Quitting Smoking

Tomorrow is my quit day... I think it will be fine. I have plenty of vegies, and honestly it's killing me to smoke and exercise. It's time. My body is telling me... so I better start listening!! Good luck.... feel free to give me a holler if you need support.

I quit 3 years ago and did not gain any weight frm quitting. You just have to eat the proper foods and don't go over board on your calories. I chewed sugar free gum everytime I felt like giving in to the cravings. You have already quit once so you can do it again. I honestly do not believe you will gain weight unless you are eating un-healthy. Stay strong

I dont have words of wisdom, but I'm in the same boat with you. I sooooooooo need to stop smoking and Im worried about putting the weight back on. I thought if I start running (tried to run) I would want to quit more. I plan to stop on Monday, cause I swear the job I do drives me to smoke to stay sane.......Good Luck to Us Both.:explode:

i too am a smoker and i have cut way back but can only do one thing at a time. i know it is bad for me and i will quit as soon as i tackle the weight. i wish you much sucess and luck....both are very hard and i am fully aware that they are both killing me and will conquer both of these demons or should i say monkeys on my back as i hope you can.....i do not think i would have any family or friends if i tried to do both at the same time LOL! best wishes on your journey.

I quit smoking in January. As my energy level started to rise I tried running. I love running. I love it more than smoking. You totally have to find something that you want more than the cigarette. Also I kind of stumbled into losing weight because I want to be able to run more, and more easily so I thought if I took some pounds off it would help. Now I am learning how to eat right and healthily for the first time in my life. Good luck on quitting smoking.

try the book "the easy way to quit smoking" Allen Carr
its really good at putting things in perspective. it worked for me almost a year now. good luck
and a note. around the 4-6 month mark after quiting you are really going to have urges and think just 1????? but dont or you will smoke every day. 1 leads to every day of your life.
you can do it

There are several of us who have recently quit smoking. We are happy to be supportive. I have been quit for a year now. I still am struggling to lose some extra weight. I gained a little over the years, never quite lost some I gained (45 lbs) the first time I tried to quit. Friend me if you want some support from one who is happy to help.

I am almost two weeks smoke free. You will feel so much better not smoking..I've done it with the patch. Last night I went out with friends to a bar and had a cig outside, i guess i wanted to see what it would be like....but I felt like I couldn't stand up, waaay too much nicotine in the system! But I may stop using the patch as I didn't use one today....hangover and a migraine...which was probably caused by the overload of nicotine...I can say that I thought it made me more calm and handle stress better, and I was a terrible nail and cuticle biter, my hands look almost normal now! Smoking also stinks, it kept me from getting close to people especially in social situations......I had a complex about smelling bad, but now I can talk to people more closely and not feel smelly..

I've just recently quit smoking, about a month or so ago. I've smoked for most of the last 35 years, except for 6 years in my 30's when I quit. I didn't gain weight last time I quit. I think my metabolism has slowed down with my age and the quitting has slowed it a bit more. My weight loss has stalled and I've even gone up a couple of pounds. I think that has more to do with my food intake than not smoking. I've made a lot of excuses for going off my eating plan the past few weeks. Between my husbands birthday, our anniversary, a date night and Easter I've given myself a lot of excuses to over indulge. Quitting isn't easy, there are still times when I really want to smoke. I just keep reminding myself that I wasn't born with nicotine in my body and I won't die without it. I want to be around for my grand children more than I want a cigarette.

Good luck and use whatever you need to help you quit. I used hypnosis, the patch, and Wellbutrin. I don't care what it takes, I won't poison myself any more.

I couldn't resist putting my medical two cents into this.. Mainly because it should clarify the link between quitting smoking and gaining weight.

Nicotine increases blood sugar in your body. Smoking just 2 to 3 cigarettes a day can spike your blood sugar by 29%. When you take the cigarettes away, your body tries to compensate for the lack of "sugar" that it's used to, and therefore people tend to have an increased appetite, eat more, and there is a consequent weight gain if not counteracted with exercise.

Depending on YOU (everyone is different) and how long you smoked, how much, etc, it could take a few days to months until you feel "normal" again. Some people find that eating replaces the hand to mouth action of smoking and fulfils the desire to do something with their hands. Others find that they eat more because, after about two days from having quit smoking, they can actually taste food again as their sense of smell and taste return. It is also possible that the craving for cigarettes may be mistaken for hunger pangs.

Advice: Choose healthy foods, keep track of your calories and stick to them, adopt new ways to "take the edge off" (yoga, meditation, guided imagery), keep your hands and mouth busy (chew gum and learn to play an instrument like the piano or guitar, start crocheting or knitting), drink lots of water to help expedite the flushing of nicotine out of your system, come up with non-edible rewards to celebrate day/week/month/YEAR benchmarks, and most importantly: FEEL AWESOME about your decision to better your health and the health of those around you!

I'm just wondering if there are any other smokers out there, and if you are actively trying to quit while also trying to lose weight. I quit once before and gained a ton of weight, and it's a big fear of mine that it will happen again.

I know I need to quit--what's the point in getting my body in better shape as far as fat goes if I'm killing it slowly with cigarettes??? I also would love to try running at some point, right now the problems I have with my feet are holding me back, but when my feet are ready, I want my lungs to be ready as well..

Any words of wisdom will be greatly appreciated.

I quit 5 weeks ago... kept losing through out. I think it's because I was tracking so even if I nibbled on something to get past a craving it was accounted for in my log. Also... water and exercise are good anti-craving measures... bonus - They help with weight loss. :happy:

I quit cold turkey 5 years ago and did gain. However I was already morbidly obese so it didn't make much of a difference in that respect. At the time doctor told me to tackle one thing at a time and would rather have me be fat than smoke- the long term illnesses from it were worse and harder to treat.

i was doing some research on the effects of smoking because i've been thinking about quiting again myself and a site i found i think it web md said smoking raises your heart rate so when you quit you have to exercise a little more often like a few extra 10 min walks or jogs or jumping jacks to compensate for the exercise of smoking that you don't do anymore. that also might explain the calming effects of cigs if you think about it. it has been proven that exercising or expending energy calms most people down or relaxes you within a few min. after exercise. smoking raises your heart rate for 10-15 min and afterwards you are more relaxed so find some 5-10 min exercise that you can do throughout your day when you get the urge for a cig. supposedly you will retrain yourself to crave the exercise more than the cig.

I gave up beginning of January this year and started eating less, moving more. It was tough to start but threw myself into exercising. I'm now cycling, swimming and running and training for a triathlon in July. I'm also down nearly 50lbs since Jan. You can do it, you just gotta want it. I gave up the smokes so many times only to take that first nasty cigarette (that first one always tasted nasty and then get back to it.
I guess I finally had some better motivation in January, over weight and my doctor threatening me with blood pressure meds. I will not take a pill every day for the rest of my life for something so preventable. 4 months later and I can cycle up stupid hills, I can smell again and my BP is under control. Just go for it, it's tough but you will feel so much better in a months time.

I'm trying to quit i have cut is down a lot nut they still creep in there. Its difficult while losing weight too but whats the point in taking care of youself with food etc then ruining it with a cigarrette?