Stopped smoking

well done on quitting , i tried 3 times and failed, id like to think i could stop again soon x

Congrats! I just quit 2 weeks ago! I'm having the same problem with being hungry allll the time! I've been trying to drink more and more water and doing an exercise every time I want food in place of a cigarette. I love not being a smoker anymore. I used to always quit and go back too, I'm finally deciding to never go back! I buy dark cacao chocolate and put it in the freezer so when I want something sweet, then I have that.

I quit smoking back in May 2001. I was outraged at having to pay $1.30 for a pack of cigarettes. I'm such a tightwad...LOL :blushing:

As far as the hunger thing goes, eat lots and lots of roughage (salads with raw veggies, etc) with protein. The time it takes to eat the volume of crunchy chewy goodness soothes the need for the oral satisfaction, and the protein keeps you feeling full longer. Oh, use a really flavorful salad dressing...just put some in a container on the side, and dip your fork in it before stabbing the salad goodies. And, water, lots and lots of ice water. All this does the trick for me when I'm really hungry or just want to chew on something.

Hi Sarah,
I am quitting again tonight I have an appointment with a hypnotist at 6pm and then I am done. I am quitting in order to lose weight. I know that sounds very opposite popular belief but, if my last quit taught me anything it is I can not exercise enough to be healthy and lose weight if I smoke. My last quit was for 4+ years I went back to smoking thinking I could get away with just one. I know now I can not 1 = all as far as my addiction is concerned. Last time I quit I weighed in at 175lbs when I went back to smoking I was at 120 with abs of steel. I want that feeling again. I want to be able to do what I want on my lunch hour instead of having to waste 1/2 of it feeding my addiction. I want to have enough lung power to run a 5k again. I want the wrinkles that have come back around my mouth to disappear again. You can do this I will help all I can. I can tell you from expierence it is a lot easier for a healthy person to lose weight then it is for an unhealthy person. The few extras you may eat in the beginning can easily be burned off with a nice walk that you will have time and energy to do as a non-smoker . Keep going!!! The benifits far out weight anything else. It will be the greatest gift you ever give yourself.

Sandy... Ready to be healthy again.

Way to go! I have been smoke free (except for a few cigarettes I smoked after some bad news, though thankfully I didn't slip back into it) for nine months now. I actually was the opposite of you. I gained all of my weight as a smoker because I became sedentary when I had been very active before being a smoker. I wish you the best of luck on your quest to quit and curb your food cravings. I recommend things like tic tacs, chewing gum (not nicotine gum), or other sugar free candies to suck on. That really helped me curb cravings by taking care of the oral fixation. I chose sugar free because eating too much processed sugars will cause weight gain as well. Good luck!