is it easier to lose weight while on capap?

chunkyfrog wrote:I only lost 8 pounds doing nothing different during the first 9 months.
I then had the energy to cook the right foods, and get a bit more exercise--and it worked.
30 pounds during the following 5 months.

Hi,

For me, once I started CPAP, I started to get my optimism and positive attitude back. That lead to more activity and better eating. Once I lost a few pounds, I got up the courage to visit a hospital weight loss clinic, and that is when things went into high gear. CPAP was the trigger, but it was mostly due to the improved mental well-being that came with getting real sleep for the first time in many years.

-john-

mgaggie wrote:

Running Bear wrote:This is blog is amusing. Why would you expect Americans to use the metric system? Are they not the descendants of the rebellious rejects of Europe? Do not children rebel and do the exact opposite of what their parents teach? Give them time to live and learn, they are only 236 years old.

I didn't believe I was loosing weight when I was in the processes of adapting to my CPAP use. But, I did. People I worked with for YEARS noticed within a week I had lost weight. By a month I hopped on the scale and didn't believe it was right. Went to the Dr and found sure enough, I lost 20 POUNDS.

Don't ask me how much that is in kilo-whatever. If you tell me, it will mean nothing to me. I am American. Schools here teach you the metric system when your are in elementary school. Spending a total of a 40 hours on the subject (maybe). If you 'want' to learn more on they system, go for a PHD and pay to learn it or learn it on your own time.

Obviously you can't understand dates either

Amusing, I see you didn't read the date of the post I responded to. 2012. That means... 2012-1776= ? Yep 236. History repeats itself. NOT putting all facts together and jumping to a verdict of guilt. Europe do you still openly practice face value assessment without collecting facts? You tell me, shall I be burned at the stake or shall I be given a fair trial to prove I am not guilty? Is thinking outside the box still considered witchcraft ? No worries, I will sleep like a baby with my CPAP tonight. Hope you do as well. Kind regards.

Running Bear wrote: Amusing, I see you didn't read the date of the post I responded to. 2012. That means... 2012-1776= ? Yep 236. History repeats itself. NOT putting all facts together and jumping to a verdict of guilt. Europe do you still openly practice face value assessment without collecting facts? You tell me, shall I be burned at the stake or shall I be given a fair trial to prove I am not guilty? Is thinking outside the box still considered witchcraft ? No worries, I will sleep like a baby with my CPAP tonight. Hope you do as well. Kind regards.

What has Europe got to do with my post? I was merely pointing out that not only can you not understand the metric system, you can't read dates as you dragged up a thread OVER a year old

Arina wrote:I see all the links ........ But i have a Question How its works
I mean how i reduce weight with this . I can not understand it .

You start getting more REM sleep and our body starts using energy to repair what damage was done with lost REM, The body takes a lot of energy to catch up to those needed repairs and your metabolism changes. The weight loss happens partially because your energy level rises as you start feeling better on the CPAP. Once you have paid that sleep deprivation off, you will see. Have you noticed any change in how you feel at all? How long have you used it?

Think positively and start moving a little more bit by bit and day by day. Your moods will change too. Some advice from my good friend whom is an Oncologist PA which I will share with you: Your appetite will increase as you feel better but try not to increased your caloric intake. Keep at the same amount of calories and sip on WATER all day. Water will cleanse your blood as your kidneys function better now you will process all that metabolic waste out easier. You will see if you take care and listen to your body. (Best thing to do is NOT let yourself get thirsty, that is a sign you have dehydrated.) As you drink a lot of fluid to quench that thirst, you are putting a strain on your kidneys to process it all at once. Once again, you will see if you try sticking to this. I just concentrated on being nice to my kidneys like my family advised - Wow - they were right. Starting a CPAP is an opportunity for quality of life change. Take advantage of it.

Mgaggie, That's the beauty of American. We are free to choose to pick a post and comment, no matter how old. I don't mean ANY offense at all to you. It was all in good fun. Poke back if you like, "No Worries" Australia, we are allies. Peace Out and take care.

As far as I'm concerned, CPAP is mostly neutral relative to weight loss. In order to lose weight you have to change your eating and exercise habits. All you get from CPAP is a higher energy level which may make it easier to exercise, but you have to actually do it, and modify your diet suitably as well. It really isn't very hard, the trick is to not eat more because you have more energy or because you're exercising. Being a little hungry occasonally is really okay, distracting yourself from thinking about food when you're a little hungry is a useful idea.

At any rate, just being on CPAP didn't lose me any weight *smile*. I have lost about 15 pounds since I started CPAP by doing more exercise and modifying what and when I eat, though.

RogerSC wrote:As far as I'm concerned, CPAP is mostly neutral relative to weight loss. In order to lose weight you have to change your eating and exercise habits. All you get from CPAP is a higher energy level which may make it easier to exercise, but you have to actually do it, and modify your diet suitably as well.

Wouldn't it boost your resting metabolic rate? Doesn't a deeper, more restful sleep utilize more regenerative processes? I'd think that would make some contribution, maybe small, but I don't think it'd be completely neutral.

Ends up I gained about 15 to 20 pounds after starting the CPAP, and exercise alone did not help me to lose any weight. I was continuing to gain weight. For me, losing weight has been harder on cpap.

So about 3 to 4 weeks ago I began restricting myself to 1200 calories per day, journaling everything I eat to monitor the calories, and walk about 10,000 steps per day to help me to lose the weight I gained. So far I have lost 7 pounds . . .

Note: I was not overweight when I started CPAP.

Supposedly most people loss weight when they start cpap treatment but i found that i gained weight after starting it so I've gone to alternating days of almost complete fasting with normal days - today's a fast day of just tea and coffee