Smoke free but fat :(

[Nayrony1]

Hi everyone,

I have been smoke since April... I am I deed happy to be free from having to smoke and feeling miserable when I couldn’t... one this though, I’m 5 feet and I gained 13 pounds since then... I just passed the threshold between normal to overweight... it makes me mad and sad since I haven’t changed what I eat. I even eat less. I cut sweets over three years ago so that’s not it. I even cut alcohol since last month in order to stop gaining weight... and it doesn’t stop... it’s disheartening

So basically, I feel like I gave up something in order to acquire another problem... so fun... not!!!!

[Rigpig 8 MONTH WINNER]

Have a look at the Couch to 5k program, It's changed my life in so many ways and the forum is so supportive. Also look at an App called Myfitnesspal which is essentially a smart food diary, this will really help with stabilising and losing your extra weight.

[Nayrony1 5 YEARS WINNER in reply to Rigpig]

I already go to the gym 3-4 times a week... it just messed up my metabolism and I can’t get it back on track

[Rigpig 8 MONTH WINNER in reply to Nayrony1]

Then you need to change something that you are doing. Exercise and calorie burn are at their simplest form just pure physics. If you expend more than you take in the weight has to go, it's not physically possible for it to stay. Try the Myfitnesspal app for a month and be really honest with the portions and snacks. It really works.

[TheTabbyCat Administrator LONG TERM WINNER]

Hi Narony1 ,well done for your 7 smoke free months. Weight gain is common after quitting. Be careful hun because smoking again will not solve the problem. You are almost falling into the trap of "junkie thinking".

As Rigpig suggests you need to change something that you're doing or not doing.

I suggest you have a look at another community, Weight Loss NHS

Good luck🍀🚭

[bigleg]

Congratulations on quitting smoking. I quit some years ago, but at the time I was smoking 60 a day. At the time I had started the Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) way of life and am now 7 stone lighter. The great thing about the LCHF way of life is so long as you keep the carbs to a minimum, you can eat to appetite. The beauty is that without the carbs driving appetite (they are addictive), one never goes hungry. There is an LCHF group on HU. A great resource today is dietdoctor.com to guide us through weight control and regaining health. I hope that helps you.

[fridge67 LONG TERM WINNER]

hi, I also gained weight when I quit and found it difficult to lose again, I have done little thing over the last 3months and together they seem to be working. I have a protein drink with cod liver oil tablet in the morning. stops me being hungry till lunch time. which is a simple sandwich, with fruit. then for an evening meal a single piece of lean meat and lots of veg.

if I am peckish later I will have cereal with low fat milk. I have cut out processed sugar in tea and coffee and every night after work I go for a walk approx. 3 to 5 miles takes about an hour now. it took a while for it to start working and I doesn't help that sometimes I cheat a little but I have lost over 10kg and still going.

its a bit like the cigs take a while but you will see results and don't beat yourself up if you have a little cheat, check your portion sizes but don't starve yourself be strict with yourself about doing the exercise that's the hard part forcing yourself out in the cold and rain.