Quitting Smoking

Eating made me crave cigarettes because I liked to smoke after meals. I quit cold turkey in January (I quit once before as well, and started again)
My weight has always increased whenever I picked up the habit because smoking felt best to me after eating, especially a large meal. So, if I wanted a cigarette, I'd eat, then have my smoke. I'd also drink because it made smoking more enjoyable. Poundage.

If you were the same way, your hunger is likely tied up with your cigarette habit.

I don't really have any advice, except that after a month or so it went away for me. Truck through.

Good Luck! I am attempting to quit again as well. I just smoked my last out of the pack.

I stopped smoking 6 month ago. I was constantly hungry for the first couple of months. It is normal. I signed up at a local gym and atarted working out even though I did not feel like it at all. I also surf. Last time I stopped and did not work out I gained 48 pounds. I lost the weight and This time I gained only 10 pounds. I tried to eat lots and lots of fruit, dried fruit and nuts. I would say do not worry about losing weight right now, just worry about not gaining a ton of weight. After the first few months I could start losing again! Keep it up!!!!

I found stuff to chew on that wasn't so bad for me. A lot of gum, pretzels, and lollipops. Focusing on both losing weight and quitting smoking was too much for me, so I decided to focus on getting rid of the smokes first, then worry about the weight.

I've been smoke-free for more than four months, and I just restarted my healthy eating. I have lost three pounds since I started two weeks ago, and it's massively easier than trying to do both at one time.

But there are ways to combat it, I promise. If the reason you smoked is a tobacco addiction, try grabbing a patch or Nicorete Gum. If you have an oral fixation, find things to chew on or do with your mouth.

Mine addiction was social and repetitive action, so when everyone else went out to smoke, I would go with them, and blow bubbles instead. They made fun of me at first, until I got about three months in and was smoke free without a hiccup. That showed them!

It doesn't seem like it now, but I promise, it will get easier. Even if you gain a little bit of weight, you'll be healthier without smoking than you would skinny and smoking!

Good luck!

My first week was my hardest. There were moments after that where I'd have a huge surge-craving for a cigarette, but they passed much quicker.

Try exercising.

When you have those, "God, I should be smoking now! I want to be smoking now. What the hell do I do now?" - move. Do jumping jacks. Go for a walk. If you're in the car, squeeze your butt muscles.

Just don't give in. You got past the hardest part, which was the physical addiction. Now, it's all mental. So just retrain your brain to focus on other things.

You can do it.

I quit in July, cold turkey after 30 years. Chew gum or buy some stir sticks. You've got this!

I will be 2 years smoke free cold turkey on November 19.
I would drink water, or have some "little suzies rice thins" when I would get the hunger cravings. They are low cal, and filling with the water which helped me stay on course. Although I was NOT trying to drop weight at that point... I gained the weight I am trying to lose by quitting

Good for you!!! I put on 35 lbs after I quit almost 3 years ago so not much help here either.

Except I'll say I came to MFP because my BMI was 30.2 and the Lung Transplant protocol won't consider putting anyone on the transplant list with a BMI over 30. I need to be on that list. I wish I had quit 10 years sooner... but hindsight and all the exercise in the world won't fix what's wrong with me now.

Hope I scare you into sticking to it. It's not fun living at the end of 50 feet of oxygen tubing.

I've been quit for over 10 years. The only way I could quit was by telling myself I could smoke whenever I wanted to.
It took me about a year to not feel I could start up again.
Now, I can't stand the smell at all and I can't understand how I could smoke to begin with. It's an awful true addiction!
I replaced smoking with exercise so I've lost a lot and I'm down to goal weight.
Drinking cold water and taking deep cleansing breaths when I wanted a cigarette really helped.
I also sucked on cinnamon sticks and chewed gum.
I also used the straw trick for awhile.
Congratulations! You've done one of the best things you can do for your health!