Quitting smoking and losing weight

I'm on my 13th day of not smoking today. I'm taking the cold turkey approach too, no substitutes or replacements other than normal sugar free chewing gum and finding it hard, but the reward is just so much better than any craving I'm having in the long run.
I was on about 17 or 18 a day when I was smoking and the hardest times I have now are usually just after eating and late evening. I don't struggle too badly in the morning once I've got going and into my new no smoking routine.
Good luck with your commitment and journey.

Quit net is good and another site that is great is whyquit.com that site will explain all that is happening during the first few months of smoking and what you can expect. 7 years quitter here.

My hubby and I quit smoking about 5 years ago. Luckily, for me, I quit cold turkey during my pregnancies and only dabbled in it again from my first daughter to getting preggos with me son for approximately 9 months because I BF (breast feed both of my children and didn't want to pass it to my daughter or son). Thus, good motivation to quit. And, I told God to make it taste and smell NASTY. And, it happened. I was a fairly heavy smoker for 20 years. (1-2 packs per day, especially if I drank). I do NOT miss it and it was the best decision I could make for myself, hubby and kids.

However, all of that said, it was TOUGH, but it's doable. The addiction part, nicotine leaves your system in ONLY 21 days so if you can make it that far, the rest is mind over matter. And, yes, I thought cold turkey people were nuts, but they were RIGHT!! I truly believe that is the ONLY way to quit and how to do it successful and long term. I STRONGLY suggestion, you also stay away from friends and family and social enteractions where smoking is involved for a bit too, or at least I had to because of temptation.

Just don't subsititue food for cigs (the hand to mouth thing) because you will gain weight. Just take baby steps and have support. GL!!

Wow, congrats to all the quitters in this thread, yayyyy!!

You can do it Lithium! I would advise against pushing yourself too hard on weight goals with a time-table at least for the next month while you are still adjusting to life as a nonsmoker, when I quit I would do ANYTHING it took to distract me from getting cigarettes, eat, drink, all that mattered to me was that it wasn't a cigarette. But I also found tea, walking and dancing to be a great distraction so I didn't really gain weight with my quit either. Good luck and congrats for taking such great care of yourself - you deserve it!!

Yeah!!! This is the only time I would say yeah for quitters!!! Congrats on dropping the smoking habit and working towards a healthy lifestyle. I have never smoked but can only image how hard it would be to stop and I applaud you all for your courage to break the habit. Quitting smoking is good but quitting your health/nutrition plan is bad. The best advice I have for you is to simply keep going no matter what. Even on those days you don't want to do it, just do it! and if you flub up forgive yourself. It is okay We all do it every now and then but just put yourself quickly back on track. You can do both, break the bad habits and gain some new healthy ones.

One year smoke free as of this past Sunday! You can do it!