Gained over 2 stone!!

[nsd_user663_5334]

How depressing eh!! Went to see doctor this morning and had to step on the scales. Gained over 2 stones since I stopped smoking.

Actually feel ten times worse health wise than when I was a smoker. More breathless etc.

[nsd_user663_5401]

OK firstly well done for quitting and you have done really well sweetheart and we all know how flipping hard it is, so well done.

Weight, oh dear I think this is everyone’s worst nightmare. I still can not get over the unbelievable hunger I felt when I gave up, I presumed I would want to pick because I could not smoke but the truth is you are bloody staving!!

I have put on a stone, but in fairness I stopped smoking a couple of weeks after I came back off a cruise so I can not blame it all on the smoking, however I am an exercise fanatic (swim every morning, gym/class/spin 6 times a week to) and I still managed to gain weight quickly over a short period of time.

I know if I did not do something about it I would just carry on gaining, so I started a health kick last Monday and it's working BUT if I'm hungry I want to smoke and I can't so I want to eat, blah blah which makes the quit hard but it is possible to do both.

All I can suggest is try a healthy eating plan and exercise more, your fitness will come back quickly especially because you don't smoke AND the weight will come off but it takes a while. I read somewhere it takes 6 months to start and correct the weight issue (!!!!!)

I have always maintained I would start smoking again in 6 months if I kept gaining weight, hence the reason I am trying to lose now.

Good luck.

[nsd_user663_5666]

I live in the USA and hope I don't get the conversions wrong here. I have gained 22 pounds which I believe to be 1.5 stone. I quit because of a medical procedure and have seen two doctors in the last two weeks (fortnight). Both times each doctor was fixing to let into me because of the weight gain (remember I had a medical procedure and extra weight is not good) and were stopped dead in their tracks when I told them I had quit smoking. They congratulated me on quitting and said they were proud of me.

Yea There is one for the little guy.

I know. I now feel my belly touching the bed when I lay on my side. I was on the treadmill the other day looked in the mirror and wondered who that fat slob was over there. I mean who is that good looking stud?

If you can break the bonds of tobacco you can drop some weight in the future. That ought to be a piece of cake. Really, just give it a little bit of brain power. If you can tell your chemically dependent brain no you cannot have a smoke; you can darn sure tell you stomach I will eat later.

Okay, I have gone on too long. Just one fight at a time. Smoking now. weight later. You can do this. You have already done the hard one.

[Cyprien]

I was very aware that when I gave up smoking, I would stack the weight on. And I really didn't want to. I'm quite small (in height) so every couple of extra pounds makes me look like an elephant.

So I went on a pre-emptive diet. I decided that I could eat as much as I wanted but it would be low-cal stuff, so I now nibble on carrots, nuts, fruit etc. It does help that I don't really like chocolate (my teeth won't take it).

But I have enjoyed cooking things which I usually wouldn't do, like soups, quiches. I'm also drinking a lot of water or coffee, which is my current weakness. Anyway, upshot is that instead of putting on loads of weight which I thought I'd do, I've lost about 10lb, without trying.

Sue

[nsd_user663_5334]

Thanks for all the sound advice. I just need to get my act together and stop eating all the junk food constantly. Probably just boredom and habit now.

I'm actually embarassed to see people I haven't seen in a while as I know how shocked they are at how big I am now!!!

[nsd_user663_5401]

Thanks for all the sound advice. I just need to get my act together and stop eating all the junk food constantly. Probably just boredom and habit now.

I'm actually embarassed to see people I haven't seen in a while as I know how shocked they are at how big I am now!!!

They should be more shocked you are now an ex smoker. Let us know how you get on.

Sue - Losing weight is not right and not fair