Another plus for vaping

[warrior3995]

Another positive about vaping instead of smoking I just became aware of is the fact that I am not putting on weight. I did quit once in my years of smoking with some success for about 3 years but my weight was a constant battle and even hit 280lbs at one point, could barely put my seat beat on in the car, had to sit to put on my shoes and could not get up from a squat or off my hands and knees without help or something to push myself up with my arms. Dieting would work for a ...short time and then the weight would come back. I have been smoke free for over 4 months now and have not gained a pound due to vaping I am sure. Perhaps it is the variety of flavors I have to choose and enjoy, I am not sure but I know that I am not munching constantly like I did before, another blessing of this truly amazing thing I call vaping, more freedom, better health in more areas of my life!

 

[kkahmann]

Warrior--I noticed the same thing--I've been vaping for about 2 months now and haven't put on any additional weight--although everything does seem to taste better.

I quit 20 years ago for almost 8 months and I had a much more active lifestyle then but still put on at least 20lbs.

 

[Marc411]

Congrats warrior!

And I'm digging that avatar. That would be truth in advertising!

 

[vincom]

no weight gain for me either.
funny thing is health canada states ecigs cannot be advertised as smoking cessation or weight loss product as this would be making health claims w/out any proof via studys.
but theyre comfortable in stating the ill effects of vaping w/out any hard proof

 

[Danrogers]

Hate to disappoint, but I gained when I went off cigs and started vaping. The good part is I needed the weight and could not gain when I smoked.

 

[cdnreturner]

Sadly, I've always had the theory that it was the nicotine that controlled the weight. Since I've come off the nicotine in my e-cigs I have definitely gained weight where as I don't feel I gained weight while I had a decent amount of nicotine in my e-juice. I don't weigh myself so I can't say how much but I've gone up but I have gone up at least 1 dress size and getting pretty close to 2 dress sizes.

Many moons ago when I quit smoking using patches I didn't gain weight until I came off the patches.

 

[DadEh]

I been on a life change (weight-wise) for 2 years and lost nearly 100lb. I quit the smokes 3 weeks ago and was terrified on piling on the lbs again.
I knew I would let my hair down over Christmas but to my amazement, not a single lb was added.

Yay vaping !

 

[NewPT]

Every time I "quit" smoking I gained weight.

Until vaping anyway. But only having quit analogs about a month it's still to early to tell.

For me I think the the weight gain isn't necessarily in the product, but in the activity surrounding the habit.

In past quitting attempts, (cold turkey, patches, gum and Champix) there was nothing to replace the activity of smoking, so I stewed about it and snacked.

With vaping, the act of vaping is a pretty equivalent activity. I'm not stewing about quitting and vaping instead of snacking.

 

[Hitmetwice]

Over the 3 year period since I began vaping my weight has increased significantly, even so
I'd rather carry a few extra pounds and be able to breathe compared to being skinny and dead
any day. My diet and lifestyle are the main contributors to the weight gain, not non-smoking.