Quitting Smoking

IKnowStuff2

I know there are folks who may not think this is a good thing but it has worked for me and my doctor is very happy. Also my weight gain has been minimal 6 pounds and I am getting that off slowly. I switched to the e-cig and have slowly also lowered the nicotine level in my liquid. I decided to get with MFP because of the accountability part and I am getting the 6 pounds back off. I knew not smoking would give me weight gain so I decided to walk more and use MFP at the same time. It has really helped keep the food intake under control. I have not smoked since April and before that I smoked for along time. Also by not smoking my HDL has risen and LDL gone down. I am eating healthier and drink lots of water, and I am healthier. I tried patches, and chantix = a pound a day weight gain, couldn't tolerate that and went back to cigs and bad eating habits. Then I tried this and for me it's great. Hope this helped?

rebeccaamy95

IKnowStuff2 wrote: »

I know there are folks who may not think this is a good thing but it has worked for me and my doctor is very happy. Also my weight gain has been minimal 6 pounds and I am getting that off slowly. I switched to the e-cig and have slowly also lowered the nicotine level in my liquid. I decided to get with MFP because of the accountability part and I am getting the 6 pounds back off. I knew not smoking would give me weight gain so I decided to walk more and use MFP at the same time. It has really helped keep the food intake under control. I have not smoked since April and before that I smoked for along time. Also by not smoking my HDL has risen and LDL gone down. I am eating healthier and drink lots of water, and I am healthier. I tried patches, and chantix = a pound a day weight gain, couldn't tolerate that and went back to cigs and bad eating habits. Then I tried this and for me it's great. Hope this helped?

Thank you for your advice personally I don't wanna smoke e cigarettes as it's still nicotine intake and I just wanna cut it all out. I tried patches last time for 14 days 14mg for 7 days then 7mg and then after that all i craved was the nicotine hit so I went back to smoking. I resisted multiple people offering me a cig last night so I'm feeling proud enough to keep going

Aemely

A friend of mine quit cold turkey using Everlasting Gobstoppers, which aren't too terrible for you. Drinking lots of water and staying busy doing things that don't remind you of your habit can help as well. Good luck!

IKnowStuff2

Thank you for your advice personally I don't wanna smoke e cigarettes as it's still nicotine intake and I just wanna cut it all out. I tried patches last time for 14 days 14mg for 7 days then 7mg and then after that all i craved was the nicotine hit so I went back to smoking. I resisted multiple people offering me a cig last night so I'm feeling proud enough to keep going
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That's great! And u should feel proud. Keep up the good work. There seems to be lots of good ideas and support here. Good luck.

cantumelia

I quit smoking 15 years ago and put on a lot of weight as a result. But really, even if you gain some weight when you find that you can run without gapping like a fish out of water and you can climb quite a set of stairs without lacking air you´ll find much easier to exercise. So even if you gain some weight the resulting improvement in your health will make you exercise more easily. And there are some nicotine patches, e-cigs and chewing gums that may help you in the proccess.