Who's trying to quit smoking?!

I smoked for 25 years. I tried almost everything to quit, never helped, UNTIL I got the electronic cigarette. That thing really works! Took a few days to get used to it because all it has is nicotine (the tobacco companies add many other addictive chemicals to cigarettes) but after that I could never imagine going back to smoking those nasty smelling things. They totally rock.

I also want to state that I used bee pollen to curb my crazy appetite after I stopped. It was insane, I could not stop eating. The bee pollen worked! I took 2 on an empty stomach about 5 minutes before breakfast and the same right before lunch. One good side effect was it also helped with allergy symptoms.

I heard a scary story aobut thoes electronic cigaretts, someones mouth blew up??? check them out first before you use them, it was just in the news. If anyone needs support Im here...

I quit about the same time i started my weight loss aswell and honestly it helped me concentrate on excercise more! it was like i was trying to take my mind off wanting a ciggy so i just excercised like crazy and then i felt so fit after i didn't want one Two birds one stone.

I quit cold turkey after nearly 50 years of smoking. I too was up to two packs a day when I quit. That was in October 2009 and I have never looked back.

Two things helped me immensely; one was a book called "Easy Way To Quit Smoking"; and the second was a website www.quitnet.com

If you REALLY want to quit smoking you will find a way; if not, you will find an excuse. Seriously, check out that website. It has invaluable information, even if you are not ready to quit just yet. Best of luck to all those trying to rid themselves of that nasty habit. :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Patch worked for me. You will smell so much better when you have quit. Good luck

I smoked from being 17 years old and I am 38 now. I never smoked in front of the children and tried to give up many times only in times of distress i would reach for the weed as a crutch.

2 years ago in the airport on the way to our holiday destination, i nipped out for a pre flight ciggi and the children caught me....their dad thought that if i was "sprung" i would quit....it only gave me permittion to smoke infront of my babies.....(bad i know but if they knew i didnt have to hide).

Last year in October my oldest who is 11 was sat beside me on the settee and began to cry uncontrollably....I asked him what was bothering him and put my arms around him. He then went on to say that his friend at school had lost his mother to lung cancer that afternoon in school and he was frightened that I might die from smoking too.

His friends mum was 36...2 years younger than me! My son then told me that 2 more of his friends had lost a parent over the last 6 months to alcohol or smoking related illness. He is 11 years old, he should not have to be dealing with the death of a parent, and hearing that his friends were now without a mum or dad, I knew then and there I had smoked my last cigarette.

I never smoked again after that chat with my boy, that was 30th October 2011. I know its not been very long but I know I will never EVER touch another cigarette AGAIN!

I went cold turkey for 3 weeks, didnt socialise but friends understood.... then used the e-cig bought from (intellicig.com) which I have and still use from time to time, but cold turkey was the best for me and I have never looked back.

I gained 19lbs back in the 10 weeks I was not weighing and concentrating on the cigarettes, but in the 3 weeks after this I lost the 19lbs and I am back to losing again.....

Do as you see right, do it for you, for your kids, for your family, for ya best friends goldfish........ya have to be ready to quit!

I was, I did..... I am a non smoker!

Amen xx

I smoked for years, then quit for three years but I still wanted one every time I would smell one or was around others that smoked. Eventually, I cavesd and started again and now Im back to trying to quit. I have three left in my pack and plan on that being the last three I smoke.

You always hear people talk about gaining weight when they quit smoking. I just read a study the other day ( I will try to find it if anyone is interested) the study said that smoking actually increases your metabolism because it makes your heart work harder just to do normal things and keep blood pumping. So when you quit, you experience a decrease in metabolism which is what leads to the weight gain. That makes me wonder if people on MFP who are quiting might not experience the same weight gain because they are eating healthier and exercising. So maybe the increase in metabolism from working out and eating healthier will off set the decrease due to stopping smoking. I guess we will find out. I will try to find the article.

Cool....but for the 10 weeks i didnt track food after i gave up smoking i continues to eat healthy, and exercised like it would go out of fashion, but still gained 19lbs in 10 weeks....

I smoked for years, then quit for three years but I still wanted one every time I would smell one or was around others that smoked. Eventually, I cavesd and started again and now Im back to trying to quit. I have three left in my pack and plan on that being the last three I smoke.

You always hear people talk about gaining weight when they quit smoking. I just read a study the other day ( I will try to find it if anyone is interested) the study said that smoking actually increases your metabolism because it makes your heart work harder just to do normal things and keep blood pumping. So when you quit, you experience a decrease in metabolism which is what leads to the weight gain. That makes me wonder if people on MFP who are quiting might not experience the same weight gain because they are eating healthier and exercising. So maybe the increase in metabolism from working out and eating healthier will off set the decrease due to stopping smoking. I guess we will find out. I will try to find the article.

I gained weight because I could not stop eating. I gained 8 pounds before I started taking the bee pollen to curb my appetite, my doctor said I was lucky, most people gain around 20. This should not hinder people from quitting because the weight can be lost, emphysema or lung cancer, well not lost easily as a diet and exercise.

The bee pollen worked great. I still ate my regular meals, I was just not ravenously hungry all day long.

BTW, the reason for the weight gain is that cigs are an appetite suppressant, they will keep you from being hungry, it has nothing what so ever to do with the metabolism as I was exercising the same as before I stopped, I just started eating more because when I got hungry, I ate instead of going to smoke a cigarette.

I quit cold turkey six months ago. I smoked for about 16 years. You can do it, but you have to be ready to put them down. Good luck, you can do it!

I am not a big smoker, which means I most of the time smoke socially, but I am quitting now anyway! For me, it's when I drink and have a party with friends that it's harder to resist. I found a kind of solution: no alcohol for at least 2 months. This way, it also helps to lose my extra pounds :-)

Good luck! Eat carrots!