I've always been a heavier guy, even with exercise and proper dieting. A couple years back I had issues with extremely high blood pressure spikes. It landed me in the hospital for a few days.
After my wife watched a medical show on Discovery Channel she came to me one day and says "Maybe you should get checked for sleep apnea?"
At that time on most weekends I could sleep for 13 hours straight and wake up still feeling exhausted.
Went and had a sleep study done and the results showed that I woke up over 150 times throughout the night and never entered REM sleep. With a CPAP machine I awoke only once.
The CPAP has change my life. Because I have more quality sleep I have more energy for exercising and have dropped another 20 lbs because of it. I work out 4-5 times a week. My quality of life has improved ten-fold.
So if you're a larger person that feels like the energy is drained from you, has problems getting the motivation to follow through on a physical fitness plan, and _especially_ if you're a loud snorer, you should get a sleep study done.
While wearing a CPAP to bed isn't going to get you laid, you'll quickly realize how much life you've been missing out on because of your poor sleep.
I've always been a heavier guy, even with exercise and proper dieting. A couple years back I had issues with extremely high blood pressure spikes. It landed me in the hospital for a few days.
After my wife watched a medical show on Discovery Channel she came to me one day and says "Maybe you should get checked for sleep apnea?"
At that time on most weekends I could sleep for 13 hours straight and wake up still feeling exhausted.
Went and had a sleep study done and the results showed that I woke up over 150 times throughout the night and never entered REM sleep. With a CPAP machine I awoke only once.
The CPAP has change my life. Because I have more quality sleep I have more energy for exercising and have dropped another 20 lbs because of it. I work out 4-5 times a week. My quality of life has improved ten-fold.
So if you're a larger person that feels like the energy is drained from you, has problems getting the motivation to follow through on a physical fitness plan, and _especially_ if you're a loud snorer, you should get a sleep study done.
While wearing a CPAP to bed isn't going to get you laid, you'll quickly realize how much life you've been missing out on because of your poor sleep.