Hello everyone!
I'm Ropemaker and I smoke 10 a day.
I randomly quit back in December 2011, and was smoke-free for about 4 months, and then I started to slip. Within those smoke free months, I noticed my general health increase. I looked better and put on some weight. Can't remember how much weight I gained but I looked fuller. I've always been under-weight (genetics), and since I started smoking again I've dropped my weight back to 8 stone. I'm 5ft 8in.
So, I'm hoping to quit smoking just so I can gain some weight and have glowing skin again! This combined with my weight training routine (I honestly believe that this smoking is preventing me from making muscle gains), I should be able to put on some size.
I'm hoping to quit smoking in October in line with Stopober. So, I have 5 weeks to cut down or smoke as much as possible until the end of the month!! Probably the latter, as I'm an idiot. haha.
Few questions for you lovely people:
What is the rate of weight gain?
When do the depression symptons disappear?
How will I cope given I smoke 10 a day, I smoke Malboro Gold which aren't too strong?
Any advise/alterations to this plan?
Thanks
Hi welcome to the forum!
Similar to you I have always been slightly underweight. Before quitting I weighed under seven stone which was not as much as I would like. In the first two weeks I seemed to gain weight rapidly and by the second week I weighed 7 and a half stone and for the moment that seems to have been where its stopped.
I found when quitting it wasn't the amount of cigerettes I smoked a day that was a struggle, it was the certain ones that I always smoked at the same time day in day out, like the ones straight after a meal, and the last one before bed that were the most difficult ones to deal with.
Good luck with your quit, this forum is really a great place for help and advise.