Starvin: I just cant get enough to eat--I did... - Quit Support

Quit Support

15,419 members29,997 posts

Starvin

madametobacco49 profile image
18 Replies

I just cant get enough to eat--I did find out I have 2 vitamin deficiencies and am hoping when they are fixed this gets better--In the meantime--Id like to know if this is common after 2 mos

Written by
madametobacco49 profile image
madametobacco49
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
18 Replies

I always eat loads when I stop smoking it seems to go hand in hand it will stop after a while when your body gets use to it

madametobacco49 profile image
madametobacco49 in reply to

yeah ill be a fatass by then--lol

Atlantida profile image
Atlantida3 YEAR WINNER

Hum... yep, I can relate to that. I have always enjoyed eating but now, one month in, I feel like eating at least twice as much. My plan to work with that is to reinforce the healthy eating - for instance, lunch today was a fresh made lentil soup. Don't go 'yuck' just yet: it's delicious. And super filling, it satiated me for hours - and 3 of those were spent in a dance workshop, so, yay to vegetable protein. ;-)

goop.com/recipes/red-lentil...

glolin profile image
glolinLONG TERM WINNER in reply toAtlantida

i am a big soup fan...I make up a bone broth every week..the goodness in it is just awesome.. and suppresses appetite.

When I started my quit, i found i wanted to eat non stop,,i think it was hand mouth thing..Best thing i dd was buy a pedometer..I kept challenging myself and now dont settle for less than 10,000 steps a day..Which is easier said than done when you have a desk job :D :D

I managed to lose weigh as part of my quit journey..Things went pear shaped about 6 months ago and a little weight crept back on, but getting diagnosed with hypothyroidism explained it all :) :).. Now i adjust again and now have a very low carb and high fat diet which is goes totally against everything i have ever learned but it does support hypothyroidism and the weight has gone :) :) :)

I feel its a bit like quitting - there is no one size fixes all - we just have to find out what works for ourselves :) :)

Briarwood profile image
BriarwoodAdministratorDucky in reply toAtlantida

Nice recipe and I'm a big fan of lentils coz I'm a veggie😊

droopyJ profile image
droopyJ

I still haven't stopped eating so I'm no longer a fatass but a lardass 🙀🙀🙀🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰

shantimar profile image
shantimar in reply todroopyJ

😂😂😂

It's not that I eat all the time, it's just I eat the wrong things.

I used to be quite slim size 8/10 (4/6 us or 36/38) now I'm I'm heading towards a size 12 or 14. It's horrible, I'm quite small so feel I'm carrying far too much weight☹️ just another thing I need to conquer although in my defence my shift pattern doesn't help 🤔

😩😫😖 I've not even looked at holidays this year as if I went sunbathing I think I might be harpooned 😎😳😖

At least I don't smoke 👍😀

Xx

madametobacco49 profile image
madametobacco49 in reply toshantimar

yeah I hear ya--same for me--always a tiny thing--another milestone to conquer--and I think this will be tough

madametobacco49 profile image
madametobacco49 in reply toshantimar

you know I crave the garbage--and the good stuff im hungry 5 minutes later--I sorta find myself grazin till Ive eaten a whole bag of chips--and a cup full of chocolate raisons--and all chased down with pineapple Fanta soda--I was s over this crap--Its a journey alright

Ickytoots1 profile image
Ickytoots19yearsSmokefree in reply toshantimar

I'm feeling your pain I was a size 8 and I'm now in 12😵or 14!! Nearly half my body weight I've put on sitting at 12 stone and holiday in just over 2 weeks but as you said I'm a non smoker now too xx

madametobacco49 profile image
madametobacco49 in reply toIckytoots1

same same exactly here--I remember when my mom(God rest her soul) was a 14--My god I thought she was huge--lol and I was a teeny 8--I gradually weaned to get where I am on my quit journey I stepped down overa 6 month period or longer--I smoked like half a pack a day for a long time --and so I was busy putting on weight for a while now--some weeks I did real good with food and would even lose a few lbs--but others Id just say screw it and hit those carbs runnin--Im waiting for some medical issues to be solved and then Im going to swim and walk--I don't wanna smoke but don't wanna dread running into people I haven't seen for a while because Ive gotten --lets just say a tad chunky --Think I should throw my size 8s out?? Bad as given up smoking--Ill tell you its a new life on many levels

Andrew-S profile image
Andrew-S

Hi Madame, love the picture.

In the first few weeks I wanted to constantly stuff my face. I could eat and eat but still feel hungry but then the hunger was for cigarettes not food so I could eat until I felt sick but it didn't stop the 'hunger'.

More recently I have gone back to my usual eating and don't really get that anymore©™👀

madametobacco49 profile image
madametobacco49 in reply toAndrew-S

Hmmm yeah I get that totally===its like addiction transference I will call that ET--thank you--Not that ill stop eating but I certainly see why Im doing it

madametobacco49 profile image
madametobacco49 in reply tomadametobacco49

ET??/ What is wrong with me?? That just dawned on me addiction transference is AT ====oh clever,foggy,,wanting a cigarette me

Briarwood profile image
BriarwoodAdministratorDucky

I think most people put on weight initially but if excercise is increased it'll balance out

I was watching a programme about Katie Hopkins who was a marathon runner and set out to prove her theory that eat less and move more is the only way to lose weight. She's quite controversial in her opinions about obesity costing the NHS a fortune but individuals vary and a friend of mine excercises as much as I do and she can't lose weight so I also think metabolism comes into as well. We make up for the hand to mouth action of smoking when quitting but it's better to have a little extra weight than black lungs😫

EmAitch profile image
EmAitch

I can understand your issue. For the longest time I was a uk size 14/16. However since being prescribed steroids for the last 2 years plus, I am now size 18/20. It feels horrible carrying all the extra weight around. The increase only happened since taking the steroids. What I have noticed is that since i'm being 'weaned' off it, the weight has stabilised ( I put on 2st +). Its my middle area that is the problem because I like my behind as I don't have to pay for padding as some people do lol.

I love soups, but I find they dont keep me filled. I hardly eat bread, which is nice with soup but that makes me feel even more bloated.

I cook and keep healthy stuff and hardly buy crisps and biscuits etc. I dont do cheese as that makes me more 'phlegmmy' although I am only human I do at times.

I have found out that I am allergic to nearly everything to do with the environment, trees, grass, dust, smoke, cats, dogs, pollen yakkety yak. Where does fruit, veg and milk come from.....

I don't know if i will shift the excess stones, until I am completely off the steroids.

Oh well....onwards and upwards I go!

madametobacco49 profile image
madametobacco49 in reply toEmAitch

I have a friend who is on steroids and he was told it would be hard to lose weight--but is there hope you will be weaned off the steroids-???-if so that will be good--I know how to lose--I just have played with addictive foods--sugar and carbs are like drugs--there is no one bite for me--I have to stay off anything white,bread,sugar,crackers,etc-- eat high protein- and -vegetables--and a little fruit--soups are good--no crackers or bread of course--you can eat all the protein you want--eggs,cheeses(not processed-like cheese whiz or velveeta) and meat--I don't eat beef or pork so I eat a lot of chicken and fish--I had 3 eggs this am--lovem --I don't know how you smoked with all those allergies but im glad you have quit--well I gotta get disciplined with this weight thing again--I look at my clothes and think my god,do those fit me? Im sure you know what I mean--Hang in there and keep in touch

EmAitch profile image
EmAitch in reply tomadametobacco49

I didn't say I smoked because i don't and never did. I was responding to not losing the weight. I was referring to the steroids and medication that hasn't helped. However I refuse to buy a complete wardrobe of new clothe, so i buy that i can wear now and if i get bigger or smaller lol

Not what you're looking for?

You may also like...

problems after 4 weeks quit

29 days quit from a 2 pack a day habit. Been smoking 48 years. Still having hoarseness no cough...
pstevens profile image
4 MONTH WINNER

Just Quit (Symptoms)

Hey everybody, i just quit Smoking like 2 days ago, going to try and go cold turkey, see how that...

Hi.

Hi everyone. I don't really know where to start; today only makes day 2 of absolutely no smoking or...
Gowanjesse profile image

I feel like i can't do this anymore

The last two days i have been struggling so bad. I am 2 and 1/2 months smoke free cold turkey. I...
Katdoll1987 profile image
7 MONTH WINNER

Numb finger tips and hands

Hey Everyone , I quit smoking 2 months and 28 days ago. I’m starting to experience numb finger...
Mrgetwell profile image

Moderation team

See all
TheTabbyCat profile image
TheTabbyCatAdministrator
jillygirl profile image
jillygirlAdministrator
Briarwood profile image
BriarwoodAdministrator

Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them.

Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked.