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Not necessarily if you are a major over eater then your stomach expands if you are on this for a month or so and your stomach shrinks as long as you continue to eat small meals you can stay eating small meals

Way to go you look so beautiful!

Ok thats awesome information I want to look like your after picture! I'm needing to lose 30 lbs for my first goal and 15 more after that to get to my ideal goal but I'm 5'7 so my starting weight is 190 and I want to get to your starting weight of 160! Thanks for answering

You look amazing way to go!

@laurenCheek I know the feeling! its discouraging to lose slow now that I'm not smoking and when I was smoking all I had to do was eat less and I would drop 15 to 20 lbs in a month. And I could still drink all the pop I wanted! But I know it seems great now but 30 years down the road you could have a heart attack or worse…

@Troutsy you should def be happy you look amazing hope I get there some day but I'm not in any rush! Hoping to do my first 5k this summer!

I have this problem as well can't wait to see if someone answers!

My before is very similar body shape to your before how tall are you? What was your starting weight? What is your weight now? Did you lose cup sizes in your bust? I want to lose quite a bit in my bust area go down to at least a C cup instead of DD. And way to go you look awesome!

How tall are you? I started at 191 and my first goal is 160 final goal is 145 I'm 5'7

Ran up 10 flights of stairs yesterday was still winded but a month ago I wouldn't have made it up two flight without passing out :)

I smoked a pack a day and couldn't smoke at work so at least 9hrs a day + 7 hrs at night (sleeping) so I was smoking a cigarrette every 24 min! So yes my metabolism was up higher for those 8 hrs I wasn't working or sleeping. But I think its getting better the more I exercise and now I can go longer without needing to stop…

Yes I can definitely do more than I could a month ago today I ran up 10 flights of stairs still got a little winded but I wouldn't have made it two flights a month ago!

Actually u are wrong nictotine does increase your metabolism my doctor even told me this and you can find other studies that state this as well so when you go from having an increased metabolism to a decreased metabolism and don't change your diet at all you will gain weight! And I don't eat anymore than I did while…

I do feel better don't feel so conjested and everything smell is way stronger I agree if its just a couple lbs I don't mind but if its 10 or more I might be more apt to go back to smoking just to have a higher metabolism I'm hoping I wouldn't be that stupid but if it was a significant amt of weight I probably would be that…

Want to lose a minimum of 25 lbs. and get better about eating clean! Also want to wear a 2 piece swimsuit by summer :)

funny look

I do need to force myself to drink more for sure! I really am not a fan of water, but will make myself love it eventually! [/quote] I wasnt a fan of water either but I cut everything out my Doctor told me to stop drinking all my calories. It helps for me if its partially frozen extremely cold then I love water but cant do…

Me too well my pop of choic was Mountain Dew and I am now 31 days with no soda or any beverage except water and I am 24 days with no cigarettes!!!

Peculiar MO 25 min South of Kansas City believe I'm one of the only from Missouri :)

@levitateme Yes emotionally I think its harder to quit smoking then it is physically I was able to break habits pretty easy but when I was done or fighting with my SO i no longer had ciggarettes to turn too so it was rough for the first week but after that things seemed to stablize a little better. Still a battle though…

@levitateme wow 7 lbs I always carried a lot of water weight (Mt Dew Addict) but I believe the 5 lbs I've lost from start point on here are water weight from quitting soda all together. But Its so wonderful to know I'm not alone and that it is possible to lose even though my metabolism isnt where it was while smoking.…

@jessspurr Thanks I definitely get the feeling of a friend died! But my kids are so proud of me and motivate me everyday my whole family really which is really encouraging. I just didn't realize I weighed as much as I do until I went to the dr to get chantix to quit smoking. So it was a real wake up call for me. I right…

I have no weight gain either but I have very little weight loss. And I did a complete overhaul I was addicted to Mt Dew quit cold turkey same day I quit smoking and I was drinking a lot of it. So I figured that alone was probably cutting out 1000 calories a day. And I thought I would lose at least a lot of water weight…

ME ME ME I don't have any friends on here

No one personally attacked you (ad hominem). We were just stating that this is to boost people up and your reply didn't do that I wasn't the only one who disagreed with what you posted. Maybe its the way you worded it, but if someone needs help or isn't losing weight they will post that in another thread looking for advice…

@MKEgal I think your comment to Rodderick89 was kind of rude she is proud of her accomplishment and treated herself she doesn't need you to tell her how things work if she has been eating back her exercise calories and is still losing weight then it is working for her. Nobody cares for a know it all!

@snaps27 no I haven't tried any fasting diets I think I would be starving I'll give my calorie deficit diet at least a couple more weeks. But if no results then I will probably be looking into some sort of fasting diet.

I'm 5'7 SW 190 havent weighed myself since but notice that my clothes are fitting much looser. I am only going to weigh once a month so if I don't lose on a weekly basis I don't get discouraged. MY GW is 145 I think its achievable I was that weight before my first child. I am curvy and sporty build so theres no way I'd…

Kansas City MO

Hello everyone, I am new to MFP don't know exactly how everything works quite yet but getting there. I have a 3 yr old and 7 yrd old. I recently 2 weeks ago quit smoking (using chantix still on it) cut all soda out of my life (all beverages actually) only drink water I go through about 6 16 oz bottles of water a day. I…