anyone else lost weight since starting vaping?
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April of this year will be my two year vape anniversary.
April of last year, after completing a full year with no cigarettes, I decided to change my diet. I figured if I could stop smoking it shouldn't be too hard. No fast food, lots of water and nothing else to drink (I was a soda nut for years), no snacks, cut out as much processed food as I can, and very little meat. Lots of vegetables and fruit.
I've lost right at 100 lbs so far and it is still coming off, though no where near as quickly as I would like for it to. Of course it didn't go on all at once either, so I just stay the course.
I'm not saying vaping had anything to do with the weight loss itself, it just gave me the confidence in myself to know I could make other positive, healthy changes and stick with them
April of last year, after completing a full year with no cigarettes, I decided to change my diet. I figured if I could stop smoking it shouldn't be too hard. No fast food, lots of water and nothing else to drink (I was a soda nut for years), no snacks, cut out as much processed food as I can, and very little meat. Lots of vegetables and fruit.
I've lost right at 100 lbs so far and it is still coming off, though no where near as quickly as I would like for it to. Of course it didn't go on all at once either, so I just stay the course.
I'm not saying vaping had anything to do with the weight loss itself, it just gave me the confidence in myself to know I could make other positive, healthy changes and stick with them
The Skinny On Smoking: Why Nicotine Curbs Appetite : NPR
Very interesting, that link. I know that one of the fears of quitting smoking for a lot of people is the weight gain, but i think a lot of that has to do with replacing smoking with snacking, or gum, or candy, to help curb the cravings. I'm finding less of an urge to snack with vaping.
Drinking water will absolutely help with losing weight.
Nicotine also releases dopamine in the brain, which is the "happy" hormone. A lot of people trying to quit smoking try to get that hit of dopamine from food, like sugar.
Smoking or using nicotine should increase your metabolism, as it's a stimulant. That's one of the features of vaping I'm curious about - I'm using my rising energy levels to up my exercise routine, but I have some concern that it's still risky to use nicotine for a period of time before doing any cardio or lifting, and after - I think it would be as dumb and dangerous as smoking while doing any of that. But, I'm getting additional kicks to my metabolism by vaping, and doing without for an hour or so to work out is a lot less painful than before.
As for people who gain while gaping, I don't know, but I'd love to know why, but we're all different, we all have different bodies, body chemistry, and lifestyle.
Very interesting, that link. I know that one of the fears of quitting smoking for a lot of people is the weight gain, but i think a lot of that has to do with replacing smoking with snacking, or gum, or candy, to help curb the cravings. I'm finding less of an urge to snack with vaping.
Drinking water will absolutely help with losing weight.
Nicotine also releases dopamine in the brain, which is the "happy" hormone. A lot of people trying to quit smoking try to get that hit of dopamine from food, like sugar.
Smoking or using nicotine should increase your metabolism, as it's a stimulant. That's one of the features of vaping I'm curious about - I'm using my rising energy levels to up my exercise routine, but I have some concern that it's still risky to use nicotine for a period of time before doing any cardio or lifting, and after - I think it would be as dumb and dangerous as smoking while doing any of that. But, I'm getting additional kicks to my metabolism by vaping, and doing without for an hour or so to work out is a lot less painful than before.
As for people who gain while gaping, I don't know, but I'd love to know why, but we're all different, we all have different bodies, body chemistry, and lifestyle.
Too early to tell but seeing as I can actually taste now I'm sure I'll be loosening the belt soon.
I've lost 20-30 lbs so far - I'm sure it's thanks to more water and less sweets.
I have lost about 12lbs. total in the past 5 months. But have been vaping longer. Mine is mostly from dietary changes and starting a more physically demanding job. But, I can't say that having delicious juices around instead of delicious junk food hasn't helped.
I have lost about 3 pounds in a month, over the Holidays so I am pleased with that. Now I am trying to change my eating habits too so I am hopeful that that will increase
I've stayed the same which is just fine with me. Last time I quit, probably 9 years ago, I gained 25 pounds. That was right after I lost a ton of weight the right way so it really hit me hard. I'm very pleased where I stand right now. 
im terrified of gaining weight since (almost) quitting cigs. I take a medication that has made me gain weight already, so I don't need any extra gain. Hope I can try to eat healthy and at least stay my current weight....
Some food for thought here sort of speak. (No pun intended) I wonder if the losing weight could be from a certain kind of eliquid or where it comes from? The first few months I was Vaping I lost about 30lbs or so and was Vaping a eliquid I was getting from a B&M and the owner would not say where they got it or what was in it. Than I changed where I was getting my liquids from and it started coming back on slowly but surely. Plus I'm more active now then I was when I was losing the weight. What also makes me say this is my Dr and I had talked about my weight and decided to put me on a protein diet to see if that would help me start losing again but to no avail. Things that make you go umm?
I lost about 25 pounds since starting vaping August. I really haven't changed anything and I always drank a lot of water.
I seem to have lost weight too. When I started vaping, I was at 50 kg (110 lbs), and now, after a year of vaping, I'm down to some 45 kg (99 lbs). I'm getting a little concerned here...
I'm thinking that by switching to vaping, I actually increased my daily nicotine intake, which might be responsible for this.
I'm thinking that by switching to vaping, I actually increased my daily nicotine intake, which might be responsible for this.
I have lost about 10 pounds in the last 2 to 3 months. I used to sit at the computer after work and play video games while snacking. Now I do the same only splitting time messing with RBAs and gaming. I gave up the snacking for vaping sweet vapes. I no longer have to step outside for a smoke so I do not pass the kitchen every 45 minutes.
I can say that I don't have the late night sweet cravings since I am doing strawberry short cake vape in the eve. I have not lost but I am so glad I did not gain. Last time I went cold turkey I ate four baloney sandwiches in one aft. Yup, that's a failure. True story.
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