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for 14 år siden 0 +0 / -0 150

Thanks everyone,

I have had a real rough day and I was experiencing a really depressing moment. All your comments meant alot to me and helped bring me out of my dismal state.

I went for a long run today and tried to focus on my breathing, my life, and my health. I still haven't been able to come to grips with the weight thing but I know that I will not go back to smoking. I may not be able to control my weight (as much as I would like to at least), but I can control the nicodemon.

Thanks again,

Alice

for 14 år siden 0 +0 / -0 3307

Alice, I really feel for you. I have given up several times because I couldn't deal with my weight gain. But, there are several people I have met here that gained weight and then when they had a solid quit they lost the weight. There is also a lady who come here that often posts "You can always loose weight, but you can't recover from emphysema." That is pretty close I think.

As Charm said, you really don't know for sure what your weight should be as a non-smoker. I was always thin myself and never had a weight issue, now............. I am not heavy, but have some pounds that I wish would take a hike

You are so young, give you lungs the gift they deserve and you will deal with the rest one day at a time. You just hang in there, ok? (((HUGS)))

Keep the Quit

Sparky

for 14 år siden 0 +0 / -0 221

Hi Alice in Wonderland,

You're making progress and realizing a lot of things about yourself. This is great, and at the same , as you've said, its terrifying!

Quitting smoking has made you start worrying about your weight, which is why you started smoking. Now you want to quit smoking, but worry about you weight and image issues. So its a vicious cycle.

Its great that you are aware that smoking can trigger your weight and image issues. If you are concerned about these, I would encourage you to use the Healthy Weight Centre. You can use this program as you quit, to help you manage your weight. Talk to you dietician and see if there are changes you can make to help you stick to your weight goals while quitting.

Are you scared that you will start smoking again if you gain weight or are you just scare of gaining weight?

Helena, Health Educator

for 14 år siden 0 +0 / -0 312

Alice, I don't know if I can help much, but I'm a lot like you in that since. And I will probably give more information than this site wants me to give and they may even delete my message. But here goes.

I have smoked since I was 17 (minus a few quits that didn't last), I have not ever weighed over 120 lbs, until the times I quit smoking when I would gain to 135 lbs, always. And that would make me go back to smoking.

I don't know what size 'my body' would be naturally with out the metabolizm (sp?) change that smoking does to you. May be I am suppose to weigh 130-135 lbs, but I am just 5'2" tall. So in all the guideslines you see, I should just weigh 120 lbs.

I do not want to stop this QUIT because of the weight problem again....So after 40 days quit, I have started back my WW plan. Everyone says you don't need to lose weight, you're fine the way you are. However they are not me and I am my own worst enemy. I have my own image of me the way I want it and that is that.

So, now I'm just rambling, but just wanted you to know I can relate to some of your situation, and you should do what you need to do to make yourself happy, that is what I plan on doing.

Charm

Freedom Meter

Smoke-Free Days: 40
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 810
Amount Saved: $148.00
Life Gained:
Days: 5 Hrs: 15 Mins: 31 Seconds: 15

for 14 år siden 0 +0 / -0 150

I have learned more about myself in the past 24 days than I have in my 26 years of life. Who knew quitting smoking would submerge me into a world of self discovery? This self-discovery process, however, has not always been a pretty picture. To be honest, there are two reasons I started smoking. I will only mention one. I started smoking at twenty as a way to cope with weight issues. I was not overweight but just struggling with an image I thought I wanted and needed to be. Some of my friends used cocaine to curb weight gain (and help in weight loss), I turned to tobacco. It seemed the lesser of two evils.

Years of fad diets, weeklong fasts, cleanses, etc left me spinning in a cycle of self-hatred and self-loathing. In between these crazy times, there would be weeks where I would feel good, normal, healthy, and thin. I would regularly exercise and eat healthy food. But, then food and exercise became obsessions. I would only eat certain food (fruit and vegetables excluding starchy veggies) or would go on exercise rampages (exercising hours a day).

For the past 2 years or so, my husband, family and friends have all helped me tremendously to get the weight and image issues under control. I have seen a dietician that has helped compile a healthy eating plan. We had rid our place of scales (b/c I do not need to weigh myself 100 times a day). And days (even weeks) would go by where I would not obsess about it. I felt free.

One of the reasons I was scared to quit smoking was because of the so called inevitable weight gain. In the past 24 days, I feel myself returning to my old ways, obsessing about weight. I don’t have a scale so I do not know if I have gained weight. But, on feeling alone, I think I have. I have been running and eating healthy and yet still I feel horrible. I am having panic attacks that keep me up at night. What happens if I gain a lot of weight and I can’t get it off? What happens if this quitting process brings back my eating disorder full force? I am seriously terrified.

I am sorry to have totally rambled on but I just thought that if I got it all out it may help. Does anyone have any suggestions? Please.

~Alice

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