smoking= weightloss - Smoking Cessation Message Board

The Natural · 02-28-2004, 04:20 PM

Does smoking cause weightloss?

I started smoking around last April/May. since then I have had mono in december, and now weigh about 12 pounds less then what I use to.

I use to be a good sized kid and never weighed that much. I was always atheltic. I started working out and got my weight up to about 193. I havent worked out in a while and when I had mono i weighed about 173. Now i weigh about 180. Is this normal for someone who smokes?

smartgal · 03-01-2004, 02:14 PM

It's a good theory, but no, it doesn't cause weightloss. It's one of the reasons I started smoking, because I thought it would. Over the years I gained about 60 lbs. It can mess with your metabolism, for some people it helps them to stay thin and others gain weight when they quit. I didn't do either. It will make you stink. It will cause you sinus and respiratory problems. It will cost you a lot of money. That's not even getting it to the it may do .....

Why did you start smoking? The mono probably made you lose weight. The mono was probably a good deal worse from the smoking.

LL29 · 03-02-2004, 01:56 PM

I agree with guilty and would think the mono caused the weight loss unless there is some other underlying link. My Dad had mono when I was high school (I used to tease him that he was kissing someone he shouldn't have been - Mom of course did not find it amusing LOL) and all he did was sleep ALL THE TIME. So he lost weight as well.

Keep your quit whatever you do

Laurie