Smokers who have quit while losing their weight?

when my aunt quit smoking she started eating alot of those spearmint round mints u can buy in bulk.. I don't know the calorie intake on them but they helped her with cravings

I'm anxious to see the responses... I smoke, too, and do not want to quit while eating healthier/less... but when I jog, I still get winded and I'm sure smoking is why. I've been smoking for 20 yrs (minus about a year while I was pregnant).

$12?!?!?!?! Holy Crap!! I thought it was bad here in the US!! I smoke a generic brand and pay $5-$6 per pack.

Good luck!!

The lifesaver mints are about 14 calories each. There are other things to keep you from smoking, don't TRY to find a food to replace it 'cause then you'll really be in bad shape.

Tell yourself you'll do one thing every time you get the urge to smoke. Do one sit up or push up, go for a walk, snap a rubberband around your wrist, drink a glass of water, etc.

This is something I've been worried about as well. I smoke too and have wanted to quit for even longer than I've wanted to lose weight but I just haven't been able to! I'm getting to a point now though that I can wake up in the morning and go till nearly noon without even having one and then it just hits me - I gotta have it. BUT I get about 1/2 way through it and it just tastes so gross and I throw it out. I have stopped smoking in my house completely. I used to just not smoke in the house durning the day when the kids were here (I do a daycare) but really what was the point if I was smoking in the house all evening and night long and on the weekends? So I stopped smoking inside altogether and I think that has helped. I hate having to go outside to do it for one thing. Winter is fast approaching so that will suck even more! I hope to have completely stopped by the end of the year. I was up to nearly a pack and a half a day - then was down to about 10-12 a day and now I'm down to about 6-7 a day. Next week I will only have 5-6 a day and so on. I have found by just cutting one or two out in a day really helps too. If I have a really bad urge - I smoke one - If I feel like I can curb it - I do 50 sit ups or walk - I feel so accomplished afterwards! MUCH better than I probably would feel if I sat on my fat butt and smoked a cigarette!

I was worried about gaining weight as well but like someone else above posted - the small gain is worth the health benefits we will all get from quitting!

Good Luck to all of you who want to and are trying to quit!

I am trying the same thing as I smoke a pack a day as well .... I would love to hear as well what other people have done

i don"t know if this will help anybody but it work for me :noway: frist i went on the hcg diet and stayed on the 500 calorie phase for about a week :sad: alls i could think about was food not cigs. after i got my energy back :huh: i started to exercise alot and drink alot of water . i feel so much better than i did after 32 years of smoking . its a littel scary because im only on my 25 day but i do think i have it whipped. i hope you quit to

I'd say the BEST time to quit smoking is when you are on a diet and have your food intake under control. I didn't do it that way, but wish I had. I know plenty of people that did, and there wasn't a problem. You see, the MAIN reason (there are others) you put on weight when you quit smoking is because you just naturally reach for something to take its place; that is usually food. If you're in a place, mentally, where your eating is out of control anyhow, then you wont mind doing that. At least when you are watching your weight you will be utterly conscious of not going there

The other reason you put on weight is because your metabolism naturally slows down for a while, while your body adjusts to losing the stimulant of nicotine. Again, if you are at MFP where you already making changes, with diet and exercise, to increase your metabolism, then this won't kick in half as much, or even at all, like the lady said a few posts ago, you definitly CAN quit smoking AND lose weight

The BEST thing I ever did in my life was quit smoking. That was nearly 6 years ago. Do it now!!! You won't regret it I promise. :flowerforyou:

Oh!! And if you like support communities like this one, then you will LOVE Quitnet.com it's a community for smokers who are quitting/quit. It kept me totally focused and, literally, saved my life!!

GO FOR IT!! :bigsmile:

Oh! And chewing sugar free gum was the best non-calorie crotch I had - and wine, but we wont talk about that one...lol :drinker:

LIVE LONGER - QUIT SMOKING!!!!

I quit smoking (and went veg) a few months ago. I'm not trying to scare you, but I've gained almost 30 lbs since. It's weird because I'm eating better than I ever have my entire life...and exercising to boot :noway: I think it has something to do with metabolism or something...who knows. What I do know is....I am not going to start smoking again!

I quit smoking in January. I was a pack a day smoker too and yeah, they were about 8 bucks a pack.
I didn't replace smoking with food. I replaced smoking with BREATHING. When I would start to nic out I did some deep breathing exercizes and if that didn't work I'd take lap. I get up and walk around the office or go outside. I tried really hard not to replace it with food. If you need to satiate the oral fixation I found chewing on straws or sugarfree gum really helped.

I haven't had a cigarette since Jan 8th 2010. I ran my first 5K in June and am going to run another in a couple weeks. I couldn't imagine going back. Just quit. You don't need them as much as you need your life and your health.

You can do it we're all here for you!!
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