Any smokers?

I'm 5 months smoke free today. You can do it! I was afraid to quit because I didn't want to gain weight but I made sure that didn't happen and I lost weight. I started doing Insanity when I quit smoking and I used the ecig for a couple weeks. I was more grumpy in the days of tapering down when I knew I was about to quit. The first week was hard but not unbearable. I would drink a lot of water and take small sips when you are craving. I really like the livestrong app too. Apparently I have a thing for online communities and support from strangers but it's a great app. It gave me something to do when I was craving, instead of eating I would log a craving on the app and read support from other people and see how they were a month in or whatever, it was motivating. Just up your workouts and workout when you are craving.

I will purposely not smoke on gym days, and I hate smoking inside so I've given up on that altogether.

The last time I was in shape and at a decent weight and was running, I found myself cutting back on cigarettes simply because I could tell a difference in my run time. I was PISSED that I couldn't burn the calories and run the same distance or time because I'd had a smoke a few hours before the gym. I naturally tapered off and in the end was smoking only one a day!!!-- at night, before bed. My doctors and friends asked me why I still bothered to smoke just one cigarette, and I told them it was because I liked smoking. *shrug*

Life happened, stress hit me like a mack truck, I started smoking full time, gaining weight, etc etc. You know the story... Now I'm trying to stop smoking again. I plan to go cold turkey on the 19th.... my 32nd birthday. I'm ready to do it. And if I can breath better, then I can make my *kitten* run harder to burn off the extra calories I might gain. Life's a trade off, but I'm ready to drop this bad habit and hopefully not pick up another... unless it's wine. I love wine. More wine would be fine! :drinker:

Good luck to ya sweetie

I was a smoker,, now I am a runner

I smoked for 34 years. I quit last fall, 8 months. When I quit, I was right around a 25 pound weight loss mark. I gained some of that back. I expected to, and I allowed it. I continued to track every single bite, just as I did while I was losing. But I allowed myself some pity food and some "oh look at what I gave up" snacks, and some "I really want a smoke right now" chocolate. All told, I think about 15 pounds crept back on. Then, I realized it was time to get back to living the rest of my life. And, the same way that I am not on a diet, I am not going to feel bad anymore that I don't smoke...I just don't. You can do it. When you are ready, when you are tired of being a smoker, you will quit.

I am on day 18 of no smoking for my 3rd time. The last time I quit a couple years ago I gained 30 lbs. I ended up losing it after I had my son but of course I am worried about gaining this time and that is a big reason I joined MFP. For some reason this time around is easier for me to quit. I think because I am just over it. I will say though any time I have a major craving I will take a couple puffs from an e-cig which does help. I can tell you on day 2 of quitting smoking I could tell a big diff in my breathing. I am so happy I have quit and I can not wait to start an exercise regimen-good luck to you, if we can all do it so can you!