Trying to quit smoking..fear of gaining

SuperCarLori

sarahlifts wrote: »

I haven't had a smoke in 3 weeks and 1 day.

in the last 3 weeks I've gained 10 lbs.
Up from 139 to 149 lbs

I quit at a super stressful time in my life.
The first 2 weeks I ate everything.
this 3rd week I've regained some control. Sitting at 144 today.

The key is recognizing you are over eating and making a decision to not do it.

chew gum, drink water, knit, do some pushups, clean, breathe deeply for the length of time it would take to smoke.

Being cigarette free is more important than weight maintenance.

Oh hey!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! We're almost New Non Smoker Twins!!

High five!

kschwab0203

I've been doing pretty good! Not 100% smoke free yet, but I'm on my way. I've managed to not smoke at all pretty much all week. The weekend drinks go hand in hand with my cigarette, but I'm working on that. I am by far smoking way less then I did a few of weeks ago. I'm not going to sweat it too much. Rome wasn't built in a day! I'll get there.

passenger79

I was a heavy smoker pack to two a day for 15 years never thought I'd be able to quit,tried and failed several times and I used fear of weight gain as an possible excuse along other stuff.

Finally stopped over 3 years ago in UK you can use NHS for 12 week programme and I 've used Nicorette spray at early stages.
Something just clicked at last as it doesn't matter what others say until you make a decision that you are done nothing else matters.

I love travelling so I 've put every week amount Id spend on smokes in a jar,went to Prague for 4 days 6 months later.

I haven't put any weight on when I quit I actually piled weight on over a year later by eating too much cake.

You can do it ,it was hard but I'm honestly not slightly tempted by them anymore and my quality of life has improved dramatically
Plus I'm not a slave to smokes anymore.

Reece's peanut butter cups on the other hand