OT:Losing weight- looking for weight loss buddies!

[jlklinko]

Hi there
I just started a program last week to lose weight (and hopefully eventually go off the CPAP)and I am just looking some buddies to lose weight with!
I have about 95 pounds to lose so it will be a journey! PM or email me at jlklinko@yahoo.com.

Love
Jennifer

[dragon672]

Oh I need to lose about that much as well. I've been trying just not doing that good.

[jlklinko]

Hi there Dragon672!
Could you use a buddy? It helps to have support while you are trying to lose weight! Especially that amount of weight.
I really want to go off CPAP....
Sincerely

Jennifer

[JeffH]

I've lost 100lbs and I'm still on the hose. Most people still need it so if you are hoping to get off the hose I suggest you change your goal to simple weight loss.

In my case I went from straighting cpap to an ASV machine AFTER losing weight. Either way, good luck.

JeffH

[jlklinko]

Hi there JeffH,
Thanks for your good wishes, I might just focus on losing the weight and if I lose the CPAP then all the better!
Congrats on your weight loss!Wow 100 pounds! That's something to smile about!

Sincerely
Jennifer

[Chikorita]

I'll jOin up too.

[YogaKitty]

I need to lose some weight. I will join up too

[jlklinko]

Hi there Chikorita and YogaKitty!
I PMed you with more info about being buddies! Check your inbox at the top of the page!

Thanks
Love
Jennifer

[Roch369]

Hi Jennifer - I'm sending you an email now.
My sleep dr told me that 2/3 of the patients he sees that have a dramatic weight loss no longer use the machine. Jeff--- I hope I'm one of them. You're right my goal shouldnt be to get off the machine -- that what seems to keep me going now. Been on machine for 1 month. I've never heard a dr say "dont lose weight - it's bad for you." I told my regular doctor that she should have threatened me with this cpap machine a long time ago --- the wieght would have come off!

[ozze_dollar]

I will join up. I need to drop 20kgs. (kg = 2.2 lbs) Losing weight will benefit us all in many ways.

[Lizistired]

I've lost 100lbs and I'm still on the hose. Most people still need it so if you are hoping to get off the hose I suggest you change your goal to simple weight loss.

In my case I went from straighting cpap to an ASV machine AFTER losing weight. Either way, good luck.

JeffH

Hey Jeff, if you were off the hose I never would have seen your post about Bernstein's book! That post changed my life! Thank's again.

[chearyshe]

Me too! Me too! I wanna join!

One of those dr's of mine wrote: sleep apnea caused by obesity!

Well maybe my weight has worsened my apnea, but in "93, when I was first tested I wasn't obese and I snored loud enough to wake the neighbors and my AHI was high.

I don't die-it! I live-it!

Cheary!!

[Jaylee]

Sign me up.

[JeffH]

I've lost 100lbs and I'm still on the hose. Most people still need it so if you are hoping to get off the hose I suggest you change your goal to simple weight loss.

In my case I went from straighting cpap to an ASV machine AFTER losing weight. Either way, good luck.

JeffH

Hey Jeff, if you were off the hose I never would have seen your post about Bernstein's book! That post changed my life! Thank's again.

And if I were off the hose then I would never have seen DreamStalkers post about that book and Mark Sissions book. Both of them changed my life. Glad I could pass on what was passed on to me.

Thanks

JeffH

[SleepyToo2]

I've never heard a dr say "dont lose weight - it's bad for you."

The only time they are going to say this is if you are already under weight - a BMI of less than 18 might do it. The big question is whether losing weight generally will help reduce the fat in the throat area. Probably not, or at least not immediately. However, if you can keep the weight off long-term, it might be a different question? So, don't give up on the hope that you will be able to stop using the machine. For exercise (as important, if not more so, than the diet part), try a high-intensity interval program. I use (and need to start again!) Dr. Al Sears PACE program. Works well when I stop finding excuses to not do it! I only need to lose about 15lb and I will be well into the "normal" BMI range - then it becomes a question of maintaining rather than losing.