..wondering how long it will be before things get better, so I've been checking out months 3, 4&5 etc to see where they are at...Seems there is something about the 3rd day/week/month thats not so great but after things only getter better and anyway as time flies, a couple of months is not so bad
At the moment though I am quite fed up....I am at day 16 and every couple of hours or so I think, 'Oh I will have a cigerette'...then I have to remind myself I do not smoke....so then I think 'well I want something'....so then I have something to eat....
I am noticably putting on weight and that's not helping with my (exsmoker) rage because I am saving all this money and instead of saving it for something worthwhile I'll be spending it all in Evans buying clothes for the fuller figure
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Yepppp eating does help fill the void. Am doing the same thing here. I'm just keeping in mind that once I am strong and have kicked this addictions arse I'll be able to do anything including getting rid of the extra weight the addiction has contributed to. Nicotine is a serious addiction just ask ex-heroin and ex-alcohol users how easy it was for them to quit smoking in comparison with getting off other drugs :S A chocolate addiction replacing a smoking addiction isn't such a bad thing especially since in a few weeks we'll both have lots of energy so we can get out and about and enjoy it Good luck with your quit and hope this moment passes quickly for you. One thought that's keeping me going is... "will it be any easier to quit next time?" and the answer is noooooooo, so we're doing well
*I quit smoking on Wednesday 10th of June 2009 at 04:00 PM and have been free for 13 days, 2 hours and 20 minutes. I have not smoked 262 cancer-sticks and have saved 49.78 as well as gaining 48 hours of life. *
Sorry you feel a bit fed up just now but it will pass Promise
Don't worry to much about that extra weight for the moment I also put on quite a bit but slowly it is now coming off again and I can wear most of the things I wore before as your body adjusts and you get back to how you were it will happen for you as well
You needn't spend that money on new bigger clothes at all why not do as I did use the charity shops they have some nice stuff without spending a fortune and as it becomes to big take it back for someone else to use that's also what I'm doing with my larger clothes
As time goes on the occasions when you feel like a smoke are less frequent and easier to dismiss/ignore.
I found it got progressively easier (or less difficult at least) through the 1st 100 days at which point it became normal and ordinary. Then it was a case of maintaining my resolve.
I still get a weird moment every so often when I feel like a smoke but nothing more than a passing memory like remembering the good bit of a past relationship and forgetting why it had to end!
Anyway stick with it and in a few weeks you'll be looking back and laughing!
Don't worry about the weight at the moment, its better to carrying a few extra pounds than smoking any day and you can sort it out when your quit is a bit more secure!
I have to jump in here. PLEASE don't worry about the weight gain. I'd thoroughly recommend throwing out your scales if you have them.
Smoking screws up the metabolism, the body has been deprived of nutrients for a while. It's pretty logical when a person stop smoking they'll get bigger. But i really, really belive it will balance out in time and the weight gain will stop and we'll start losing again. I don't think going on a diet is the answer, but instead choosing healthy meals. Maybe now as an exsmoker with more time on your hands you could try out a few new recipes, if you like cooking? Should be able to taste them better too. Try out a variety of new foods with these new tastebuds and see which ones you're drawn to.
Another thing to offset weight gain could be weight traning. I mean lifting weights, either at home or in a gym. It's great for boosting the metabolism and getting rid of excess fat (which, if we're honest, it's not so much weight we're worried about but fat, heck I'd be prefectly happy at 20 stone if I was wearing a size 10!). You could throw yourself around an aerobic type exercise class but they're not great for losing fat, only for maintaining the size you are, but they ARE great for trying out your new lungs, as is swimming.
Just a few ideas ...... keep not smoking whatever you do, I'm clinging on the the fact the veterans round here say it does get better.
ok i read everything above and i am sorry but i don't agree. ok so we have stopped smoking, that is great but part of the reason for stopping is health, and if we pile on the weight that is not going to help our health. i think we have to be realistic putting on a bit of weight whilst we quit, fine, putting on an extra stone or two, not so good.
so how about picking the healthy options, trying a bit more exercise, not having the fish and chips every week, option, i am not saying diet i am just saying do not use quiting smoking as an reason/excuse to put on loads of weight.
ok so now you all hate me, but don't get me wrong i love my chocolate and fish and chips and take away of any kind, i'm just trying to be sensible.
I am noticably putting on weight and that's not helping with my (exsmoker) rage because I am saving all this money and instead of saving it for something worthwhile I'll be spending it all in Evans buying clothes for the fuller figure
Hi RiverGirl
Firstly congratulations with your quit, your doing great.
Don't get hung up on the weight gain side of things, Remember all the reasons you decided to quit and never doubt that decision.
I put on just under a stone in weight after the first month of stopping but after that first month I had a new lease of energy.
I found that because I had the strength to stop smoking, any other changes I needed to make would be easy in comparison and I was right.
By just changing one thing at a time you can lose the extra weight you have gained. Just don't get hung up on it just yet.
ive been reading through and i agree with all of the above... i was the same i dreaded gaining weight and felt miserble everytime i delved down the biscuit packet. but i craved something i tried to swop the chocolate and biscuits for fruit as i thought i would rather pig out on that but for some reason my taste buds wanted something naughty..
in the end i just decided that it was too much stress trying not to smoke at the same time of trying not to eat so i ate....
and to my surprise i hadnt put on as much weight as i had thought and now i hardly pick as i dont need to fill that "gap" like before.. ok so i feel my clothes a little more but evenutally i will work on that just as i did when giving up smoking but its not the end of the world
i would like to comment on that quote with regards to health issues and that eating alot more will give you health issues.. i think its ok as long as it is in perspective
im not sure about any others on here but when i was a smoker my morning routine was a coffee and fag ( no food) i then would skip lunch as i wasnt often hungry after supressing my hunger due to smoking.. then by dinner i was starving..... this surley isnt any less of a "health issue" then gaining a little weight.....
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Good luck with your quit and hope this moment passes quickly for you. One thought that's keeping me going is... "will it be any easier to quit next time?" and the answer is noooooooo, so we're doing well 
