How Fat Are You?

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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Post by sidesleeper » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:18 pm

38yrs old 5'7 and 350lbs of beautiful woman!

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Post by Sibby » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:22 pm

What an interesting thread!

Well, I am 5'5" and weighed in yesterday at 307 pounds on a scale that is about 5 pounds off. Either way, I am over the big 300 now and hope that I can get this CPAP to work for me. My hope is that it will get my metabolism to kick in a bit so that if I do a diet change for the umpteenth time I might lose more easily.

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Post by tooly125 » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:44 pm

I am 5"9' 41 years old and weigh 220 pounds, five pounds less than when I started cpap 6 months ago.
I would like to get to 195.
I went to a website that told how much you should weigh for your height and it said I should weigh 173 I guess were all supposed to be just skin and bones.

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body totally worn out and screaming,WOO HOO what a ride!

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Post by Linda3032 » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:50 pm

tooly125 wrote:I went to a website that told how much you should weigh for your height and it said I should weigh 173 I guess were all supposed to be just skin and bones.
I think it depends on where the skin and bones are -- my hubby is 5'9" and weighs 165 lbs, but he's my hunk with nothing but muscle.

And he's saddled with me: 5'3" and 145 lbs (but most of that is on my double chins and double waist).

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Post by tooly125 » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:03 pm

Linda3032 wrote:
tooly125 wrote:I went to a website that told how much you should weigh for your height and it said I should weigh 173 I guess were all supposed to be just skin and bones.
I think it depends on where the skin and bones are -- my hubby is 5'9" and weighs 165 lbs, but he's my hunk with nothing but muscle.
Then according to that web site he's underweight!!
Feed that man for goodness sake
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Post by Sibby » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:15 pm

tooly125 wrote:
Linda3032 wrote:
tooly125 wrote:I went to a website that told how much you should weigh for your height and it said I should weigh 173 I guess were all supposed to be just skin and bones.
I think it depends on where the skin and bones are -- my hubby is 5'9" and weighs 165 lbs, but he's my hunk with nothing but muscle.
Then according to that web site he's underweight!!
Feed that man for goodness sake
I like your way of thinking.
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Post by sleepyintucson » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:15 pm

tooly125 wrote: I went to a website that told how much you should weigh for your height and it said I should weigh 173 I guess were all supposed to be just skin and bones.
There is NO way I could get down to the weights on those charts. I'm pretty muscular/husky/big-boned/whatever. Even when I was "skinny" in high school, I was more than what those charts say.

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Post by bdp522 » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:39 pm

51 years old
5'6"
135

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Post by greeby » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:28 pm

44 Years young

5'10

345 as of this morning.

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Post by Linda3032 » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:56 pm

tooly125 wrote:
Linda3032 wrote:
tooly125 wrote:I went to a website that told how much you should weigh for your height and it said I should weigh 173 I guess were all supposed to be just skin and bones.
I think it depends on where the skin and bones are -- my hubby is 5'9" and weighs 165 lbs, but he's my hunk with nothing but muscle.
Then according to that web site he's underweight!!
Feed that man for goodness sake
I agree and I try. I'm going to be soooo embarrassed when I weight more than he does. Can we all say the nursery rhyme, "Jack Sprat"?

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Post by Arizona Willie » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:25 am

64 and counting

5' 8" or thereabouts

191 lbs -- 30 or so around the middle

At one time I hit 201 and got type 2 diabetes. I was down to 182 before CPAP and GAINED 11 pounds in 2 weeks after starting CPAP with no change in diet or exercise.

With CPAP I feel much better and < miraculously > my sugar count is normal again. Have stopped taking diabetes meds and blood tests still showing good!

Hopefully, over time, I will get some of those extra pounds off. I was hoping CPAP would help take off some of that 182 but it went the other way. DRAT.

In my prime I was 5' 9" and 154. Retirement put a lot of pounds on. I used to be on my feet all day and when I started sitting .. welll.

Am awaiting arrival of a new computer desk I ordered that goes up and down electrically so I can stand at the computer instead of sitting. Read somewhere that you burn 40% more calories standing than sitting.


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Post by Maryb » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:55 am

61 yrs young
5 ft 9 inches tall
150 lbs


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Post by cpapjack » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:50 am

32 yrs.
6'2"
220 lbs

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Post by Goofproof » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:16 pm

Six foot

Age 61

298 LB

Type 2 Diabeta 140 units daily inj

XPAP hasn't helped me with my weight, and the heart is half gone, so I don't burn much of the fuel.

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big... really big

Post by biggbunny » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:01 pm

I ama 56 year old man, 6'3'', weighing 375 lbs. I do think I had some apnea issues years ago when I only weighed 275. Probably not when I got out of high school at 175.

That 10 pounds per year kind of creeps up on you.

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