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shorty03906 · 07-13-2006, 12:06 PM

have noticed weight gain from smoking?

frosty87 · 07-13-2006, 07:39 PM

Not me I quit smoking Jan 28th cold turkey I have so much more time and energy now that excersize is easy. Go for it !! If you gain a few in the beginning at least you will be healthy enough to take them back off again
Sandy - Free and Healing for Five Months, Sixteen Days, 10 Hours and 38 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 11 Days and 13 Hours, by avoiding the use of 3329 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $837.94.

Deda · 07-14-2006, 12:52 AM

Hi Shorty...

I quit almost 3 years ago...and I gained around 12 lbs, but I also had just found out that I had an underactive thyroid gland, so that was a part of the gain also. At first when I quit, I did munch quite a bit, (every time I quit), but only in the beginning...after a few months, that nervousness slowly subsided, and I went back to eating normal, only to change to being a very healthy eater. (unlike when I WAS smoking) I've now lost weight, and have lost about 10 lbs.

Anyway, when I did decide that it was time to quit for good, I had remembered something my son had told me, "Wouldn't you rather gain a little weight, (that you can surely lose later), than end up skinny someday, skin and bones... in the hospital with a lung disease?" I chose the former...even if it meant gaining a few lbs..big deal. And you can keep it down by starting an exercise program soon after you quit..just like Frosty stated.

Good luck!!
Deda