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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 11213

Hi Brenda,

It's great that you are trying to watch your diet. I would caution you on trying to take on too much though. Make sure you make your quit top priority. Ease into your exercise and nutrition plan. You don't want to overwhelme yourself. 1200-1300 calories is the minimum you should be eating. Be sure you are eating enough. Your body needs you to be eating nutritiously now; remember your body is still healing.

Be sure to post and tell us how it goes!

Ashley, Health Educator

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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 47

Brenda,

Killing the Nicotine monster is one of the greatest achievements in life. I am only off the weed for one month and I have put on a few pounds but I don't care. Keeping the monster at bay is far more important to me. However, I think that the theory that smoking helps you lose weight is a fallacy. I would suggest however that you throw out the diet and treat yourself to healthy snacks on a regular basis. Take up a new sport or exercise. Write up a programme. "Talk is cheap - Just do it". Yoga can be very relaxing and yet allows you time to exercise and refocus your thoughts in a positive direction. I am only a 1 monther and therefore do not have the authority to give advice and so please feel free to ignore my thoughts on the subject, which ofcourse you are (free that is). Any way best of luck losing a few pounds.

Regards,

Scruffy.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 9/6/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 30
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 720
Amount Saved: �307.80
Life Gained:
Days: 4 Hrs: 12 Mins: 8 Seconds: 14

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 901

there is no doubt in my mind , i know you can do it brenda.

good luck and thanks for all the inspiration you give us all.

mike/astrofan

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/12/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 573
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 17,190
Amount Saved: $5,157.00
Life Gained:
Days: 97 Hrs: 2 Mins: 21 Seconds: 58

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 597

I'm sure you can. I don't read this forum much, because it reminds me I have to lose a few lbs myself. The word 'diet' makes my tummy rumble with hunger pangs! I thought being sick the last couple weeks would have made me lose weight, since I was on liquids only, but when I weighed myself it was only four lousy lbs!

It just ain't fair!

Good luck with your diet. Your quit seems strong enough to handle dieting also, and seems you have a lot of health incentives as well. I'll be thinkin' of you.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 10/22/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 349
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 13,960
Amount Saved: $2,792.00
Life Gained:
Days: 39 Hrs: 6 Mins: 32 Seconds: 39

Quit Meter

$52,290.00

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 739 Hours: 15

Minutes: 47 Seconds: 23

Life Gained
Quit Meter

5229

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

209,160

Cigarettes Not Smoked

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

While both my bath scale and my food scale arrived today, and I've decided to go ahead an ease my way into the diet. I've started menu planning and will step into a 1200-1300 a day diet tomorrow. I'm a little concerned because I just quit smoking 5 months ago. However, I don't feel that I can put off weight loss until the spring. (An added incentive is to have the weight off by the time it gets warm again.) I'm at a point with my weight that I reached with my smoking: I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. Since I quit smoking, I've gained seven pounds. It seems like it should have been more. I tried to ease off of the sugar-free gum at one point and stared substituting food. Quitting smoking will sure help my breathing problems, but so will losing weight. I have swallowing problems that the otolaryngologist says is caused by the epiglottis flap not closing all of the way. Losing weight may help that. I've had asthma since childhood that has become worse and sleep apnea. The pulmonologist says losing weight will help. And my genral practitioner says that losing weight should help with the diabetes. Quitting smoking just puts me in a healthy mindset. Now that I no longer smoke I feel that I can concentrate of the weight. I'm sure that some of the urges I've had to smoke today were just a reaction to taking on another quit. I do believe I can do both.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/1/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 158
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 4,424
Amount Saved: $1,714.30
Life Gained:
Days: 17 Hrs: 5 Mins: 41 Seconds: 9

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