Quiting with smoking

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  • HexyleneGlycol
    HexyleneGlycol Posts: 56
    Don't mean to play the devils advocate but I quit smoking in aug...I start my weight loss journey in OCT...I stupidly bought a pack last month. i only smoked 5 before I ripped up the rest and through them out...but during that week I easily dropped 2 pounds....IDK how or why...i think the smoke motivated me to work out cuz i would tell myself 'okay, once u do this or that for 45 mins you can have a smoke" or maybe something from smoking caused me to drop faster idk...but ever since i stopped smoking again....weight hasnt been coming off that fast....just an observation....
  • Wilhellmina
    Wilhellmina Posts: 757 Member
    I quit smoking for the second time at the beginning of this month (the first time was when I found out I was pregnant). I'd been thinking about quitting for some time, so it wasn't difficult for me this time around. It was silly to pick up the habit again in the first place. I decided that I was going to quit, had one last cigarette and that was it. I threw out my now stale cigarettes the other day.

    The first time around was a bit more difficult, but it's what made it so easy for me now. I found out I was pregnant and knew I had to quit. it was better for both me and the baby. I couldn't quit cold turkey, that would be too much of a shock to my system. My poor hormones had enough going on. Instead, I would smoke only when I had a real craving (not just wanting one, but a jittery NEED), and then I'd smoke until that craving was satisfied. That meant smoking a whole cigarette at first, then dwindled to a half cigarette, lastly down to only one inhale from the cigarette. No more jitters meant no more real cravings. It took me two weeks until I could walk away from it all together.

    I kept my old pack around this time, and after that last cigarette I didn't touch it except to move it to get to other things in my purse. I think that helps, a lot. It did for me, anyway.

    I think I go for this one! For sure most of the cigarettes we take is out of habit instead of really needing them. This looks like it may work for me, thanks!
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    I quit cold turkey after 20 years a few years ago (can't remember when, seems like another life). Allen Carr's Easy Way book did it for me, it just completely deprogrammed me.

    I'm in better physical shape now than ever, I don't identify myself with smoking at all. I am more motivated and physically active which helps keep the blubber at bay ...

    Message me if you want a copy of the book. :)

    I don't get all these replacement things, just stop then don't light one up again, instant non-smoker. It has NO benefits at all so bite the bullet and if you really want to quit you will. It's not like withdrawal is physical torture, it's more psychological.

    Anyway, I can recommend the book to drill into you everything you already really know.
  • Wilhellmina
    Wilhellmina Posts: 757 Member
    Yeah, I keep on telling myself now it's time to think of my health instead of my addiction. It can't be the cigarettes are controlling my life, I should be in control!
  • __freckles__
    __freckles__ Posts: 1,238 Member
    But how about those patches and chewing gums? Do they work?

    No amount of patches/gums will work if you really don't want to quit. I went cold turkey over 4 years ago. It was hell. But I did it.

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