losing wieght and erm flatulance!!!!

[alibongo]

Hi i'm new on here!

found it hard to get my head round fact got sleep apnea and fact need to use cpap machine --but tried hard and getting used to it

I have been using cpap machine since april ..i'd like to try and lose some weight
have you all found this harder or easier since using yr cpap machines?

also do any of your experience excess flatulance so awful !

Any advise please?!


thanks

[jackyk]

hiya ali n welcome
i noticed that as i got more used to my cpap machine, my energy levels went up and this helped my weight loss, but i do go to weight-watchers so im sticking to a weight-loss plan. more energy=more active=better weight-loss

[g3az66]

also do any of your experience excess flatulance so awful !

Yep I doWould love to find a cure for it but my sleep technician says it's an unfortunate side effect!!!!

[Tigers Fan]

Simple

Move more, eat less, fart in private. QED.

[ElleCee]

TF, You do make me laugh

I did lose a little bit of weight during 6 months of using cpap, probably about 5 kilos, but not enough, so have just had (9 days ago) a gastric bypass. So far from doing a 2 week pre op diet and 1 week after surgery I have lost 18 lbs. I can even take a nap now without snoring when not using the cpap. I will not go overnight without it though as I don't want my health to deteriorate any further because of the aponea. The years of going untreated have caused me to have a heart problem.
It is all on the way to being fixed now so I am very happy.

Lorraine

[Tigers Fan]

Most excellent news!

Hi Lorraine

Fantastic! Fantastic! Fantastic!

I am so delighted it is working out for you!

Member Puffin had a gastric op and lost a lotta lotta weight and chucked his machine away after a while. When you don't have OSA anymore, I guess CPAP is redundant!

Rest easy while you recover - hope it is not painful.

TF