Also, what is the best time for the last meal of the day? Are you an early bird or a night owl? Has this changed any over the stages of your life?
is "Early to bed, early to rise" still the best motto if seniors no longer have to get up for work? What gives you the best energy? What do you think about maintaining some sort of steady schedule?
Scooter_The_Squirrel_Agent
My dad would go to bed at 1030-1100pm.
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When I was working, I could stay up late, since mostly my schedule revolved around the 2-10 PM shift toward the end, and I needed to decompress after work. If you've ever worked in customer service you'll know what I mean, because you really get to hate ALL OF MANKIND at the end of one of those workdays. Then when I retired, but hubby was still working, we ate at 6PM because that's when he got home, and went to bed around 9 PM. Now, since he got hurt and isn't working any more, we have a set schedule. Up around 6 AM then we will nibble on a piece of toast in the morning and graze a little through the day, and dinner is between 4 and 5 PM. Usually, we'll watch DVDs until bedtime for me, which is always 9 PM; he will stay up a little if there is something on TV he wants to watch, like Cosmos or 24. I tried to stay up last night, but I just can't do it. I usually read on my e-reader until he comes to bed. What's funny is that when I go to bed, the animals follow me and the dog jumps up on the bed, but as soon as hubby comes in, doggie jumps immediately off the bed and goes to his blanket. The cat used to do that, too, but since the weather is nice, she'd rather sleep in the open window. I really like this schedule, as I've always been a morning person and second shift was really jolting to my metabolism!
dadnbob
FIL (91) who lives with us is very irregular.....bedtime is anywhere from 8 - midnight. He gets up usually about 8 - 9 AM. Naps in his chair off and on all day. HE likes to eat supper early....4 PM but since I'm the cook it's usually 5:30. He'd prefer I did our largest meal at noon but I'm seldom here to cook that time of day. He can't eat meat more than once a day. (His rule). Very hard to please him with meals.
CO the Old Dog
Best time & when I actually go to bed are never the same. I am an early riser since i have dogs who are earlies. Since retiring from work my sleep pattern has changed over the yrs which allows me to nap during the afternoon. Sometimes I am up rather late like tonight - midnight. Other times I may be in bed as early as 930 or some time after. If I am tired, I will go to sleep.
Dorothy C
You ask about a "best time", but as you see from the answers, there is no such thing. We all have different habits and needs.
I, myself, go to bed anytime between 12:30 and 1:30, and get up anytime between 7 and 9. There are times that I wake up during the night, and have trouble getting back to sleep, so I'll read or watch TV for a while, or even have a cup of tea, and then go back to sleep.
My dinner time ranges from 5 till 10 o'clock.