I actually lost weight when I quit 18 months ago as I had more energy and was able to get back into running without my lungs hurting!

Hi I gave up smoking in Aprl 2013 (and I am still off them), I had patches and an inhaler which seldom got used. I will say that I tried to be good and go to the gym and eat correctly but I couldn't do it, and I did put a stone on. So I decided that last year was 'my giving up smoking year' and this year is 'my losing weight and getting healthy year'.
Everyone is different, and hopefully you can manage, but don't beat yourself up if you don't, I mean if we can stop smoking we can lose weight

Good luck
Wendy

Firstly, stop smoking! In the scheme of things, it's more important :flowerforyou:

To counteract any temporary weight gain, you need to exercise more and eat healthily. Chew gum instead of chocs!

I know people that gained 3 stone, and I know I gained about a stone, but I also know people that didnt gain a lb. So, it's an individual thing that you can control.

Good Luck :flowerforyou:

I recently quit after smoking since I was 14. I did use every NRT I could to start with - patches, lozenges, microtabs, gum. However, as the cravings got less I weaned myself off the NRT without even noticing, within six weeks. Six months after my quit date I found myself about two and a half stone heavier, up two dress sizes. So I joined MFP to lose it again and get fit. It's now been 18 months since my last cig and I do get the occasional craving still, I won't lie. But it passes in moments and doesn't leave me in a bad mood for the rest of the day like they used to. It has taken me a fair while to shift the weight I gained, but then I'm not too strict about what I eat, I've just had another baby and am just trying to eat better. Overall it has been soooooo worth it. I'm so glad not to be a nicotine addict any more and I'm fitter than I've ever been now. I don't get half as many colds and if I do I recover much, much quicker and no more annual chest infection! The money I've saved is unbelieveable and everything smells so much cleaner now, clothes, carpets, even my hair. I say again, it is sooooo worth giving up. Just know where you want to be and plan how you'll get there, you can do it!

im quitting with champix, did it last year and i was off *kitten* for 9 months but i was so stupid to get back slowly...so now no more, tomorrow is my stop completely day and no more *kitten* for me!

I stopped almost five years ago by using champix, never wanted another one after the first two weeks on the champix pills and I smoked around 50 a day at that time. I did gain some weight though, around an additional 6lbs.

I quit almost 20 years ago now....I ended up getting 'addicted' to chewing gum (sugar free of course)

I didn't really put a great deal of weight on as I was on a fitness binge at the same time, but it's one of the best things I have ever done, *kitten* stink and they cost a fortune!!!!