I check this site occasionally. I too am an ex smoker. Stopping this addiction can be done. I smoked for 40 years and have almost 4 smoke free years under my belt. I found in the beginning I was substituting eating for smoking and I did gain weight. That was the very reason I did not want to quit smoking. I had seen many people pack on the weight. I only gained 12 pounds but wished I would have started excersising and watching my weight in the very beginning. My doctor told me a 20 pound weight gain does not do the damage to your body that 1 cigarette does. I know I was vain, not wanting to gain the weight, but I have lost the 12 pounds and am now working on the weight that I had gained before I quit smoking. Am I glad I quit? Absolutely! I am much healthier. I now watch my weight, excersise daily and breath better...And that is a whole lot more than what I did when I smoked.
Keep at it. Those cravings will eventually go away and you will begin to see the benifits of quitting. Good luck!

Congratulations ! Keep up the good work ! You will feel better and better. I remember how good it felt to take really deep breaths and not cough to death and how it felt to not get winded after walking for 5 minutes. Today I walk 30 minutes at a brisk pace AND do stationary biking for 40 minutes or so. So many benefits when you stop smoking. You are doing great !!

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