A good first week

debzwill

Hello,
I have just completed my first week and lost 4lb. It's the most I have ever lost in a week so I'm over the moon.
I have been struggling with my weight since quitting smoking almost 3 years ago.
I usedt to be able to control my weight by having a ciggie, now I struggle to control my sweet tooth!

MrsBehaving

Congrats! 4 pounds is GREAT! I too quit smoking. (5/1/2009) and packed on the pounds since. Sucks cuz I was under 100 pounds like for my whole life until then! Oh well! At least I can now say I am a NON SMOKER! Climbing the weight loss mountain now! We can climb it together if ya wanna add me. Good luck! :bigsmile:

Keefypoos

I too am a reformed smoker 3 and a half years now been trying on and off to gain control of the weight which ran away with me. As of today tuesday 8th may 2011 I have just got to my last Known smoking weight so it can be done :-) now to loose the remaining 30 or so pounds

darblij

That's brilliant, well done!

kao1970

way too go kepp it up

live,laught love

Enchantica

Well done Deb - didn't I tell you this was a great site

debzwill

You certainly did and you were right!!!!! Thank you xx

debzwill

Thank you for your encouragement, it means a lot.

debzwill

Thank you so much. Very much appreciated

debzwill

Thank you. Well done to you too my fellow non smoker! Keep up the good work, we will get there

debzwill

Well done so far. C'mon you can do it! Not long to go now.

memissi

Hi, I'm Missi and just joined today.
I am a stay at home mom with a 2 year old daughter. I have always been heavy, but this is certainly the heaviest I've ever been. I have fallin into a depression about it and physically have no energy to get off my duff and get moving. So I have decided to start with a change in my eating habits. I'm trying to stay around 1200 calories a day, drink lots of water, and slowly trying to get on the exercise bike but I'm only able to do it for like 5 minutes. Then to add to my troubles I am currently a smoker and have been for 25 years. I want to quit this bad habit along with the dieting....am I nuts? But I feel I will never beable to get active if I can't breath, lol!! So I am trying to do both. I am 42 years old and I wanna be around to see my daughter graduate and get married. She is my only child....she is my gift from God, I prayed a long time to be a Mommy and I sure don't wanna cut it short with my stupidity.

So with having said that, I am trying to use this site to track my calories. I did start by writing everything down as I eat it, but this might be better to come here. I started yesterday....and I was able to stay under the 1200 calorie goal I set, but I have to admit I was really hungry at bedtime. But I made it threw without haivng to go find a snack!! Today seems to be going some better, we'll see about tonight.

Thanks, Missi

debzwill

Hi Missi,
Welcome. Have you tried joining a quit smoking group? Thats what I did and after smoking for over 30 years & lots of failed attempts it worked! The doctor prescribed a pill which I had to take daily & I was monitored while on that for 3 months. Doing both is hard, maybe its best to do one at a time but if you think you can do both we are all here to help you along the way. Just small steps at a time & mini goals.
Keep reminding yourself why you want to give up smoking & lose weight.
YOU CAN DO IT. Happy for you to add me as a friend if you would like