How much you sleep can affect your weight?

How much you sleep can affect your weight
Not only can poor sleep make us both mentally and physically tired, it can also affect how much we weigh. Studies have shown that poor sleep can affect metabolism in many ways. Depriving ourselves of adequate sleep causes an increase in the stress hormone cortisol, which raises insulin and blood sugar levels, and encourages the storage of fat. Additionally, when we are tired we crave and choose foods that are high in calories and low in nutrition. And when we don’t have energy, we also put aside exercise plans, making it even more difficult to stay trim and fit.

I found this online tonight and thought it worth passing along.

Good information, Kristy...thanks!

Thanks for sharing, Kristy.
I read an article containing much of the same info on Web MD a few days ago. I thought it was very interesting at the time and it certainly makes a lot of sense, too.
I'm thankful for this forum and all of the kind people that are so helpful to share info and all of their "good/bad" experiences with CPAP equipment.
I am still very new to this and don't post often since I don't feel that I have much help to offer anyone yet. I'm still doing more reading and gleaning from the posts by others that are "in the know" from their experiences.
Again, thanks, and wishing all of you restful sleep!

feline! I almost didn't recognize you with the new avatar. Another beautiful cat pic! Cool.

Every time you post, you're helping someone out there whether you know it or not. Just finding out there are others working their way through this kind of treatment can be a big support to a new person who is reading, reading, reading, trying to make heads and tails out of odd abbreviations, confusing names of machines and masks....well, you know how it is. I still get confused, myself!

What you're letting others see, every time you post, is that you're another cpap user. It helps a lot just to know that no one has to struggle through this alone. We all try to help with problems and cheer on the successes. You're part of the "we", feline!

Thanks, Rested Gal,

You are definitely one of the "Ones In The Know" that my post referred to.
I had such a terrible time in the beginning from my DME not providing me with a proper mask that I could tolerate. They did provide me with a good machine--the RemStar Auto even though it only has the passover humidifier which I would like to upgrade with the heated humidifier sometime soon. The first mask was the Nasal Cannula which irritated my nasal mucosa terribly and caused such burning I had to abandon that very quickly, then they put me in a Comfort Select Mask which caused such pain and bruising on the bridge of my nose plus all the air leaks in the eyes no matter how I adjusted it that I had to abandon that one in short order, too. From reading the posts here on the forum, I requested to try the Breeze, but they discouraged that by telling me the headset was just too fragile, but they would let me try something similar--the Swift. I have been using that one solely since the latter part of October. I love it compared to the others although it is a bit annoying and disturbs my sleep when I switch to my left side since I have the hose port coming out of the left side and this usually creates leaks which wakes me up. I have read so many of your posts that I was still determined to try the Breeze since I am a side-sleeper so I ordered it from Cpap.com and it arrived today. I will be trying it for the first time tonight and hope to be able to give a very positive report about it if I have everything adjusted correctly. I am trying the large blue pillows first. I would also like to purchase the Mirage Full Face Mask like you have suggested for those times when I have a URI and can't breathe through my nose. This has turned out to be quite a lengthy post, but I feel you deserve a big "Thank You" for all your helpful advice and info that you so willingly share with all us newbies.
Again, thanks and keep up the good work--You are definitely an encourager when we are struggling and are tempted to give up on this new venture.

Just a follow-up for anyone that read my lengthy post last night. I am so thankful for this forum since without the wealth of info that is shared here I would not have known about, much less have tried the Breeze. It provided me with the best night's sleep I have had since my diagnosis. I only awakened once and that was because of turning and my hose tugged enough to partially dislodge the pillows and created a leak. I will now try to solve that problem with attaching the velcro straps differently tonight and run my hose through a hair holder over the top of my head board as I have seen rested gal recommend on some of her posts.
Wishing you all sweet dreams and restful sleep!

what is a hair holder? Where can one see this?
Txs.

felineperson3 wrote:Just a follow-up for anyone that read my lengthy post last night. I am so thankful for this forum since without the wealth of info that is shared here I would not have known about, much less have tried the Breeze. It provided me with the best night's sleep I have had since my diagnosis. I only awakened once and that was because of turning and my hose tugged enough to partially dislodge the pillows and created a leak. I will now try to solve that problem with attaching the velcro straps differently tonight and run my hose through a hair holder over the top of my head board as I have seen rested gal recommend on some of her posts.
Wishing you all sweet dreams and restful sleep!

Its one of those stretchy things sort of like a sock that you put your hair up in a pony tail with. I'm a guy ...LOL sorry for the poor discription. Also bald so i have no use for such things except to hold the cpap hose.

Cheers,

Chris

Hah, Chris....that was such a good description I believe you really do wear a pony tail "scrunchy"!! Bald, indeed! Hah, I say. Hah!

I've seen several people on this forum who said they've lost weight almost immediately after starting CPAP therapy. Me, heck, I've gained 10 pounds, with the same diet I've been on. Go figure. Hope it comes back off soon.