Quit Smoking~Help!!!!

i want to know how you quit smoling ive tried and i just cant.

Congrats!
I am just past 2 yrs and have managed to lose some (not much) but at least I haven't gained.
My secret?
Hot tea.
You can hold it (gives you something to do with your hands), sip it (for that oral sensation), it is kind of filling (probably because we are usually thirsty when we think we are hungry) and it lasts longer than a bowl of chips or ice cream.
And [they] say its good for you, at least better than smoking or over eating anyway.
So, I hope this helps! Good luck and never quit quitting!
~mystic~

good luck with everything !!! i too am trying to quit i chose to wean down while im trying to lose so i get all my bad habits tamed at once i hope it works .congrats on your cold turkey i have tried that too and your right after the third day it gets easier ,ill say it one more time congrats and good lick

I quit a little over a year ago. I was very upset when I figured out that I had been smoking for 10 years and I was only turning 25. I quit cold turkey with a friend, we made a deal that the first one to start smoking had to wear a super hero outfit to work. Anyways at first it was easy, it was -30 below in February and I usually only smoked at work anyways. But then both of us would steal a couple of drags here and there but only when we were together. I was up to 1-2 a day. My problem was that all of my friends and my boyfriend were heavy smokers.

The only thing that got me to quit completely was a complete lifestyle change. I move from the city I was in, to a place where I didn't know anyone. I made a point of only becoming friends with non-smokers and healthy people. Now I have a boyfriend that doesn't smoke, doesn't drink much and is very healthy and active and outgoing. The people you are around really do influence you. Now I don't even think about smoking anymore, my energy is up and I am not cough up a lunge every morning.

By the way, my quit smoking aid was rice cakes, Filled the oral fixation and I actually lost 5 lbs.

thanks Kelli. the dissertation is coming along one sentence at a time. I'll tell my wife she has a great name. I hope you liked her dresses.

I quit in November using Chantix. My father had a heart attack 2 weeks later, but I'm still smoke free. It has really changed things for me (I gained a huge amount of weight), but all in all I'd say I'll take the weight over smoking any day of the week. I can now do 15 minutes of a fat burner workout and not cough one time. It's amazing.

I'm right there with you. I quit smoking Feb 4. I was a closet smoker for almost 20 years. I had started working out Jan 1st to help avoid gaining weight. I have not smoked since. However, like you I have also gained 7 lbs and am very disappointed. I have read online that smokers burn about 200 more calories a day than non smokers. People often think their metabolism "slows" down when they quit smoking, when actually the metabolism is trying to resume to a "normal" level since it was running a bit higher(hence the 200 more calorie burn). I used to smoke instead of eating, now I'm trying to eat healthy, cardio 60-75 min 5-6 x week, weights 3-4 x week. I think my body is completely confused and not used to having this much food in it. I'm just hoping by the end of the month my body will start to get lined out. Also I read that it can take 6-9 months for the body to get itself to a "normal" state. Not very encouraging for me since I like instant gratification. My kids are thrilled I don't smoke anymore or smell and I don't feel like such a hypocrite lighting up in the gym parking lot after my workouts anymore...LOL
I had really expected to see some weight loss by now. I guess it will just take twice as long, for example instead of 3 months it might take 6. I know my weight is at a decent number and is considered healthy/normal or whatever(I'm 36, 5'5", 135 lbs, med. frame) I just don't like my capri pants getting snug and fo r me i feel better 5-10 lbs lighter. Sometimes I feel like logging my food puts more emphasis on eating and makes me think I'm hungry since I can't smoke anymore.