

Juan Manuel Fangio once said he worked so hard to win a Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, and gave so much of himself, that he couldn't sleep afterwards for 48 hours, so there is something in it.

On the other hand, my father-in-law rode 136 miles to Carlisle and back then fell asleep face first in his dinner. So who knows?

 

[gb155]

Last night I was in bed for 11

Woke up at 10am

that's 11 hours of sleep and unprecedented for me since I was a teenager.

I'll keep plugging away with the food, lower (Ish) miles and no red bull

 

[Banjo]

Could be as simple as hunger waking you up. I think your in a change phase now going from weightloss mode to finding your bodies natural balance of calories/ exercise levels.

 

[ColinJ]

Last night I was in bed for 11

Woke up at 10am

that's 11 hours of sleep and unprecedented for me since I was a teenager.

I'll keep plugging away with the food, lower (Ish) miles and no red bull

That's good progress!

Er, I think 'No Red Bull' is a good idea! (Massive stimulants before bedtime ...? )

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Er, I think 'No Red Bull' is be a good idea! (Massive stimulants before bedtime ...? )

Yep not a very good idea. Be prepared for the withdrawal headaches though!

 

[gb155]

That's good progress!

Er, I think 'No Red Bull' is a good idea! (Massive stimulants before bedtime ...? )

Lol

I had one at 630-7 am and another at around 2-3 pm if needed

 

[gb155]

Yep not a very good idea. Be prepared for the withdrawal headaches though!

Been through them this week tbh

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Been through them this week tbh

Shows it is getting out of your system. I am very glad your sleep pattern is improving. I wish mine would

 

[cyberknight]

Shows it is getting out of your system. I am very glad your sleep pattern is improving. I wish mine would

Same here i work rotating shifts , 2 weeks days and 2 weeks nights .

Takes a couple of days to get into each change and by the time you get into it its the weekend and your body clock is totally confused, you either eat to much or not enough and lie awake half the night because you have come off nights and then have to get back onto "days " meaning you are up at 5.30 am.

Nights this time of year are pretty rough as its nice outside and the extra daylight means you are coming home in daylight so your body is telling you it is not time to sleep.

 

[gb155]

Slept last night lol

The ride, then all afternoon on the pleasure beach

Bed at 9, up at 7, could have slept in much much more :-)