I'd Rather Be A Little Overweight & Not Smoking Than Underweight & Dead!

[MarylandQuitter]

I'd Rather Be A Little Overweight & Not Smoking Than Underweight & Dead!

Video discusses the importance of not letting the chance of gaining weight being used as an excuse for not quitting smoking or for relapsing after having quit.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3fv5EqTBU

[Soberjulie]

Ha!

I kinda sorta needed this

I lost my 20ish quit smoking pounds.....

Then backslid....and put 15 back on

Uggg

 

I forgot to shuffle daily.

(The Doritos didn't help either)

[Markus]

 thanks for the video mq.

 

for some reason I lose weight over the winter holidays, and then put 10-15 back on in the spring. I can lose weight over the summer and fall but right now is not good... ^_^

 

did I mention I don't like my treadmill? I thought I remembered reading somewhere that they are bad for you too, all of that walking in one place and so on. pff

[Aine]

12 lbs. gained from quitting smoking. Um, probably the Doritos caused the weight gain. Not the smoking. Haven't lost it, either, though I have been exercising more than I ever did when I smoked.

 

However. . .walking briskly 3-4 miles a day will take a couple hundred calories off my daily intake. While, a single serving bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos contains 262 calories.

 

At this rate, I need to start walking about 10 miles per day or cut back on the Doritos. Yeah.

 

 

[babs609]

Totally agree!  For years and years I struggled with my weight...up 25, down 25....and the whole time I was smoking. 

When I would exercise as a smoker...I would get a headache so I would quit.  Wouldn't occur to me to quit smoking...lol...I quit the exercise instead.

 

Finally, when I quit smoking...I did gain 35 lbs...but....what followed was a wonderful journey of completely taking responsibility for my total health and well being. 

 

I know I would still be on that up and down roller coaster of dieting, dropping in and out of routinely exercising if I hadn't quit smoking FIRST..even if it meant I gained some weight temporarily.  It was worth it..and I would do it again..hands down.

 

My attitude now is all about being healthy..period.  This does include staying smoke free..eating healthy..exercising every day...meditating every day...basically a holistic approach to my well being.

[Doreensfree]

Quit the killer addiction first ....sorry about the pounds later ...

 

[greenlight]

Don't worry about the weight gain, you can normalise this later. 

 

Cigarettes tend to speed up the metabolism (well, it is poison!) so it's common for that to slow down for a bit when you quit. This will normalise pretty quickly as long as you don't start eating more or replacing the cigs with snacks etc. I didn't replace it with anything so I gained no weight. I remember my metabolism taking a little knock back in the beginning but I just rode it out and all was back to normal in no time. 

 

TBH, a little weight gain is MINOR compared to smoking god knows how many cigarettes a day.