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38
6'2"
285

would like to get down to 250ish range

Age: 40
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 243

Gained 50lbs right after marraige 12yrs ago and havent lost it.

36
5' 10 '
318

I gained over 100 lbs in a year. Doc thinks it's due to the OSA.
I would tend to agree and hope the CPAP will bring my energy back.
Tonight will be night #2 getting hosed.

~Tom

46 yrs old
6 feet tall
260lbs

I've been paping for two years now. It saved my life, no doubt. I play more golf, take more bike rides and walk in the woods with my dogs more now than when I was 12 years younger. But - the weight hasn't come off.

5'6" 135-140 Most I've EVER weighed!

When I first asked my doc to refer me to a sleep specialist, the first thing he did was to measure my neck size (18.5"). He said a study had showed that men with a neck size of more than 17" were much more likely to have OSA.

Of course there are other factors like: 1) having a large tongue ... look out Gene Simmons!; 2) having tonsils; 3) being of African, Pacific Islander, or Hispanic ethnicity; 4) having a recessed chin or over-bite; 5) may be passed on genetically; 6) being over 40 years old; 7) smoking or alcohol use; and of course 8 ) being overweight ... which leads to the topic of this thread --

I'm a 46 year old hispanic male, about 6 ft tall and weighing about 310 lbs. with my tonsils still attached, a slight over-bite, and my dad had severe OSA that he never treated. Of the eight risk factors, I have six of them ... no wonder

- roberto

5'7" and about 128. Much more fat than muscle, though

Hello,

I started gaining about two pounds a month in the early 90's and went on every diet possible and no weight loss. I'm very active and even on very low calorie diets gained the weight still. I got up to 340 lbs!

I was finally diagnosed with OSA, average apnea episodes of 119 per hour with 40 of those lasting an average of 30 seconds. It had affected my heart and kidneys. Most of the weight gain, my doc said, was fluid. Within two years on CPAP my weight had dropped 80 lbs and my heart and kidneys were okay. Ten months ago I had a MRI of my brain done at the Barrow Institute of Neurology due to cognitive impairment and the finding was "significant damage to the area around the brainstem most likely due to loss of blood oxygen." After a neuro/psych evaluation I have been doing rehab to regain whatever possible. I have now been on CPAP for 4 years next month.

I'm also dealing with diabetes type II and now weigh 250 and still losing about 4 - 5 lbs a month.

Best regards,

C. Clark

I'm so fat....

...Your mama's fat folds jiggle when I walk by your house.

My introduction to OSA was made to me by a weight loss surgeon last December. At the time, I was 5'9" 330 lbs. My cholesterol was in the 250 range. Tris were in the 600 range. My resting BP was 165 over 140. I could sleep twlve hours and wake up ready for a nap. I'm a fairly muscular guy. But, I was also a really fat guy at the time.

The CPAP was definitely the first step in bringing my weight and health problems under control. It allowed my body to get the rest I needed so that I could beguin a good process of diet and exercise that I needed to begin losing the weight. My intial settings start at 3 with a seven minute rampup to 14.

After having my sleep study in January, I got my CPAP in early February. That month, I began a moderate exercise program at my local gym and began trying to be more cognizant of my eating activities.

In the spring, I had a lap band surgery ( http://www.lapband.com ) to control the amount of calories intake. In addition, I get thirty minutes or more of cardio six days a week. I lift weights three days a week.

Thus far, I have dropped 70 pounds. I no longer take BP medication and my BP is 125 over 75. My cholesterol os at 163. and My triglyceride count is around 170.

My goal is to lose another 50 pounds by February or so.

I love sleeping with my CPAP and wouldn't trade it for the world though I seem due for a new sleep study and possibly a reduction in my air pressure as a result of the weight loss.

I'm not fat.

54 years old
5 feet tall
110 pounds

Caroline

That guest was me, Caroline

Well, since everyone is brave enough to say. I am 315 lbs and wishing i

could lose weight but have not so far.

oh!!
Ht: 5'5.5"

Dispasion: Groughy

WildIris

Jeez - the thing I do to get to a milestone on my post count ... I am 5'8 (on a tall day) and hovering at 190 lbs. Been on medication the last year that put 20 lbs on me. Still weighing the equities between taking the medication and losing my stunning figure.

I'm 6'2" ...

April, 2005 - 265lbs (maybe more)

Today - 198lbs (and about a 100 times more fit)

I started CPAP in May of 2005. Now maybe the CPAP helped but I think working out 6 times a week and doing WW points helped a lot more.

Sadly, I've snored terribly all my life and will probably be on CPAP for life. I really wish someone would invent a better way. I'm not complaining mind you (okay, maybe a bit) but dealing with taping my mouth and red sore marks on the bridge of my nose and cleaning, etc. etc. does get kind of old. Better than dieing I guess.

Actually now that I'm at a weight I'm happy with I'm worried that I will yoyo back. (I've done it once before). Especially since now I can add a few calories back into my diet to maintain my current weight. It just seems that the slothful gluttonous tendencies are always waiting at the door for me.

For me I guess I have to accept that I will always have to watch what I eat, forever. There's no other option that works. And that I may have to have an inhouse leaf blower attached to my face for life.

Eh, sorry for the rambling diatribe. It's Monday and I'm a bit tired. (Those early morning workouts really take it out of you.)