You're talking to a man who has already failed to drop the extra weight (and there's a whole lot of data showing being skinnier helps a lot; not only with sleep

You're talking to a man who has already failed to drop the extra weight (and there's a whole lot of data showing being skinnier helps a lot; not only with sleep apnea, but with a whole raft of other health and social issues.) I mean, in a real way, I'm here because I find exercising enough and not eating too much to be difficult, so exercising in a very specific way is probably not going to work as well for me as just using the equipment. My understanding is that most people have difficulty with CPAP machines mostly because they can't seem to get the thing to fit, (I solved that problem for me by simply buying new masks until I found one that worked well for me.) or because the dang thing is too loud (I solved that by buying a more expensive air compressor) or because they went somewhere else for the night and didn't bring it (I solved that by buying a super small unit I can keep in the bottom of my backpack) or because they're embarrassed to sleep with a life support looking mask on their face (I bought an 'Aliens' licensed 'face hugger' plushie from thinkgeek, with the intention of sewing it onto my portable mask to deal with this... but I haven't; turns out I am not afraid of looking like a dying old man if doing so makes me act a lot less like a dying old man when I'm awake. I still think I might attach the plushie at some point because I find the idea hilarious, though.) But the point is that mechanical solutions are much easier for me than for most people; I've been a technician all my life; making machines work is what I do, and I'm pretty good at it, and I have a reasonably decent income with no kids, so I don't have to worry about the cost of medical devices. On the other hand, as far as I can tell, I'm not any better than average at making myself work out (which is... pretty bad. There's a vanishingly small percentage of the population that was obese for any period of time who manages to return and stay within a normal bmi.) even after applying my ability to buy and operate equipment to the problem. Also, did you see the cracked.com article on the subject? good stuff.