Recovering Smoker, Aiming to cut sugar next

VickiFrenchAdams
VickiFrenchAdams Posts: 1 Member
in Motivation and Support
I've proven to myself that I can, in fact, do hard things. I turned away from smoking 91 days ago (07/08/2024) and am now trying to walk away from sugar but that is proving to be elusive and I'm struggling. Need a social group to connect with and support as well as get support.

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  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 1,763 Member
    Congrats! Really huge!!

    Seems appetite can increase when quitting smoking and often people gain 10 lbs or so, but for most, that will ease and taper off as you get to 6 months quit.

    Even though appetite and desire may have been triggered by quitting smoking... the same kind of thing happens to me when I am eating more carbs and sugars/sweets...

    So there are 2 parts to releasing extra calories, carbs and sweets... part 1 is physical and using the food tracker to keep food eating at regular amounts instead of overeating feasts.

    Part 2 is very similar to quitting smoking - work on unraveling all the non-food reasons for eating; bored, mad, sad, glad... sometimes we need to RELEARN how to do a whole bunch of stuff without using food as a companion.

    When you do eat regular food in regular amounts to nourish your body, choose food you also enjoy... that can include fruits or various carbs/desserts... along with the rest of what you are eating...

    some people choose to eliminate certain carbs/sweets, and that is also a choice, but each regular meal or snack is another opportunity to choose.... when the meal or snack is eaten, stop... next meal or snack happens in awhile... do non-food things in-between...

    Hang in, you have already found you can do tuff stuff.... you CAN do this too. Don't give up on your dreams here, you're worth figuring this out :)

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