On losing weight AND quitting smoking

I was diagnosed with Diabetes Jan 2012. I guess my weight journey started there unintentionally. Due to the tablets they had put me on I managed to lose some weight. In June 2012 I was on my 5th or 6th attempt to quit smoking over a 2 year period. And I managed it! I took one day at a time and even with the hubby still smoking, I just kept thinking that I didnt want to die yet, that I wanted a shot at life!

I didnt lose any weight between June 2012 and March 2013, but didnt put a whole lot on, I upped my water intake and my exercise, which I guess helped a lot. Both of which have been suggested by other people, so they must work. I have started to lose the weight again slowly but surely, which is my preferred method, as it seems to be staying off. I have lost nearly 3 stone since Jan 2012. Loads to go still, but work in progress and my life will be long and happy, with no ciggies, more exercise and hopefully, eventually, no more tablets and no more diabetes.

Good luck and feel free to add me if you think it will help. Many blessings and stay positive!

I quit cold turkey 2 weeks ago and I'm still losing weight, now I'm addicted to ice breakers lol

I quit smoking 4.5 years ago.

I gained 20

I've have since then lost 40.

Wait gain is temporary and can be fixed through diet and exercise

Heart disease, emphysema and cancer are permanent (and often fatal).

This is almost exactly what is happening to me.
I had been quit for a year before getting my act together with diet and exercise. I substituted rubbish food for cigarettes; for some reason I have a 'need a reward' personality and sweets became my reward to myself instead of the *kitten*.

I seem to have overcome this now and the weight is coming off slowly but surely and hopefully I will also end up losing more than I gained.

Try to take a long-term view about your health, I know it's difficult when human nature makes us want immediate results.

Quitting smoking and dieting simultaneously is perfectly possible as the posts on this thread show. Personally I found it too difficult and concentrated on quitting first.

Wishing you success with whatever route you choose.

ok , I have ran the smoking cessation program at work SEVERAL times..

a few tips from my experience

1. you have been poisoning your body and telling it that the poison was "ok" to function for a long time, now you stopped,even if you switch to nicotine gum or the patch , nicotine is only one component of the smoke.

2. prepare for what you're going to do with the free time, the craving walk around the block or as someone else suggested Burpees, not a bad idea..

3. buy the cough drops and cold medicine NOW, in about 3-5 days , your immune system is going to pick up a bug its not used to fighting, in the midst of doing the spring cleaning from the toxins in the smoke, this "bug" will be the straw to the camels back , youre going to get sick, and its going to be Bad, nasty chesty cold, fever , hacking, etc..

4. weight gain from quitting smoking is somewhat anecdotal, most weight gain results in increased snaking and "nervous" habits smokers try to replace the addictive behavior.-- the metabolic effect of smoking, besides elevated heart rate == it only accounts for about 100-150 calories per day..

5. most health organizations DO NOT recommend the E cigs, as it doesn't address the addictive habit,and you're still drugging with the nicotine

you want to read more, go here :
"http://www.smokefree.gov
thats the governments quitting smoking website,
they can also sign you up for text alerts and see if the patch is free in your state through your states smoking cessation program

I am in the same predicament at the moment. I smoke, I know its bad for me, I cough up crap most mornings when i wake up, I snore due to breathing issues (I have small nasal passages). I am also trying to lose weight. I know I need to quit and I do want to, because I am going to be going back to school in September to be a beauty therapist and can't smell of smoke whilst giving treatments.
I am finally under 12 stone for the first time in 3 or four years and don't want to undo that. It is very hard for me to lose weight as I suffer with IBS and my body holds onto all my fat as the attacks I have trigger my metabolisim into starvation mode. Its taken me 6 months to lose 7 pounds.
I would suggest if its something you really want, its mainly will power and having the courage to see the you that could be not the you that is now! I start today! First by cutting down to two a day for two weeks then 1 a day for two weeks, then none! Little steps make big differences!

I've quit today, previous attempts have led me to gain so much weight but I know now it was mainly due to over eating big time.I swapped ciggies for Maltesers ! Hopefully this time I will have more self control !

June of last year i wanted to loose weight, get healthier, and quit smoking. i started out by excercising. while excercising, yes i still smoked some. but i cut it down a little every week. like i went from smoking half a pack a day, to only smoking 8... then a few weeks later maybe id go down to 6.... and eventually i went down to 4. morning cigarette, lunchtime, before i went to go get my son from daycare, and before bed. then i cut the night time cigarette out. by the time your down to 3 cigarettes a day and fully determined, jt was easier for me to quit. i didnt gain weight by quitting.

(i did however go through a pretty traumatic time in life last fall/winter.. in which i did start smoking again. just recently i am attempting this get healthier, quit smoking, cut down my cigarettes process again... i am back down to 4 a day now.. and eventually hopefully none)..

Good for you for actually wanting the change!

My motivation for quitting smoking was excercising, because I couldn't breathe! Celery sticks really really helped me, because my hardest time was driving.. I miss smoking I don't think the "cravings" will ever go completely away.. but I cannot tell you how free'ing it is not to have to rely on cigerettes throughout the day. I KNOW you can do it! Just take it a day at a time.. I downloaded a app off the andriod market called Quit! Now it calulates how fast your body gets back to normal, how much money you are saving everyday, plus how many hours you are saving on your life. That app and also never wanting to experience the first week again has deterred me from smoking. Good luck!

I am here to attest to the fact that the cravings DO go away. I thought they never would. Seriously. I thought I would always crave smoking- but it's been long enough now, and I don't! My boyfriend even picked it back up and I didn't want to join him- which REALLY proved to me that the cravings were gone! It takes a long time. And it feels like an eternity, but it DOES happen. For me it was within 3 years. I hope I'm not discouraging anyone by saying that, but for the first year I was determined, and then the 2nd year I just felt sorry for myself, and every time I had a social function, or drank a beer, I would CRAAAVE a cigarette. But then eventually, after having to tell myself no over and over again (and having friends help out and say no over and over again) I finally started not really wanting a cigarette. And I was able to run farther, and DO more things, so I started focusing on how healthy I felt, and the idea of smoking started to feel utterly disgusting!! Woot! You can do it- and the cravings WILL go away. I promise. You just have to be dedicated long enough for it to happen.