| Please, please talk to a non-nutty doctor. And look into a CPAP. Yes, you need to lose weight, but you need to stop the apnea first. I have a friend in a similar situation, and the CPAP has completely changed his life. He now has energy to function at his job, exercise, spend time with friends, and so forth.
I third or fourth or whatever the recommendation to talk to a nutritionist. And speak to your doctor about exercise, because you need some idea of what limits your health imposes on that.
My I-don't-even-play-a-doctor-on-TV advice, learned the hard way:
--Find an exercise you like and do that. No point in taking up jogging if you hate running, or rowing if it throws your back out, but if you love to swim, do that. Do it regularly.
--Don't go on "diets," whether that's Atkins, vegetarian, grapefruit only, whatever. A diet is a short-term trick for losing weight that you will put right back on when you get sick of the diet.
--Cut out junk food, drink lots of water (instead of soda pop), eat more vegetables, and replace your starchy food (white bread, white rice, etc.) with whole-grains (brown rice, whole-wheat bread). You'll feel more full and you need fiber and water in your diet.
--Look at your health and your clothing size, NOT YOUR WEIGHT. Scales lie. If you dehydrate yourself or lose muscle mass you 'lose weight,' but both of those things are terribly unhealthy.
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